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Colaptes chrysoides (Malherbe) : Gilded Flicker 



Gcopicus (Colaptes) chrysoides Malherbe, Rev. et Mag. Zool., ser. 2, vol. 4, 

 December 1852, p. 553. 



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

 berri, Nuevo Leon. 



Genus DRYOCOPUS Boie 



Dryocoptts Boie, Isis von Oken, Bd. 2, 1826, col. 977. Type, by monotypy, 

 Pious martins Linnaeus. 



Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus) : Pileated Woodpecker 

 Picns pileatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 113. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Cave deposits of Tennes- 

 see. Late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Genus ASYNDESMUS Coues 



Asyndesmns Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 17, No. i, Janu- 

 ary-March (June 11), 1866, p. 55. Type, by original designation, Picus 

 torquatus Wilson =: Picus lewis Gray. 



Asyndesmus lewis (Gray) : Lewis' Woodpecker 

 Picus Lewis Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. 3, 1849, app., p. 22. 



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

 Angeles, and Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California. 



Order PASSERIFORMES : Perching Birds 



Suborder PASSERES: Song Birds 



Family ALAUDIDAE: Larks 



Genus EREMOPHILA Brehm 



Eremophila Brehm, Isis, vol. 21, pts. 3-4, 1828, p. 322. Type, by subsequent 

 designation, Alauda alpestris Linnaeus (Sharpe, 1890). 



Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus) : Homed Lark 



Alauda alpestris Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 166. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: McKittrick and 

 Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Family PALAEOSPIZIDAE: Palaeospiza 



Genus PALAEOSPIZA Allen 



Palaeospiza Allen, Bull. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., vol. 4, No. 2, May 3, 1878, 

 p. 443. Type, by monotypy, Palaeospiza hella Allen. 



