l8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I3I 



Phalacrocorax mediterraneus Shufeldt 



Phalacrocorax mediterraneus Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., 

 vol. 19, February 1915, p. 58, pi. 15, fig. 138. 



Lower Oligocene (Chadron formation) : Gerry's Ranch, Weld 

 County, Colorado. 



Phalacrocorax rogersi Howard 



Phalacrocorax rogersi Howard, Condor, vol. 34, No. 3, May 16, 1932, p. 118, 

 fig. 19. 



Early Pleistocene (Santa Barbara formation) : Veronica Springs 

 Stone Quarry, near Santa Barbara, California. 



Phalacrocorax kennelli Howard 



Phalacrocorax kennelli Howard, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 584, June 

 22, 1949, p. 188, pi. 3, figs. 7-8a. 



Middle Pliocene (San Diego formation) : Washington Boulevard 

 Freeway, San Diego, California. 



Family ANHINGIDAE: Snakebirds 



Genus ANHINGA Brisson 



Anhinga Brisson, Orn., 1760, vol. i, p. 60; vol. 6, p. 476. Type, by tautonymy 

 and monotypy, Anhinga Brisson = Plotiis anhinga Linnaeus. 



Aiihinga anhinga (Linnaeus) : Anhinga 



Plotus Anhinga Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., cd. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 218. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene (Melbourne bone bed) : 

 Melbourne (stratum 2), Florida. 



Order CICONHFORMES: Herons, Storks, and Allies 



Suborder ARDEAE: Herons, Bitterns, and Allies 



Family ARDEIDAE : Herons and Bitterns 



Subfamily ARDEINAE: Herons and Egrets 



Genus ARDEA Linnaeus is 



Ardea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 141. Type, by subsequent 

 designation, Ardea cincrea Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



18 Ardea sellardsi Shufeldt, Journ. Geol., January-February (January) 1917, 

 p. 19, described from Vcro (stratum 3), Florida, proves to be based on tiie 

 tibiotarsus of Meleagris gallopavo. See Wetniore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 

 vol. 85, No. 2, Apr. 13, 1931, p. 32. 



