8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 85 



of blue clay 8 to 14 inches thick overlying limestone from ii to 12 

 feet below the surface. The birds are accompanied by remains of 

 Smilodon floridanus, Mcgalonyx, Mylodou, Clilaniythcrium, Bore- 

 ostracon, Tapirus, elephant, mastodon, and other Pleistocene mammals. 

 The bird bones are dull black in color and are heavily fossilized. The 

 presence of the California condor is notable. The following species 

 are represented : 



Phalacrocorax auritus Gymnogyps calijorniamis 



Botaurus lentiginosus Meleagris gallopavo 



A second collection forwarded by Mr. Moore was obtained from a 

 canal within the city limits of Bradenton, the locality being known 

 as the Florida Avenue pit. The type material of Parelephas floridanus 

 Osborn ^ came from this point. Mr. Moore (in a letter) states that 

 remains of ChlatnyfJierium, Glyptodon and Bison latifrons were ob- 

 tained here also. The bird bones examined vary from dull brown to 

 dull black in color and are w^ell fossilized. The night heron and ruddy 

 duck are here first recorded from the Pleistocene of Florida and from 

 these excavations come the best remains of Tcratornis. The following 

 species are represented : 



Ardca hcrodias Teratornis mcrriami 



Egretta thula Meleagris gallopavo 



Nycticorax nycticorax Grus canadensis 



Anas fulvigula Fulica americana 



The third collection was obtained by Mr. Moore at Venice Rocks, 

 two miles south of Venice, Florida. The material is fragmentary and 

 varies from light brown to black in color, some bones being more 

 heavily mineralized than others. Following is the complete list of 

 species : 



Butco janiaiccnsis Querqitedula floridana 



Buteo lincatus Nyroca affinis 



Haliaeetus Icucocephahis Erisniatura jamaicensis 



Casmerodius albus Jabirii viyctcria 

 Anas sp. 



SABER-TOOTH CAVE 



According to information supplied by Mr. W. W. Holmes, and a 

 published account by Dr. George Gaylord Simpson ^ the sink known 

 as Saber-tooth Cave (see pi. 2) is located in a bed of Ocala limestone 



*Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 393, December 24, 1929, p. 20. 



' Pleistocene mammals from a cave in Citrus County, Florida, Amer. Mus. 

 Nov., No. 328, October 26, 1928, pp. 1-16, 11 figs. 



