[96] Sarcorhamphus, Duméril
, 1806. (Type, Vultur gryphus, Linn.)
[97] Cathartes, Illiger, 1811. (Type, Vultur papa, Linn.) Gypagus, Vieill. 1816. (Same type.) Gyparchus, Glog. 1842. (Same type.) Sarcorhamphus, Auct. (in part).
[98] 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).
[99] Columba fasciata, var. albilinea. Columba albilinea, “Gray,” Bonap. Consp. VI, 1857, 51. Chlorœnas a. Cab. J. 1869, 211.
[100] Columba araucana, Less. Voy. de la Coq. Ois. t. 40. Columba denisea, Temm. Pl. Col. 502. C. meridionalis, King.
[101] Columba caribæa, Gmelin, S. N. 1788, 773.—Gosse, B. Jam. 291.—March, P. A. N. S. Philad. 1863, 301. Patagiœnas c. Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, 80.—Reich. Handb. 65, tab. 230, b, f. 3362.
[102] Columba rufina, (Temm.) Reich. Handb. 62, tab. 222, f. 2583, 2584.—Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lyc. 1861, VII, 333, No. 281 (Panama).—Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 198 (Amazon).—Ib. 1867, 590.—Scl. Ibis, I, 222 (Guatemala).—Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 159 (Veragua).—Ib. 1870, 115 (Costa Rica).—Reinh. Vid. Med. Nat. For. 1870, 59 (Brazil).
[103] Columba corensis, Gmel. S. N. I, 1878, 783.—Sallé, P. Z. S. 1857, 235 (Santo Domingo).—Newton, Ibis I, 252 (Santa Cruz).—Cab. J. IV, 108 (Cuba).—Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 171 (St. Thomas). Patagiænas c. Reichenb. Handb. tab. 222, f. 2581.