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Show 366 THE SECRETARY ON CATHARTES CALIFORNIANUS. [June 26, June 26, 1866. Dr. J. Hamilton, F.L.S., in the Chair. The Secretary called the attention of the Meeting to a fine specimen of the Californian Vulture (Cathartes calif or nianus, Shaw), recently added to the Society's living collection. This scarce bird had been presented to the Society by Dr. Colbert A. Canfield, of Monterey, California, through the intervention of Prof. Baird of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, and kindly assisted in its passage across the Isthmus of Panama by Capt. J. M . Dow. C'ath artes cat if orn ion us. |
