444 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus PARAPAVO Miller. 



Parapavo L. H. Miller, Univ. Calif. Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol., IX, No. 9, 

 March 10, 1916, 96. Type, by monotypy, Pavo californicus Miller. 



Parapavo californicus (Miller). 



Pavo californicus L. H. Miller, Univ. Calif. Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol., 

 V, No. 19, Aug. 14, 1909, 285, pi. 25. 



Pleistocene: Carpinteria, and Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Order GRUIFORMES. Cranes, Rails, and Allies. 



Suborder GRUES. Cranes, Rails, and Limpkins. 



SupERFAMiLY GRUOIDEA. Cranes and Limpkins. 



Family GRUIDAE. Cranes. 



Subfamily GRUINAE. Cranes. 

 Genus ALETORNIS Marsh.i 



Aleiornis Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. .3, IV, Oct., 1872, 256. Tj^pe, by 

 subs, desig., Aleiornis nohilis Marsh (Hay, 1902). 



Aletornis bellus Marsh.- 



Aletornis belhis Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, IV, Oct., 1872, 258. 

 Eocene (Bridger): Grizzly Buttes, Wyoming. 



Aletornis gracilis Marsh.^ 



Aletornis gracilis Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, IV, Oct., 1872, 258. 

 Eocene (Bridger); Henry's Fork, Wyoming. 



Aletornis nobilis Marsh. ^ 



Aletornis nobilis Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, IV, Oct., 1872, 256. 

 Eocene (Bridger); Grizzly Buttes, Wyoming. 



1 Allocation in the subfamily Gruinse provisional. 



2 Considered by Shufeldt, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., XIX, Feb., 1915, 32, 

 76, as possibly a species of Scolopacidae. 



3 Placed by Shufeldt, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., XIX, Feb., 1915, 30-31, 

 in the genus Grus, a doubtful procedure. 



