1088 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS OF FOSSIL BIRDS. 



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 Natural History. They 

 consist of the greater part of the skeleton, including all tlie bones of the 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, showing not only the general shape of these parts, but 

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

 yond question a high ornithic type, probably referable to the oscine division of the Passeres. 

 The lack of the bill renders it impossible to assign the s]iecies to any particular family, but the 

 fossil on the whole gives the impression of Fringilline affinities." The approximate length of 

 the specimen is seven inches. 

 SCOLECOPHAGUS AFFINIS. 



Scolecophagus affinis Shu. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. xi, 1892, p. 418. pi. xv, fig. 

 10. — A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 345. 



A Grackle from the Pliocene of Oregon. 

 CORVUS ANNECTENS. 



Corvus annectens Shu. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. xi, 1892, p. 419, pi. xv, figs. 14, 

 15, 16. — A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 345. 



A Crow from the Pliocene of Oregon. 



PICARI-ffi (p. 537). 



UINTORNIS LUCARIS. 



Uintornis lucaris Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci. iv, Oct. 1872, p. 259. — Coues, Key, 1872, 

 p. 347. —Coues, Key, 2d ed. 1884, p. 822. —A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 345. 



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 

 preserved in the Museum of Yale College. 



RAPTORES (p. 617). 



AQUILA PLIOGRYPS. 



Aquila iMogryps Shu. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. xi, 1892, p. 416, pi. xvii, fig. 33. — 

 A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 344. 



An Eagle from the Pliocene of Oregon. 

 AQUILA SODALIS. 



Aquila sodalis Shu. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. xi, 1892, p. 417. — A. 0. U. Check- 

 List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 344. 



Another Eagle from the same formation, supposed to be distinct from the foregoing. 

 AQUILA DANANA. 



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

 p. 347. — Coues, Key, 2d ed. 1884, p. 822. — A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 344. 



This species was nearly as large as the Golden Eagle (A. ehrysaetus). The only known 

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

 BUBO LEPTOSTEUS. 



Bilbo leptosteus Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci. ii, Aug. 1871, p. 126. — Coues, Key, 1872, 

 p. 347. — Coues, Key, 2d ed. 1884, p. 822. —A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 344. 



A species about two-thirds as large as the Great Horned Owl (B. virginianus) . The 

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

 Museum. 



