SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS OF FOSSIL BIRDS. 1089 



PAL^OBORUS UMBROSUS. 



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

 Eugrs. U. S. A. 1874, p. 606. 



Vulttir 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. 287, pi. Ixvii, figs. 

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



Palceoborus umbrosus Coues, Key, 2d ed. 1884, p. 822. — A. O. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 

 1895, p. 344. 



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 Vul- 

 ture; referred at first to the genus Cathartes, afterward provisionally to the genus Vultur. As 

 the description and figures clearly indicate a bird generically distinct from Cathartes, and as 

 the improbability of the occurrence of a true Vidtur in North America is extreme, this species 

 was made the type of a new genus, Palceoborus, in the second edition of the Key. 

 PAL^OTETRIX GILLI. 



PalfBotetrix (jilli Siiu. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. xi, 1892, p. 415, pi. xvii, fig. 37. — 

 A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 343. 



From the Pliocene of Oregon. 

 PEDIOC^TES LUCASI. 



Pedioccetes lucasi Shu. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. xi, 1892, p. 414, pi. xvii, fig. 30. — 

 A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 343. 



A Grouse from the Pliocene of Oregon, supposed to be closely related to the common 

 Sharjj-tailed Grouse. 

 PEDIOC^TES NANUS. 



Pediocxtes nanus Suu. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. xi, 1892, p. 414, pi. xvii, 

 figs. 36, 37. — A. O. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 343. 



From the same geographical locality and geological horizon as the last. 



GALLING (p. 719). 



MELEAGRIS ANTIQUUS. 



Melearjris atitiquus Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci. ii, Aug. 1871, p. 126. — CouES, Key, 1872, 

 p. 347. — Coues, Key, 2d ed. 1884, p. 823. — A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 343. 



This species was nearly as large as the Wild Turkey (J/, gallopavo). The remains repre- 

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

 MELEAGRIS ALTUS. 



Mckagris altus Marsh, Proc. Phila. Acad. Mar. 1870, p. 11. — Amer. Nat. iv, July, 1870, 

 p. 317. — Am. Journ. Sci. iv, Oct. 1872, p. 260. — Coues, Key, 1872, p. 348. — Coues, Key, 

 2d ed. 1884, p. 823. —A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 344. 



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



"Represented by portions of three skeletons, of different ages, which belonged to bird.s 

 about the size of the Wild Turkey, although proportionally much taller. The tibiaj and tarso- 

 metatarsal bones were, in fact, so elongated as to resemblf? 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 ^L\ksh, Am. Journ. Sci. Oct. 1872, p. 26L — Coues, Key, 1872, p. 348. 

 — Coues, Key, 2d ed. 1884, p. 823. — A. 0. U. Check-List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 344. 



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

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



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