96 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I3I 



Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus: Loggerhead Shrike 



Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 134. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: McKittrick, Kern 

 County, and Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Family ICTERIDAE : Meadowlarks, Blackbirds, and Troupials 



Genus STURNELLA Vieillot 



Sturnella Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 34. Type, by monotypy, Stourne, ou 

 Merle a fer-a-cheval Buff on = Alauda magna Linnaeus. 



Sturnella neglecta Audubon : Western Meadowlark 



Sturnella neglecta Audubon, Birds Amer., octavo ed., vol. 7, 1844, p. 339, 

 pi. 489. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Carpinteria, McKit- 

 trick, Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, and San Pedro (Palos Verdes 

 formation), Los Angeles County, California. 



Genus AGELAITJS Vieillot 



Agelaius Vieillot, Analyse, 181 6, p. Z2i- Type, by subsequent designation, 

 Troupiale commandeur Buff on = Ono/M.s phoeniceus Linnaeus (Gray, 

 1840). 



Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus) : Red-winged Blackbird 



Oriolus phoeniceus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 161. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, Florida. 



Genus EUPHAGUS Cassin 



Euphagus Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 18, No. 5, No- 

 vember-December, 1866 (July 20, 1867), p. 413. Type, by monotypy, 

 Psarocolius cyanocephalus Wagler. 



Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler): Brewer's Blackbird 20 



Psarocolius cyanocephalus Wagler, Isis von Oken, vol. 22, Heft 7 (July), 

 1829, col. 758. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon ; 

 McPherson County, Kansas (Kentuck locality). 



28 The record by L. H. Miller from the Pleistocene of Hawver Cave, Eldorado 

 County, California (Univ. California Publ. Geol., vol. 6, Oct. 28, 1911, pp. 399, 

 400), was subsequently questioned by the same author (Condor, 1921, p. 130). 

 In recent correspondence A. H. Miller writes that he has examined the material 

 reported on from this cave and docs not find this species represented. It is there- 

 fore omitted from the list. Euphagus affiis Shufeldt is a synonym of E. cyano- 

 cephalus. 



