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Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte) : White-winged Scoter 



Oedemia deglandi Bonaparte, Rev. Crit. Orn. Europe, 1850, p. 108. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene (Palos Verdes sand) : 

 San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California. 



Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus) : Surf Scoter 

 Anas perspicillata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 125. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon ; 

 San Pedro (Palos Verdes sand), Los Angeles County, California. 



Genus CHENDYTES Miller 



Chendytcs L. H. Miller, Condor, vol. 27, No. 4, July 15, 1925, P- I45- Type, 

 by monotypy, Chendytes lawi Miller. 



Chendytes lawi Miller 



Chendytes lazvi L. H. Miller, Condor, vol. 27, No. 4, July 15, 1925, p. 145, 

 fig. 40. 



Early Pleistocene: Sexton Canyon, near Lake Canyon, Ventura 

 County. Late Pleistocene: Newport Bay, Orange County; Lomita, 

 Playa del Rey, Santa Monica (type locality), San Pedro (lumberyard 

 locality), Vermont and Sepulveda Boulevard, Bixby Slough near 

 Hermosa Beach, and Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California. 



Chendytes milleri Howard 



Chendytes milleri H. Howard, Condor, vol. 57, No. 3, May 25, 1955, p. 137, 

 fig. I a, d, e, f, g, i, fig. 2 b, c, fig. 3. 



Early Pleistocene : San Nicolas Island, California. 



Subfamily OXYURINAE: Ruddy and Masked Ducks 



Genus OXYURA Bonaparte 



Oxyura Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 2, 1828, p. 390. 

 Type, by monotypy, Anas rubidus Wilson. 



Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin) : Ruddy Duck 

 Anas jamaicensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat, vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 519. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Venice, Florida. Late 

 Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon ; McKittrick, Kern County, and near 

 Manix, San Bernardino County, California. 



Subfamily EONESSINAE: Eonessa 



Genus EONESSA Wetmore 



Eonessa Wetmore, Journ. Pal., vol. 12, No. 3, May 1938, p. 280. Type, by 

 original designation, Eonessa attaticula Wetmore. 



