SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS OF FOSSIL BIRDS. 823 



referred at first to the geuus Cathartes, afterward proviskjnally to the genus Vultv/r. As the 

 descriptiou and figures clearly indicate a bird geuerically distinct from Cathartes, and as the 

 improbability of the occun-ence of a true Vultur in North America is extreme, it is suggested 

 that this species be made the type of a new genus, PaUeoborus, based upon the characters 

 4riven by the describer. 



GALLIN-ffi (p. 571). 



MELEAGRIS ANTIQUUS. 



Meleagris antiquus, Marsh, Am. Jouru. Sci., ii, Aug., 1871, p. 126. — CoUES, Key, 

 1872, p. 347. 



This species was nearly as large as the wild turkey (31. galUimvo). The remains repre- 

 senting it were found in the Miocene of Colorado, and are preserved in the Yale Museum. 

 MELEAGRIS ALTUS. 



Meleagris alttts, Marsh, Proc. Phila. Acad., Mar., 1870, p. 11. — Amer. Nat., iv, July, 

 1870, p. 317. — Am. Journ. Sci., iv, Oct., 1872, p. 20U.— CouES, Key, 1S72, p. 348. 



Meleagris superhiis, Cope, Syu. Ext. Batrach., etc., p. 239. 



" Represented by portions of three skeletons, of different ages, which belonged to birds 

 about the size of the wild turkey, although proportionally much taller. The tibiae and tarso- 

 metatarsal bones were, in fact, so elongated as to resemble those of wading birds." From the 

 Post-pliocene of New Jersey. The remains are mostly in the Museum of Yale College. 

 MELEAGRIS CELER. 



Meleagris celer, Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci., Oct., 1872, p. 261. — CouES, Key, 1872, p. 348. 



A species much smaller than the foregoing, but with legs of slender proportions. Also 

 from the Post-pliocene of New Jersey, and preserved in the Yale Museum. 



LIMICOL^ (p. 596). 



9 CHARADRIUS SHEPPARDIANUS. 



Cliaradrius sheppardianus, Cofb, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., vi, no. 1, Feb. 11, 1881, 

 pp. 83-85. —Amer. Nat., xv. Mar., 1881, p. 253. 



ALECTORIDES (p. 665). 



10. GRUS HAYDENI. 



Grus haydeni. Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci., xlix, March, 1870, p. 214. — CouES, Key, 1872, 

 p. 34S. 



A species about as large as the sandhill crane (G. canadensis). From the Pliocene of 

 Nebraska. Remains iircserved in the Museum of the Philadelphia Academy. 

 1 1 . GRUS PROAVUS. 



Grus proavus, Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci., iv, Oct., 1872, p. 261. — CoUES, Key, 1872, 

 p. 34S. 



This species was nearly as large as a sandhill crane. The remains representing it were 

 found in tlio Post-pliocene of New Jersey, and are now in the Yale Museum. 

 12. ALETORMS NOBILIS. 



Aletornis nohilis, Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci., iv, Oct., 1872, p. 256. — CouES, Key, 1872, 

 p. 348. 



Nearly as large as tlic j)recediiig species. Found in the Eocene deposits oi Wyoming, 

 and now in the Museum of Yale College. 



