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



Ardea herodias Linnaeus : Great Blue Heron 

 Ardca Herodias Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. lo, vol. i, 1758, p. 143. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Melbourne,^^ Itchtucknee 

 River, Bradenton and Seminole Field, Pinellas County, Florida, Late 

 Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon; Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, 

 and McKittrick, Kern County, California, 



Ardea polkensis Brodkorb 

 Ardea polkensis Brodkorb, Florida Geol. Surv. Rep. Invest. No, 14, November 

 I9S5, p. 17, figs. 13, 14, 15- 



Pliocene (Bone Valley formation) : Near Brewster, Polk County, 

 Florida. 



Genus CASMERODIUS Gloger 



Casmcrodius Gloger, Hand- und Hilfsbuch Naturg., 1842 (1841), p. 412. 

 Type, by subsequent designation, Ardca egretta Gmelin (Salvadori, 1882). 



Casmerodius albus (Linnaeus) : Common Egret 



Ardca alba Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 144. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Melbourne, Seminole 

 Field, Pinellas County, and Venice, Florida. Late Pleistocene : Rancho 

 La Brea, Los Angeles, California; Banos de Ciego Montero, Santa 

 Clara Province, Cuba. 



Genus LEUCOPHOYX Sharpe 



Leucophoyx Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 3, Apr. 30, 1894, p. xxxix. 

 Type, by original designation and monotypy, Ardea candidissima Gmelin == 

 Ardea thnla Molina. 



Leucophoyx thula (Molina) : Snowy Egret 



Ardca Thida Molina, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chili, 1782, p. 235. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Bradenton, Florida, 



Genus HYDRANASSA Baird 



Hydranassa Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, Rep. Expl. Surv, R. R. 

 Pac, vol. 9, 1858, p. 660. Type, by original designation, Ardca hidoviciana 

 Wilson =: Egretta ritficollis Gosse. 



Hydranassa tricolor (Muller) : Tricolored Heron 



Ardea tricolor P. L. S. Muller, Natursyst. Suppl., 1776, p. iii. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, Florida. 



^8 The record from Vero (stratum 3) is now considered Recent. See Cooke, 

 C. W., Florida Geol. Surv. Geol. Bull. 29, 1945, pp. 306-307. 



