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Plegadis chihi (Vieillot) : White-faced Ibis 



Numenius chihi Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., vol. 8, March 

 1817, p. 303. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, California. 



Genus EUDOCIMUS Wagler 



Eudocimus Wagler, Isis von Oken, 1832, col. 1232. Type, by subsequent desig- 

 nation, Scolopax rubra Linnaeus (Reichenow, 1877). 



Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus) : White Ibis 

 Scolopax alba Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 145. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, and Haile, Alachua County, Florida. 



Subfamily PLATALEINAE : Spoonbills 



Genus AJAIA Reichenbach 



Ajaia Reichenbach, Avium Syst. Nat., 1852 (1853), p. xvi. Type, by original 

 designation, Ajaia rosea Reichenbach = Platalca ajaja Linnaeus. 



Ajaia ajaja (Linnaeus) : Roseate Spoonbill 



Platalca Ajaja Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 140. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, California. 



Suborder PHOENICOPTERI : Flamingos 



Family PHOENICOPTERIDAE: Flamingos 



Genus PHOENICOPTERUS Linnaeus 



Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 139. Type, by 

 monotypy, Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus. 



Phoenicopterus copei Shufeldt 



Phoenicopterus copei Shufeldt, Amer. Nat., vol. 25, No. 297, September 1891, 

 p. 820. 



Late Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon. 



Phoenicopterus minutus Howard 



Phoenicopterus jninutus Howard, Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap. 264-J, June 1955, 

 p. 202, pi. 50. 



Late Pleistocene ; Manix lake beds, near Manix, San Bernardino 

 County, California. 



