SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 

 VOLUME 131, NUMBER 5 



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A CHECK-LIST OF THE FOSSIL AND 



PREHISTORIC BIRDS OF NORTH 



AMERICA AND THE 



WEST INDIES 



By 

 ALEXANDER WETMORE 



Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution 



(Publication 4228) 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



JANUARY 25, 1956 



