FOSSIL BIRDS. 469 



Euphagus affinis (Shufeldt). 



Scolecophagus affinis Shufeldt, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., ser. 2, IX, 

 sig. 53, Oct., 20, 1892, 418, pi. xv, fig. 10. 



Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon. 

 Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler). Brewer's Blackbird. 



Psarocolius cyanocephalus Wagler, Isis von Oken, XXII, 1829, Heft vii 

 (July), col. 758. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Hav/ver Cave, Eldorado County, 

 California. 



Euphagus magnirostris Miller. 



Euphagus magnirostris A. H. Miller, Univ. Calif. Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol. 

 Sci., XIX, No. 1, Dec. 21, 1929, 14, pi. 1 /, h. 



Pleistocene: Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Genus CASSIDIX Lesson. 



Cassidix Lesson, Traite d'Orn., Livr. 6, Feb. 1, 1831, 433. Type, by 

 subs, desig., Cassidix mexicanus Lesson = Corvus Mexicanus Gmelin 

 (Gray, 1840). 



Cassidix mexicanus (Gmelin). Great-tailed Grackle. 



Corvus mexicanus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. i, 1788, 375. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Florida. 



Genus QUISCALUS Vieillot. 



Quiscalus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 36. Type, by subs, desig., Gracula 

 quiscula Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus). Purple Grackle. 



Gracula quiscula Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 109. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Florida. 



Family FRINGILLIDAE. Grosbeaks, Finches, Sparrows, 

 AND Buntings. 



Subfamily EMBERIZINAE. Buntings. 



Genus PALAEOSTRUTHUS Wetmore. 



Palaeostruthus Wetmore, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., LXVII, May, 1925, 

 192. Type, by orig. desig., Palaeospiza hatcheri Shufeldt. 



