NO. 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE 6l 



more, Coles County, Illinois ; Melbourne, Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, and Bradenton, Florida. Late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, 

 Los Angeles, and McKittrick, California. 



Grus proavus Marsh 

 Gnts proavus Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, vol. 4, October 1872, p. 261. 



Pleistocene: Monmouth County, New Jersey. 



Grus nannodes Wetmore and Martin 



Grus nannodes Wetmore and Martin, Condor, vol. 32, No. i, Jan. 20, 1930, 

 p. 62, figs. 23-25. 



Middle Pliocene (Ogallala formation, Edson beds) : Sec. 25, T. 10 

 S., R. 38 W., Sherman County, Kansas. 



Grus conferta Miller and Sibley 



Grus conferta A. H. Miller and C. G. Sibley, Condor, vol. 44, No. 3, May 15, 

 1942, p. 126, fig. 50. 



Late Lower Pliocene (Siesta formation) : Black Hawk Ranch, 

 southern base of Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, California. 



Grus marshi Shufeldt ^s 



Grus marshi Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19, February 

 1915, p. 77, pl- 15, figs. 144-147. 



Eocene (Bridger formation) : Henry's Fork, Wyoming. 



Family ARAMIDAE : Limpkins 

 Genus ARAMUS Vieillot 



Aramus Vieillot, Analyse, 181 6, p. 58. Type, by monptypy, Courliri Buf- 

 fon = Ardea scolopacea Gnielin. 



Aramus guarauna Linnaeus: Limpkin 

 Scolopax Guarauna Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., cd. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 242. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, and Itchtucknee River, Florida. 



Genua BADISTORNIS Wetmore 



Badistornis Wetmore, Journ. Morph., vol. 66, Jan. 2, 1940, p. 30. Type, by 

 original designation, Badistornis aramus Wetmore. 



8^ Generic allocation doubtful. See footnote under Aletomis nobilis (p. 59). 



