FOSSIL BIRDS. 427 



Cathartes aura septentrionalis (Wied). Turkey Vulture. 



Catharies septentrionalis Wied, Reise Nord-Amer., I, 18.39, 162. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Vero (Stratum 2), Melbourne, and 

 cavern deposits near Lecanto, Florida; Potter Creek and Samwel Caves, 

 Shasta County; Haw ver Cave, Eldorado County; Carpinteria; Ranchp La 

 Brea, Los Angeles, and Upper San Pedro formation, San Pedro, California. 



Genus CORAGYPS Le Maout. 



Coragyps "Geoffroy Ms" Le Maout, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux, 1853, 57, 66. 

 Type, by monotypy, Vultur atratus Wilson = VuUur atralus Meyer. 



Coragyps atratus (Meyer). Black Vulture. 



Vultur atratus "Bartram," F. A. A. Meyer, Zool. Annalen, 1, 171)4, 290, 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, and cavern deposits 

 near Lecanto, Florida. 



Coragyps occidentalis (Miller). 



Ccitharista occidentalis L. H. Miller, Univ. Calif. Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol., 



V, No. 21, Sept. 10, 1909, 306. 



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



Coragyps shastensis (Miller). 



Catharista shastensis L. H. Miller, Univ. Calif. Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol., 



VI, No. 16, Oct. 28, 1911, 388, fig. 1. 



Pleistocene: Potter Creek and Samwel Caves, Shasta County, and Haw ver 

 Cave, Eldorado County, California. 



Genus PHASMAGYPS Wetmore. 



Phasinagyps Wetmore, Proc. Colorado Mus. Nat. Hist., VII, No. 2, July 

 15, 1927, 3. Type, by monotypy, Phas7nagyps patritus Wetmore. 



Phasmagyps patritus Wetmore. 



Phasmagyps patritus Wetmore, Proc. Colorado Mus. Nat. Hist., VII, No. 

 2, July 15, 1927, 3, figs. 1-4. 



Oligocene (Chadron); Weld County, Colorado. 



Genus PALAEOGYPS Wetmore. 



Palaeogyps W'etmore, Proc. Colorado Mus. Nat. Hist., VII, No. 2, July 

 15, 1927, 5. Type, by monotypy, Palaeogyps prodromus Wetmore. 



