452 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Charadrius sheppardianus Cope.* 



Charadrius sheppardianus Cope, Bull. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., VI, 

 No. 1, Feb. 11, 1881, 83. 



Upper Miocene (Florissant): Florissant, Colorado. 



Genus OXYECHUS Reichenbach. 



Oxyechus Reichenbach, Avium Syst. Nat., 1852 [1853], xviii. Type, by 

 orig. desig., Charadrius vocijerus Linnaeus. 



Oxyechus vociferus (Linnaeus). KiJldeer. 



Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 150. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: McKit trick, and Rancho La Brea, 

 Los Angeles, California. 



Genus LIMICOLAVIS Shufeldt.^ 



Limicolavis Shufeldt, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., XIX, Feb., 1915, 55. 

 Type, by monotj'py, Limicolavis pluvianella Shufellt. 



Limicolavis pluvianella Shufelet. 



Limicolavis pluvianella Shufeldt, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., XIX, 

 Feb., 1915, 55, pi. XV, fig. 129. 



?01igocene: Lower Willow Creek, Oregon. 

 Family SCOLOPACIDAE. Woodcock, Snipe, and Sandpipers. 



Genus PALAEOTRINGA Marsh.^ 



Palaeotringa Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, XLIX, March, 1870, 208. 

 Type, by subs, desig., Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh (Hay, 1902). 



Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh.'' 



Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, XLIX, March, 

 1870, 208. 



Eocene: Hornerstown, New Jersey. 



* Subgeneric relationships not entirely certain at present. 



2 Family relations not wholly certain. 



2 No attempt is made to indicate the subfamily relationship of this genus, 

 as at present this is uncertain. 



4 Shufeldt, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., XIX, Feb. 1915, 23, 77, pi. VI, 

 fig. 35, believes this to be a gull, but this is open to question. 



