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Euphagus magnirostris Miller 



Euphagus magnirostris A. H. Miller, Univ. California Publ., Bull. Dept. 

 Geol. Sci., vol. 19, No. i, Dec. 21, 1929, p. 14, pi. i, figs. /, h. 



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



Genus CASSIDIX Lesson 



Cassidix Lesson, Traite d'Orn., livr. 6, Feb. i, 1831, p. 433. Type, by sub- 

 sequent designation, Cassidix mexicanus Lesson = Corvus mexicantis 

 Gmelin (Gray, 1840). 



Cassidix mexicanus (Gmelin) : Boat-tailed Grackle 



Corvus mexicanus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. i, 1788, p. 375. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, Florida. 



Genus QUISCALUS Vieillot 



Quiscaliis Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 36. Type, by subsequent designation, 

 Gracula quiscula Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus) : Grackle 

 Graada Quiscula Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 109. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, Florida. 



Genus PYELORHAMPHUS Miller 



Pyelorhamphus A. H. Miller, Auk, vol. 49, No. i, January 1932, p. 39. Type, 

 by original designation, Pyelorhamphus molothroides Miller. 



Pyelorhamphus molothroides Miller 



Pyelorhamphus molothroides A. H. Miller, Auk, vol. 49, No. l, January 

 1932, p. 39, Pl- 4- 



Quaternary ( ? Pleistocene) : " Shelter Cave, Pyramid Peak, Organ 

 Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. 



Genus PANDANARIS Miller 



Pandanaris A. H. Miller, Condor, vol. 49, No. i, Feb. 6, 1947, p. 22. Type, 

 by original designation, Pandanaris convexa A. H. Miller. 



Pandanaris convexa Miller 



Pandanaris convexa A. H. Miller, Condor, vol. 49, No. i, Feb. 6, 1947, p. 22, 

 fig. 4 a-d. 



Late Pleistocene: Pit "A," Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, Cali- 

 fornia. 



27 The deposits in which this extinct species was found are possibly of Recent 

 age. 



