Note 98 — Family CATHARTIDÆ.—The American Vultures.
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Rhinogryphus burrovianus (Cassin). Cathartes burrovianus, Cass. P. A. N. S. II, 1845, 212.—Ib. Birds Am. 1858, 1.—Gray, Hand List, I, 1869, 3, No. 19.—Coues, Key, 1872, 222. Cathartes urubitinga, Natt. von Pelzeln, Sitz-ber. Wien. Ak. 1861, 7.—Gurney, Cat. Rapt. B. 1864, 46.—Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 589 (Amazon).—Pelz. Orn. Bras. I, 1868, 1 (Brazil).—Elliot, Illustr. Birds N. Am. II.—Gray, Hand List, I, 1869, 3, No. 20.
Sp. Char. Very similar to R. aura, but neck feathered behind up to the occiput, and the plumage uniformly black, the feathers of the back and wings without brown borders. Adult (34,984, Brazil; Natterer). Bill white; naked skin of the head and throat reddish. Wing-formula, 3, 2, 4=1. Wing, 18.50; tail, 9.00; culmen, .90; cere above, 1.20; tarsus, 2.10; middle toe, 2.25; outer, 1.35; inner, 1.10; posterior, .80. Hab. Eastern Tropical America. Brazil (Pelzeln & Natterer); Amazon (Scl. & Salv.); ?? Jamaica (Sharpe); ?? Vera Cruz, Mexico (Cassin).