NO. 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE 2/ 



Branta hypsibata (Cope)^^ 

 Anscr hypsibaius Cope, Bull. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., vol. 4, No. 2, 1878, 

 p. 387. 



Late Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon. 



Branta propinqua Shufeldt 



Branta propinqua Shufeldt, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2d ser., 

 vol. 9, sign. 53, Oct. 20, 1892, p. 407, pi. IS, fig. 17. 



Late Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon. 



Genus ANABERNICULA Ross 20 



Aiuibcniicula Ross, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 8, No. 15, Aug. 24, 

 1935, P- 107. Type, by monotypy, Anahernicula gracilenta Ross = Branta 

 minuscula Wetmore.^" 



Anabernicula minuscula (Wetmore) 



Branta minuscula Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 64, art. 5, Jan. 15, 

 1924, p. 6, figs. 3-4- 



Upper Pliocene (Blancan) : Near Benson, Arizona (type locality). 

 Late Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon; McKittrick, Kern County, 

 and Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. Quaternary: Smith 

 Creek Cave, 34 miles north of Baker, White Pine County, Nevada. 



Genus PRESBYCHEN Wetmore 



Presbychen Wetmore, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 4, vol. 19, No. 8, 

 July IS, 1930, p. 92. Tyi>e, by original designation, Presbychen abavus 

 Wetmore. 



Presbychen abavus Wetmore 



Presbychen abavus Wetmore, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 4, vol. 19, 

 No. 8, July IS, 1930, p. 92, figs. 5-7- 



Miocene (Temblor formation) : Sharktooth Hill, Kern County, 

 about 7 miles northeast of Bakersfield, California. 



Genus ANSER Brisson 



Anser Brisson, Orn., 1760, vol. i, p. 58; vol. 6, p. 261. Type, by tautonymy, 

 Anser domesiica Brisson = /ina.j anser Linnaeus. 



28 Status doubtful. Howard, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 551, Jan. 25, 

 1946, pp. 167-169, indicates that this may be a synonym of Chen hypcrborea. 



2^ Possibly representative of a distinct subfamily. See Howard, Carnegie Inst. 

 Washington Publ. 551, Jan. 25, 1946, pp. 172-173. 



^° See Howard, Condor, 1936, p. 35. 



