NO. 2 AVIFAUNA OF PLEISTOCENE IN FLORIDA WETMORE 4I 



Pleistocene. The bone is similar to that of the common crow but is 

 decidedly smaller. The fish crow is widely distributed through the 

 Florida Peninsula today. 



Family ICTERIDAE 

 AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS (Linnaeus) 



Red-winged blackbird 



Orioltis phoeniceus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 161. 



A right humerus lacking the distal end, and a left one with part of 

 the head missing, were secured in the Seminole area by W. W. 

 Holmes. This is a common resident of marshes throughout much of 

 North America and abounds today in Florida. It has not been identi- 

 fied certainly before from the Pleistocene. 



MEGAQUISCALUS MAJOR (Vieillot) 



Boat-tailed grackle 



Quiscalus major Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 28, 1819, p. 487. 



The proximal portion of a right humerus found by W. W. Holmes 

 in the Seminole area comes from an individual of small size. These 

 grackles are common in Florida, ranging mainly about water. The 

 species has not been recorded before from the Pleistocene. 



QUISCALUS QUISCULA (Linnaeus) 



Crow blackbird 



Gractda quiscula Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 109. 



A nearly complete left humerus secured by W. W. Holmes in the 

 Seminole Field comes from an individual of small size. This grackle, 

 common in modern Florida, has not been recorded previously from 

 the Pleistocene. 



