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GALLINULA CHLOROPUS (Linnaeus) 

 Gallinule 

 Fiilica chloropiis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. lo, vol. i, 1758, p. 152. 

 Parts of four humeri were collected by W. W. Holmes in the 

 Seminole field on the west coast, and another humerus was secured 

 on the Itchtucknee River, Columbia County, by Mr. and Mrs. H. H. 

 Simpson. The species, abundant in present day Florida, has not been 

 recorded previously as a fossil. 



FULICA AMERICANA Gmelin 



Coot 

 Fulica aiiicricana Gnit-lin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 704. 



Bones of this species- collected in the Seminole area by W. W. 

 Holmes include one entire and two fragmentary humeri and the distal 

 ends of two tibio-tar.si. Parts of a humerus and a coracoid were 

 ol)tained by J. K. Moore at Bradenton. A number of other limb bones 

 are found in the collections of the Florida State Geological Survey 

 from the Itchtucknee River area in Columbia County. 



The coot is found now in al)undance in Florida in winter and a few 

 remain to nest during summer. The species has been reported pre- 

 viously from the Pleistocene of Oregon. 



Order COLUMP.IFORMES 



Family COLUMBIDAE 

 ZENAIDURA MACROURA (Linnaeus) 



Mourning dove 



Cohiniba viacroura Linnaeus, .Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. \C)^. 



Two metacarpals and the proximal end of an ulna from the Semi- 

 nole Field, obtained by W. W. Holmes, are in size similar to the 

 modern forms of the moiu'ning dove of North America, being larger 

 than the bird of the West Indies. 



Order STRIGIFORMES 



Family TYTONIDAE 



TYTO ALBA (Scopoli) 



Barn owl 



Strix alba Scopoli, Annus L Hist. -Nat., 1769, p. 2L 



In the collection obtained by W. W. Holmes in Salier-tooth Cave 

 at Lecanto in 1928 there are a numl)er of fragmentary bones of the 



