NO, 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE 5 1 



Gallinuloides wyomingensis Eastman 



Gallinuloides wyomingetisis Eastman, Geol. Mag., n. s., vol. 7, pt. 4, No. 2, 

 February 1900, p. 54, pi. 4. 



Middle Eocene (Green River formation): Fossil (type locality), 

 and Henry's Fork, Wyoming, 



Family CRACIDAE: Curassows, Guans, and Chaciialacas 



Genus ORTALIS Merrem 



Ortalida (accusative case) = Ortalis (nominative) Merrem, Avium Rar. 

 Icones et Descrip., vol. 2, 1786, p. 40. Type, by original designation, 

 Phasiamis motmot Linnaeus. 



Ortalis phengites Wetmore 



Ortalis phengites Wetmore, Bull. Amer. Mus, Nat. Hist., vol, 48, art. 12, 

 Dec. 3, 1923, p. 487, figs, 1-2. 



Lov^er Pliocene (Upper Snake Creek beds) : South of Agate, Sioux 

 County, Nebraska, 



Ortalis tantala Wetmore 



Ortalis tantala Wetmore, Condor, vol, 35, No. 2, Mar. 15, 1933, p. 64, figs. 

 10-14, 



Lower Miocene (Lower Harrison beds) : Carnegie Hill, Sioux 

 County, Nebraska. 



Ortalis poUicaris MnxER 



Ortalis pollicaris A, H, Miller, Univ, California Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol. Sci., 

 vol. 27, No. 4, June 22, 1944, p, 91, fig. 5, 



Lower Miocene (Rosebud formation) : Flint Hill, 9 miles west- 

 southwest of Martin, Bennett County, South Dakota, 



Genus BOREORTALIS Brodkorb 



Boreortalis Brodkorb, Wilson Bull., vol. 66, No. 3, September (Oct. 29), 

 1954. P- i8o- Type, by original designation, Boreortalis laesslci Brodkorb. 



Boreortalis laesslei Brodkorb 



Boreortalis laesslei Brodkorb, Wilson Bull., vol. 66, No. 3, September (Oct. 

 29), 1954, P- 182, fig, I (on p. 181). 



Lower Miocene (Hawthorn formation) : Thomas Farm, 8 miles 

 north of Bell, Gilchrist County, Florida. 



