NO. 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE 7I 



Genus SQUATAROLA Cuvier 



Squatarola Cuvier, Rcgne Animal, vol. i, 1817 (Dec. 7, 1816), p. 467. Type, 

 by tautonyniy, Tringa squatarola Linnaeus. 



Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus) : Black-bellied Plover 



Tringa Squatarola Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 149. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, California. 



Genus LIMICOLAVIS Shuf eldt ^^ 



Limicolavis Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19, February 

 iQiSi P- 55- Type, by monotypy, Limicolavis pluvianella Shufeldt. 



Limicolavis pluvianella Shufeldt 



Limicolavis pluvianella Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 

 19, February 1915, p. 55, pl- I5, fig- 129. 



? Oligocene : Lower Willow Creek, Oregon. 



Family SCOLOPACIDAE : Woodcock, Snipes, and Sandpipers 



Subfamily PALAEOTRINGINAE : Palaeotringas 



Genus PALAEOTRINGA Marsh 



Palaeotringa Marsh, Anier. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 49, March 1870, p. 208. 

 Type, by subsequent designation, Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh (Hay, 

 1902). 



Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh ^^ 



Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 49, Alarch 1870, 

 p. 208. 



Paleocene (Hornerstown marl) : Hornerstown, New Jersey. 



Palaeotringa vagans Marsh 

 Palaeotringa vagans Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, vol. 3, May 1872, p. 365. 



Paleocene (Hornerstown marl) : Hornerstown, New Jersey. 



Palaeotringa vetus Marsh 



Palaeotringa vetus Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 49, March 1870, 

 p. 209. 



Paleocene (Hornerstown marl) : Arneytown, New Jersey. 



^^ Family relationship uncertain. 



88 Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19, February 1915, pp. 23, 

 J7, pl. 6, fig. 35, believes this to be a gull, but this is open to question. 



