1096 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS OF FOSSIL BIRDS. 



This species was nearly as large as a Swan. The remains by which it is represented were 

 found in the middle marl bed. of upper Cretaceous age, at Birmingham, New Jersey, and are 

 now in the Museum of Yale College. 

 PAL^OTRINGA LITORALIS. 



Palceotringa Uttoralis Marsh, Proc. Phila. Acad. Jan. 1870, p. 5. — Id. Am. Journ. 

 Sci. xlix, Mar. 1870, p. 208. —A. Milne-Edw. Rech. Ossem. Foss. ii, 1871, p. 540. — 

 CoUES, Key, 1872, p. 349. — Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci. v. Mar. 1873, p. 229. — Id. Odont. 

 1880, p. 199. 



A bird about as large as a Curlew. The remains representing it were discovered in the 

 green-sand of the upper Cretaceous, near Hornerstown, New Jersey, and are preserved in the 

 collection at Yale College. 

 PAL^OTRINGA VAGANS. 



Palceotringa vagans Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci. iii, May, 1872, p. 365. — Coues, Key, 1872, 

 p. 349. — Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci. v, Mar. 1873, p. 229. 



From the same formation and locality as the last ; of smaller size, being intermediate be- 

 tween the other two species of the genus. The specimens upon which this species is based are 

 preserved in the Yale College Museum. 

 PAL^OTRINGA VETUS. 



Scolopax Morton, Syn. Organic Remains of the Cret. U. S. 1834, p. 32. — Harlan, 

 Med. and Phys. Res. 1835, p. 280. 



Palceotringa vetus Marsh, Proc. Phila. Acad. Jan. 1870, p. 5. — Id. Am. Journ. Sci. 

 xlix. Mar. 1870, p. 209. — A. Milne-Edw. Rech. Ossem. Foss. ii, 1871, p. 540. — Coues, 

 Key, 1872, p. 349. — Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci. v. Mar. 1873, p. 229. — Id. Odont. 1880, 

 p. 200. 



The first fossil bird of North America appears to have been noted by Dr. Morton in 1834, 

 as that of a Snipe-like species. The specimen, consisting of a femur imperfect at the upper 

 extremity, was presented by S. W. Conrad to Dr. Harlan, who remarks that "the bone 

 appears to be perfectly mineralized." It was found near Arneytown, New Jersey, in the lower 

 marl bed of the Cretaceous formation. This same specimen (which meanwhile had been gen- 

 erally regarded as of a recent species, notwithstanding its condition and the position in which 

 it had been found) furni.shed Professor Marsh the basis of liis Palceotringa vetus, a smaller 

 species than either of tlio others of this genus. The known remains are in the Philadelphia 

 Academy. 

 TELMATORNIS PRISCUS. 



Telmatornis priscus Marsh, Proc. Phila. Acad. Jan. 1870, p. 5. — Id. Am. Journ. Sci. 

 xhx, Mar. 1870, p. 210. — A. Milne-Edw. Rech. Ossem. Foss. ii, 1871, p. 541. — Coues, 

 Key, 1872, p. 349. — Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci. v, Mar. 1873, p. 229. — Id. Oc'out. 1880, 

 p. 200. 



A species about as large as the King Rail (Ballus elegans) ; from the middle marl bed of 

 the upper Cretaceous formation. The remains were found near Hornerstown, New Jersey, and 

 are preserved in the Museum of Yale College. 

 TELMATORNIS AFFINIS. 



Telmatornis affinis Marsh, Proc Phila. Acad. Jan. 1870, p. 5. — Id. Am. Journ. Sci. 

 xUx, Mar. 1870, p. 211. — A. Milne-Edw. Rech. Ossem. Foss. ii. 1871, p. 541. — Coues, 

 Key, 1872, p. 349. — Marsh, Am. Journ. Sci. v. Mar. 1873, p. 229. — Id. Odont. 1880, 

 p. 201. 



The known remains are in the Yale Museum. 



