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Order GALLIFORMES 



Family PERDICIDAE 



COLINUS VIRGINIANUS (Linnaeus) 



Bob-white 

 Tetrao virginianus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 161. 



In material collected by W. W. Holmes in the Seminole area re- 

 mains of the quail may be said to be common since this species is 

 represented by six humeri more or less complete and part of an ulna. 

 It is likewise common in the collection from Saber-tooth Cave near 

 Lecanto where two humeri, a metatarsus and two femora were ob- 

 tained. In excavations on the golf links at Melbourne in February, 

 1928, Gidley secured two humeri at the line of contact between 

 stratum Number One and stratum Number Two. 



These bones all appear similar to those of modern quail. The 

 species is abundant in Florida, and has been previously reported as a 

 fossil from Pleistocene cavern deposits in Tennessee. 



Family MELEAGRIDIDAE 

 MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO Linnaeus 



Turkey 



Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 156. 

 Ardea sellardsi Shufeldt, Journ. Geo!., Jan.-Feb. (publ. Jan.), 1917, p. 19. 



In the series of bird bones obtained in the Seminole area, Pinellas 

 County, by W. W. Holmes, remains of the wild turkey far out- 

 number those of any other species represented ; they include 98 frag- 

 ments of metatarsi, tibio-tarsi, femora, coracoids, humeri, ulnae, and 

 metacarpi. Most of these have been broken into small bits. The speci- 

 mens exhibit the usual variation in size found in series of wild turkey 

 bones, and do not differ from modern specirnens. In the material 

 collected on Hog Creek, near Sarasota, by J. E. Moore in 1928 there 

 is included parts of a femur and a tibio-tarsus, the latter considerably 

 worn. The proximal end of a metatarsus has been forwarded by 

 Mr. Moore as taken at Bradenton. In Saber-tooth Cave near Lecanto 

 Holmes obtained a single spur core from the metatarsus of a male 

 individual. Collections in the Florida State Geological Survey from 

 near the head of the Itchtucknee River, Columbia County, include 

 metatarsi, femora, humerus, ulnae, and other bones, all more or less 



