NO. 2 AMFAUNA OF PLEISTOCENE IN FLORIDA WETMORE 



inen-iaiiii. Bones of the former are abundant in the Pleistocene asphalt 

 beds of California and the species is known today from northern 

 Lower California north into California. It has never been recorded 

 before in the eastern part of the country. Tcratornis has been known 

 previously only from the Pleistocene of California, its occurrence in 

 beds of similar age in Florida indicating a former broad range that 

 carried it clear across the continent. The occurrence of the whooping 

 crane, Gnis anicricana, and of two forms of the brown crane, one 

 large and one small, is also of interest. There are 20 modern forms 

 in the collection that have not previously been recorded as fossils. 

 Following is the list of species from this area : 



Colymhus anritus 

 Podilytnhus podiceps 

 Phalacrocorax auritus 

 Anhinga anhinga 

 Ardea hcrodias 

 Casnierodins albus 

 Hydranassa tricolor 

 Florida caerttlea 

 Bntorides viresccns 

 Nyctanassa violacca 

 Bofmirns lentiginosiis 

 Jahiru mycfcria 

 Plcgadis sp. 

 Guara alba 

 Cygmis columhianus 

 Branta canadensis 

 Branta c. hutchinsi 

 Anas fiih'igula 

 Anas sp. 



Nettion carolinense 

 Qitcrqucdula floridana 

 Nyroca ajfinis 

 Nyroca sp. 

 Cat hart es aura aura 

 Coragyps urulni. 

 Gymnogyps calijorniamis 



Teratornis mcrriauii 

 Biiteo jamaiccnsis 

 Buteo lineatits 

 Buteo platyptenis 

 Geranoa'ctus sp. 

 Haliaeetus leucocephalus 

 Pandion haliactus 

 Polyborus cherizvay 

 Mcleagris gallopavo 

 Meleagris tridens 

 Cms americamts 

 Griis canadensis (large form) 

 Grtis canadensis (small form) 

 Aramtis pictus 

 Rallus elegans 

 Rallus longirostris 

 Aramides cajanea 

 Gallimtla chloropiis 

 Fulica americana 

 Zcnaidnra macronra 

 Strix varia 



Corvus brachyrhynchos 

 Connts assifragus 

 Agelaius phoeniceiis 

 Megaquiscahts major 

 Quiscahis quiscnla 



MANATEE COUNTY 



From Mr. J. E. Moore of Sarasota, Florida, there have come three 

 small collections of bones made at as many points in Manatee County. 



The first of these was forwarded to me through Dr. George Gaylord 

 Simpson, and comes from deposits near the mouth of Hog Creek near 

 Sarasota, Florida. These are said * to have been found in a stratum 



' Simpson, G. G., Florida State Geol. Surv., 20tii .Ann. Rep., 1929, p. 274. 



