NO. 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE II 



Subgenus PUFFINUS Brisson 

 PuflSnus griseus (Gmelin) : Sooty Shearwater 



Proccllaria grisca Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 564. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene (Palos Verdes sand) : 

 Newport Bay, Orange County; near San Pedro (lumberyard locality) 

 and Playa del Rey, Los Angeles County, California. 



PufiSnus puflSnus (Brunnich) : Common Shearwater 



Proccllaria Puffinus Brunnich, Orn. Borealis, 1764, p. 29. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene (Melbourne bone bed) : 

 Melbourne, Florida. Late Pleistocene (Palos Verdes sand) : San 

 Pedro and Playa del Rey, Los Angeles County, Calif ornia.^^ 



Puffinus inceptor Wetmore 



Puffinus inceptor Wetmore, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 4, vol. 19, No. 8, 

 July 15, 1930, p. 86, figs. 1-3. 



Middle Miocene (Temblor formation) : Sharktooth Hill, about 7 

 miles northeast of Bakersfield, California. 



Puffinus diatomicus Miller 



Puffinus diatomicus L. H. Miller, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 349, 

 August 1925, p. Ill, pis. I, 2, 7a. 



Middle Miocene (Temblor formation, Turrit ella ocoyaiia zone) : 

 Lompoc (type locality). Miocene (Monterey shale) : Lomita and 

 San Pedro breakwater, San Pedro, California. 



Puffinus kanakoffi Howard ^^ 



Puffinus kanakoffi Howard, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 584, June 22, 

 1949, p. 187, pi. 2, figs. 3, 5. 



Middle Pliocene (San Diego formation) : Washington Boulevard 

 Freeway, San Diego, California. 



Puffinus felthami Howard ^^ 



Puffinus felthami Howard, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 584, June 22, 

 1949, p. 194, pi. 2, figs. 4, 6. 



Late Lower Pliocene: 3 miles north of Corona del Mar, Orange 

 County, California. 



^^ The California records refer to Puffiinus puffinus opisthomelas Coues, for- 

 merly listed as a separate species. 

 ^2 Subgeneric allocation provisional. 



