NO. 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE 9I 



Palaeospiza bella Allen 



Palaeospica bella Allen, Bull. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., vol. 4, No. 2, May 3, 

 1878, p. 443, pi. I, figs. 1-2. 



OUgocene (Florissant lake beds) : ^^ Florissant, Colorado. 



Family HIRUNDINIDAE: Swallows 



Genus PETROCHELIDON Cabanis 



Pctrochelidon Cabanis, Mus. Hein., vol. i, October (after Oct. 23), 1851, 

 p. 47. Type, by subsequent designation, Hirundo melanogaster Swainson 

 (Gray, 1855). 



Pctrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot) : Cliflf Swallow 



Hirundo pyrrhonota Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., vol. 14, Sep- 

 tember 1817, p. 519. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: McKittrick, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Family CORVIDAE: Jays, Magpies, and Crows 



Subfamily GARRULINAE : Jays and Magpies 



Genus CYANOCITTA Strickland 



Cyanocitta Strickland, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. i, vol. 15, No. 98, April 

 1845, p. 261. Type, by original designation, Corvtis cristatus Linnaeus. 



Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin) : Steller's Jay 

 Corvus stelleri Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. i, 1788, p. 370. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Samwel Cave, Shasta 

 County, Hawver Cave, Eldorado County, Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, and Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California. 



Genus APHELOCOMA Cabanis 



Aphclocoma Cabanis, Mus. Hein., vol. i, sign. 28, Oct. 15, 1851, p. 221. Tyi>e, 

 by subsequent designation, Garrulus californicus Vigors (Baird, 1858). 



Subgenus APHELOCOMA Cabanis 

 Aphelocoma coerulescens (Bosc) : Scrub Jay 22 



Corvus coerulescens Bosc, Bull. Soc. Sci. Philom. Paris, vol. i, pt. i, 1795, 

 p. 87. 



21 Recent studies indicate that the age may be Oligocene. 



22 Recorded as Aphelocoma californica (Vigors), California Jay, in the pre- 

 ceding check-list. 



