CATHARTIDAE, Lafresnaye, 1839

Jansen Introduction, Justin J. F. J., 2018, Specimen labelling errors: birds collected on the Falkland Islands prior to 1861, now in Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands, Bonn zoological Bulletin 67 (2), pp. 145-169 : 162

CATHARTIDAE

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura jota (Molina,

1782) [ RMNH. AVES.191314]. Loc: East Falkland

(ca. 51° 41′ 40″ S, 57° 51′ 10″ W). Date: in either 1860

or 1861. Col: C.C. Abbott. Age/sex: adult ♀. Acq: via

John Gould and Gustav Adolph Frank Sr. Status: extant,

accessed 18 December 2012. Tax: mounted. Pub: Abbott

1860, 1861; Gould 1859; Schlegel 1862c; Sclater 1860,

1861, 1862.

Pedestal label: [one hand] Cat: no 1 / Rhinogryphus aura / ♀ falklandicus / (Sharpe) / Abbot colle.1861 / Falkland-eilanden.

Pedestal underside: [one hand] 19 Cathartes aura / Length from tail (unreadable) / tip of tail: 2 feet 3 inches / Broadth from tip to tip of wing, 5’2 / head & legs: pinkish flesh color / eye: dark brown) / (Capt. Abbot) / Cat No 1 / reis van / Capt Abbot / Frank 1861 / Oost Falkland.

Schlegel 1862c (Tome VI, 10: 3–4): Cathartes aura, Cat 1, Femelle adulte, ile orientale des Malouines, voyage du Capitaine Abbot, 1861.

Remark: The collection site on the label, underside and in Schlegel 1862c differ. The name Abbott was transcribed incorrectly at label, underside and in Schlegel. Only Schlegel 1862c identify the specimen as adult. The bird was acquired through the Amsterdam-based dealer Gustav Adolph Frank and arrived on 30 April 1860 (see Kelp Goose RMNH. AVES.230433 as for C.C. Abbott). Only Schlegel’s handwriting appears under the base of the pedestal.