Field notes, v1351
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Hendrickson 1950 Sarcoramphus Oct. 25 5 km N Villavicencio, 1400 ft, Huila, Colombia, S.A. 2 specimens seen soaring near camp in the afternoon. One was among a soaring group of vultures. The white primaries(?) contrasting with black body and rest of wing (?) were visible at a great distance (were these vultures?) Oct. 27 3 came in to a carcass (?) thrown out after skinning. They appear to be King Vultures. They were shy compared to the black vulture, turkey vulture, and caracaras which also came in, and for this reason I feel that we had no opportunity to observe the true "pack" relationship between this and the smaller species. We tried unsuccessfully to collect one. Local name is "rey gallinazo" Nov. 3 shot an individual sitting in a tree beside Duebrada Berbatana about 3/4 mile below (WSW) camp. A dead pig was being consumed by a group of turkey and black vultures nearby. This bird had no white dorsally, unlike (to the best of my memory) the ones seen near camp on Oct. 27. Could it be an immature? I hung the supposedly dead bird in a tree