NO. 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE 47 



Genus AQUILA Brisson ^s 



Aquila Brisson, Orn., 1760, vol. i, pp. 28, 419. Type, by tautonymy, Aquila 

 Brisson = Falco chrysa'ctus Linnaeus. 



Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus) : Golden Eagle 

 Falco Chrysaetos Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 88. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : San Josecito Cave, Aram- 

 berri, Nuevo Leon. Late Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon; Rancho 

 La Brea,"* Los Angeles, Carpinteria, McKittrick, and near Manix, 

 San Bernardino County, California. 



Genus HALIAEETUS Savigny 



Haliacetus Savigny, Descr. figypte, Ois., vol. i, 1809, pp. 68, 85. Type, by 

 monotypy, Haliacetus nisus Savigny = Falco albicilla Linnaeus. 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus) : Bald Eagle 

 Falco leucocephalus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 124. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, Venice, Melbourne, and cavern deposits near Lecanto, Flor- 

 ida ; Niobrara River, near Peters, Sheridan County, Nebraska. Late 

 Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon ; Carpinteria, McKittrick, Rancho 

 La Brea, Los Angeles, and San Pedro (Palos Verdes sand), Los 

 Angeles County, California. 



Subfamily PALAEOPLANCINAE : Palaeoplancus 



Genus PALAEOPLANCUS Wetmore 



Palaeoplancus Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 87, No. 19, Dec. 26, 

 1933. P- I- Type, by original designation, Palaeoplancus st ember gi 

 Wetmore. 



Palaeoplancus sternbergi Wetmore 



Palaeoplancus sternbergi Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 87, No. 19, 

 Dec. 26, 1933, p. 12, figs. 1-19. 



Middle Oligocene (Brule formation, Upper Oreodon beds) : East 

 side of Plum Creek, Niobrara County, Wyoming. 



^3 Aquila fero.r Shufeldt proves to be a mammal. See Wetmore, Amer. Mus. 

 Nov., No. 680, Dec. 4, 1933, pp. 1-2. 



"* Howard, Auk, vol. 64, April 1947, pp. 287-291, finds that the abundant 

 material from Rancho La Brea indicates a bird with longer wing, shorter leg, 

 and larger skull than the living population. 



