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Genus WETMOREGYPS Miller. 



Wetmoregyps L. H. Miller, Condor, XXX, No. 4, July 16, 1928, 255. 

 Type, by orig. desig., Morphnus daggetti L. H. Miller. 



Wetmoregyps daggetti (Miller). 



Morphnus daggetti L. H. Miller, Condor, XVII, No. 5, Oct. 10, 1915, 

 179, fig. 63. 



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



Genus AQUILA Brisson. 



Aqiiila Brisson, Orn., 1760, I, 28, 419. Type, by tautonymy, Aqulla 

 Brisson = Falco chrysactos Linnaeus. 



Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus). Golden Eagle. 



Falco chrysaetos Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 88. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon; Rancho La 

 Brea, Los Angeles, Carpinteria, and McKittrick, California. 



Aquila ferox Shufeldt.- 



Aquila ferox Shufeldt, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXII, Art. 16, 

 Aug. 4, 1913, 297. 



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



Aquila l^dekkeri Shufeldt.^ 



Aquila lydekkeri Shufeldt, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXII, Art. 16, 

 Aug. 4, 1913, 298. 



Eocene (Bridger): Lower Cottonwood Creek, Wyoming. 



Aquila pliogryps Shufeldt. 



Aquila pliogryps Shufeldt, Amer. Nat., XXV, No. 297, Sept., 1891, 821, 

 Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon. 



Aquila sodalis Shufeldt. 



Aquila sodalis Shufeldt, Amer, Nat., XXV, No. 297, Sept., 1891, 821. 

 Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon. 



Genus HALIAEETUS Savigny. 



Haliaeelus Savigny, Descr. de I'Egypte, I, 1809, 68, 85. Type, by 

 monotypy, Haliaeetv^ nisus Savigny = Falco albicilla Linnaeus, 



1 Type locality. 



^ Generic allocation doubtful. 



