FOSSIL BIRDS, 435 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus). Bald Eagle. 



Falco leucocephalus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 124. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Venice, Melbourne, 

 and cavern deposits near Lecanto, Florida; Niobrara River, near Peters, 

 Sheridan County, Nebraska; Fossil Lake, Oregon; Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, and Upper San Pedro, near San Pedro, California. 



Genus MORPHNUS Dumont. 



Morpfmus Dumont, Diet. Sci. Nat., I, October, 1816, 88. Type, by subs, 

 desig., Morphnus gidanensis (Daudin) (Chubb, 1916). 



Morphnus woodwardi Miller. 



Morphnus woodwardi L. H. Miller, Univ. Calif. Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol., 

 VI, No. 12 ,Oct. 9, 1911, 312, figs, 3o, 36. 



Pleistocene: Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 

 Subfamily CIRCINAE. Harriers. 



Genus CIRCUS Lacepede. 



Circus Lacepede, Tableaux Oiseaux, 1799, 4. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Falco aeruginosus Linnaeus (Lesson, 1828). 



Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus). Marsh Hawk. 



Falco hudsonius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 128. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon; McKittrick, 

 and Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Subfamily PANDIONINAE. Ospreys. 



Genus PANDION Savigny. 



Pandion Savigny, Descr. de I'Egypte, I, 1809, 69, 95. Type, by mono- 

 typy, Pandion fluvialis Savigny = Falco haliaetus Linnaeus. 



Pandion haliaetus Linnaeus. Osprey. 



Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 91. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Melbourne (Stratum 2), Florid^. 



