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man Gunter has forwarded a number of bird bones for examination. 

 Dr. G. G. Simpson, who has reported on the mammals from this 

 deposit, states * that part of this material was collected by J. Clarence 

 Simpson of High Springs, with additional specimens obtained by L. G. 

 Getzen and J. D. Lowe. The site is about a mile below the springs 

 at the head of the Itchtucknee River. Following these earlier collec- 

 tions a considerable number of bird bones were obtained by Mr. and 

 Mrs. H. H. Simpson of High Springs during the latter months of 

 1930. These latter specimens came to hand as the present report was 

 being completed and have added decidedly to information concerning 

 birds from this area. The bird bones are brown in color and are 

 heavily fossilized. Associated mammalian remains include Hydro- 

 choenis, Mylodon, Eqims, Tapirus, Mylohyus, Mastodon, and Archi- 

 diskidon columhi. 



Notable among the birds are the jabiru, the extinct teal, Querque- 

 dula floridana, and the trumpeter swan. Curiously enough the collec- 

 tion contains no remains of hawks or vultures. 



Following is the list of identified species : 



Colymbus auritns Qiierquedula floridana 



Podilymbus podiceps Nyroca valisineria 



Phalacrocorax auritns Nyroca affinis 



Ardca herodias Lophodytes cucullatiis 



Nycticorax nacznus Pandion halia'ctus 



Jabiru mycteria Mcleagris gallopavo 



Cygnus buccinator Grus amcricanns 



Branta canadensis Aramus pictus 



Branta canadensis hutchinsi Rallus elegans 



Anas platyrhynchos Gallimila chloropnis 



Anas rubripes Fulica amcricana 

 Anas julvigula 



VERO AND MELBOURNE DEPOSITS 



The deposits at Vero have attracted the greatest public attention 

 because remains of man were found there associated with bones of 

 mammals currently considered of Pleistocene age. Among other speci- 

 mens secured at this locality were a few bones of birds that were 

 described by Shufeldt in 191 6.'' In this account there are listed the 

 turkey vulture, Cathartes aura, barn owl, Tyto alba, great blue heron, 

 Ardca herodias, and several other species not certainly identified. 

 Three forms were described as new, a teal, Querquedula floridana, a 



^ Florida State Geol. Surv., 20th Ann. Rep., 1929, p. 270. 

 ^Florida State Geol. Surv., 9th Ann. Rep., 1917, pp. 35-41. 



