(TURKEY-VULTURE.)
+Cathartes aura+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 123; _White, P. Z. S._
1882, p. 624 (Misiones); _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 433
(Mendoza, Catamarca, Tucuman). +Oenops aura+, _Sharpe, Cat. B._
i. p. 25. +Rhinogryphus aura+, _Baird, Brew., et Ridgw. N. A. B._
iii. p. 344.
_Description._--Plumage black, the feathers above edged more or
less with dull brown; head and neck bare, bright red in life: whole
length 30·0 inches, wing 21·5, tail 11·5. _Female_ similar.
_Hab._ Temperate and Tropical America, and south to Chili and the
Falkland Islands.
In Argentina the Turkey-Vulture appears only to occur in the northern
and western provinces. Dr. Burmeister noticed it occasionally in
Mendoza, Catamarca, and Tucuman. In Misiones, White found it abundant
at Concepcion. I met with it in Patagonia, but it is by no means common
there, and is only seen singly or in pairs.