PLATE XII 



Fig. 78. Left tarso-metatarsus of PItasiauus colcliius, ad. cf ; anterior view. 

 (Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 19293) ; nat. size. Compare distal end with Figure 79. 

 Fig. 79. Distal end of tarso-metatarsus of Phasianus alfhildcv n. sp. (extinct). 

 Anterior view; nat. size. Description in text. Fossil. 



Fig. 80. Right tarso-metatarsus of Phasianus colckius, ad. cf ; anterior view. 



(Coll. U. S. Nat. iSIus., No. 19293); nat. size. Compare distal end with Figure 81. 



Fig. 81. Distal extremity of the right tarso-metataisus of Phasianus alf- 



hildce, anterior view. See Figure 79. (n. sp. extinct); nat. size. Compare with 



distal end of Figure 80. Cat. No. of Figures 79 and 80 is 948. Yale Coll. 



Fig. 82. Right humerus, palmar aspect, of Phasianus colckius, ad. cf ; nat. 

 size. Compare distal end with Figure 85. Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 19293. 



Fig. 83. Distal extremity, anterior aspect of left fossil tarso-metatarsus of 

 Phasianus americanus, n. sp. Adult; nat. size. Type. No. 956, Coll. Yale 

 University. Compare with distal end of bone sho\Mi in Figure 78. The pedal 

 phalanx is shown in Figure 84. 



Fig. 84. Pedal phalanx, dorsal aspect; from the foot of Phasianus ameri- 

 canus, n. sp. No. 956, Coll. Yale University. Ad. Nat. size. Type. Found 

 with the specimen shown in Figure 83, and probably belonged to the same indi- 

 vidual. Imperfect and distorted. 



Fig. 85. Distal end of right humerus, palmar aspect, of Phasia}ius alfhildcc, 

 n. sp. Ad. Nat. size. Type. Cat. No. 947. Yale University. Compare with 

 the distal end of the humerus shown in Figure 82. 



Fig. 86. Superior extremity of left coracoid of Phasianus alfhildcc, n. sp. Ad. 

 Nat. size. Cat. No. 947. Yale University. T>pe. Compare with Figure 87. 

 {Phasianus colchius.) 



Fig. 87. Left coracoid and scapula of Phasianus colchius; lateral view. Ad. 

 Nat. size. No. 19293. Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. Compare superior end with Figure 

 86. 



Fig. 88. Two phalanges (basal and second one) of the second toe of the right 

 foot, dorsal aspect, of Haliccctus leucoccphalus. No. 19384. Coll. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. Adult; nat. size. Compare its distal end with Figure 89. 



Fig. 89. Distal end of the second phalanx of the second toe of a fossil eagle. 

 (Cat. No. 947. Coll. Yale University). Nat. size, ad. Seen on dorsal aspect 

 Compare with corresponding part shown in Figure 88. 



Fig. 90. Left fossil humerus, palmar aspect, of Tympanuchus lulli, n. sp., 

 Adult; nat. size. T\pe. Cat. No. 911, Yale University Coll. Imperfect. De- 

 scription in text. 



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