822 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS OF FOSSIL BIRDS. 



A. — Tertiar'u Birds. 

 CARINATM (p, 238), 



PASSERES (p. 238). 



1. PALiEOSPIZA BELLA. 



Fakeospiza helhi, Allen, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., iv., no. 2, IMuy W, 1878, pp. 443- 

 445, pi. i, tigg. 1, 2. — Am. Journ. Sci., xv, May, 1878, p. 381. — Ainer. Nat., xv, Mar., 

 1881, p. 253. 



Based upon some beautifully preserved remains, from the insect-bearing shales of Floris- 

 sant, Colorado, now deposited in the Museum of the Boston Society of Natui-al History. They 

 consist of the greater part of the skeleton, including all the bones of tlie wings and legs ex- 

 cepting the femurs, but unfortunately lacking the bill. The impression of the feathers of the 

 wings and tail are remarkably distinct, sliowing not only the general shape of these parts, but 

 tlie shafts and barbs of the feathers themselves. The bones are all in situ, ^' and indicate be- 

 yond question a liigh firnithic type, probably referable to the oscine division of the Passeres. 

 The lack of the bill renders it impossible to assign the species to any particular family, but the 

 fossil on the M'hole gives the impression of Fringilline affinities." The approximate length of 

 the specimen is seven inches. 



PICARI-ffl (p. 444). 



2. UINTORNIS LUCARIS. 



Uintomis lucaris, Marsh, Am. Jouru. Sci., iv, Oct., 1872, p. 259. — CoUES, Key, 1872, 

 p. 347. 



This bird was about as large as a robin, and apparently related to the woodpeckers. The 

 only known remains are from the Lower Tertiary formation of Wyoming Territory. They are 

 j)reserved in the Museum of Yale College. 



RAPTORE3 (p. 496). 



3. AQUILA DANANA. 



Aquila danana, Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci., ii, Aug., 1871, p. 125. — Coites, Key, 1872, 

 p. 347. 



This species was nearly as large as the golden eagle (A. chri/saetits) . The only known 

 remains were found in the Pliocene of Nebraska, and are preserved in the Yale Museum. 



4. BUBO LEPTOSTEUS. 



Bubo leptosteiis, Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci., ii, Aug., 1871, p. 126. — Coues, Key, 1872, 

 p. 347. 



A species about two-thirds as large as the great horned owl (B. virginianus) . The re- 

 mains were discovered in the Lower Tertiary beds of Wyoming, and are now in the Yale 

 Museum. 



5. PAL^OBORUS UMBROSUS. 



Cathartes umbrosus, Cope, Proc. Phila. Acad., xxvi, 1874, p. 151. — Ann. Rep. Chief of 

 Engrs. U. S. A., 1874, p. 006. 



Vultur umbrosus. Cope, Proc. Phila. Acad., xxvii, 1875, p. 271- — Ann. Rep. Chief of 

 Engrs. U. S. A., 1875, p. 993. —Rep. Surv. W. 100th Merid., iv, pt. ii, p. 2S7, pi. "ixvii, figg. 

 10-18, pi. Ixviii, figg. 1-19. 



From the Pliocene of New Mexico; remains found in the sands north of Pojuaque, repre- 

 senting a rapacious bird in size intermediate between the golden eagle and the turkey vulture; 



