446 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Grus proavus Marsh. 



Grus -proavus Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, IV, Oct., 1872, 261. 

 Pleistocene: Monmouth County, New Jersey. 



Grus nannodes Wetmore and Martin. 



Grus nannodes Wetmore and Martin, Condor, XXXII, No. 1, Jan. 20, 

 1930, 62, figs. 23-25. 



Pliocene: Sherman County, Kansas. 



Grus prentici (Loomis).^ 



Gallinuloides prentici F. B. Loomis, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 4, XXII, Dec, 

 1906, 481, figs. 1-3. 



Eocene (Wasatch) : Head of Elk Creek, 10 miles west of Otto, Wyoming. 



Family ARAMIDAE. Limpkins. 



Genus ARAMUS Vieillot. 



Aramus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 58. Type, by monotypy, Courliri, 

 BuFFON = Ardea scolopacea Gmelin. 



Aramus pictus (Meyer). Limpkin. 



Tantalus pictus "Bartram," F. A. A. Meyer, Zool. Annalen, I, 1794, 287. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, and Itchtucknee 

 River, Florida. 



Genus ARAMORNIS Wetmore. 



Aramornis Wetmore, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 211, March 11, 1926, 1. 

 Type, by orig. desig., Aramornis longurio Wetmore. 



Aramornis longurio Wetmore. 



Aramornis longurio Wetmore, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 211, March 11, 

 1926, 1, figs. 1-4. 



Early Middle Miocene (Mcrychippus pri7nus zone of Sheep Creek beds); 

 Snake Creek Quarries, Sioux County, Nebraska. 



1 Placed in Grus by Shufeldt, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., XIX, Feb., 1915, 

 42, Generic allocation here doubtful, 



