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Genus EOCEORNIS Shufeldt 



Eoceornis Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19, February 

 1915, P- 39- Type, by monotypy, Eoceornis ardetta Shufeldt. 



Eoceornis ardetta Shufeldt 



Eoceornis ardetta Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19, 

 February 1915, p. 39, pi. 13, fig. 102. 



Eocene (Bridger formation) : Henry's Fork, Wyoming. 



Subfamily BOTAURINAE: Bitterns 



Genus IXOBRYCHUS Billberg 



Ixohrychus Billberg, Syn. Faunae Scand., vol. i, pt. 2, 1828, p. 166. Type, 

 by subsequent designation, Ardea minuta Linnaeus (Stone, 1907). 



Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin) : Least Bittern. 

 Ardea exilis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 645. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Banos de Ciego 

 Montero, Santa Clara Province, Cuba. 



Genus BOTAURUS Stephens 



Botaurus Stephens, in Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. 11, pt. 2, August 1819, p. 592. 

 Type, by subsequent designation, Ardea stcllaris Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett) : American Bittern 



Ardea lentiginosa Rackf.tt, in Pulteney, Cat. Birds, Shells and .... Plants 

 of Dorsetshire, ed. 2, May 1813, p. 14. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, and Sarasota, Florida. Late Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Ore- 

 gon ; -^ Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Genus BOTAUROIDES Shufeldt 



Botauroides Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19, February 

 1915, P- 33- Type, by monotypy, Botauroides parvus Shufeldt. 



Botauroides parvus Shufeldt 



Botauroides parz'us Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19, 

 February 1915, p. 33. 



Eocene ( ? Bridger formation) : "Spanish John Meadow," Wy- 

 oming. 



'^^ Ardea paloccidcntalis Shufeldt described from Fossil Lake is based on a 

 fragmentary tarsometatarsus of the American bittern. See Howard, Carnegie 

 Inst. Washington Publ. 551, Jan. 25, 1946, pp. 156-157. 



