NO. 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE I3 



Subgenus CYRTOPELICANUS Reichenbach 



Cyrtopclicanns Reiciienbach, Avium Syst. Nat., 1852 (1853), p. vii. Type, 

 by original designation, Pckcamis trachyrhynchns Latham = P. crythro- 

 rhy licit OS Gmelin. 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin : White Pelican 



Pdccanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 571. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon ; 

 Manix lake beds, near Manix, San Bernardino County, California. 

 ? Pleistocene : Rattlesnake Hill, Fallon, Nevada. 



Pelecanus halieus Wetmore 



Pelecanus halieus Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 87, No. 20, Dec. 

 27, 1933, p. 3, figs. 1-2. 



Upper Pliocene (Hagerman lake beds) : Near Hagerman, Idaho. 



Subgenus LEPTOPELICANUS Reichenbach 



Leptopclicanus Reichenbach, Avium Syst. Nat., 1852 (1853), p. vii. Type, 

 by original designation, Pelecanus fuscus Gmelin = P. occidentalis Lin- 

 naeus. 



Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus : Brown Pelican 

 Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 215. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Carpinteria, Santa 

 Barbara County, California. 



Family CYPHORNITHIDAE: Cyphornithes 



Genus CYPHORNIS Cope 



Cyphornis Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 9, May 31, 

 1894, p. 449. Type, by monotypy, Cyphornis tnagnus Cope. 



Cyphornis magnus Cope 



Cyphornis magnus Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 9, 

 May 31, 1894, p. 451. 



Middle Oligocene : Carmanah Point, Vancouver Island, British 

 Columbia. 



Genus PALAEOCHENOIDES Shufeldt 



Palaeochenoides Shufeldt, Geol. Mag., n.s. 4, vol. 3, August 1916, p. 347. 

 Type, by monotypy, Palaeochendides mioceanus Shufeldt. 



