NO. 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE 99 



Genus SPINTJS Koch 



Spinus Koch, Syst. Baier. Zool., vol. i, 1816, p. 233. Type, by tautonymy, 

 Fringilla spinus Linnaeus. 



Spinus pinus (Wilson) : Pine Siskin 

 Fringilla pinus Wilson, Amer. Orn., vol. 2, 1810, p. 133, pi. 17, fig. i. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Carpinteria and Rancho 

 La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Spinus tristis (Linnaeus) : American Goldfinch 

 Fringilla tristis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 181. 



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

 Angeles, California. 



Genus LOXIA Linnaeus 



Loxia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 171. Type, by subsequent 

 designation, Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



Lozia curvirostra Linnaeus : Red Crossbill 

 Loxia Curvirostra Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 171. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Carpinteria, Santa 

 Barbara County, California. 



Subfamily EMBERIZINAE : Sparrows and Buntings 

 Genus PALAEOSTRUTHUS Wetmore 



Palaeostruthus Wetmore, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 67, May 1925, p. 192. 

 Type, by original designation, Palacospisa hatcheri Shufeldt. 



Palaeostruthus hatcheri (Shufeldt) 



Palaeospiza hatcheri Shufeldt, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 32, art. 16, 

 Aug. 4, 1913, p. 301, pi. 55, fig- 28. 



Middle Pliocene : Near Long Island, Kansas. 



Genus PIPILO Vieillot 



Pipilo Vieillot, Analyse, 181 6, p. 32. Type, by monotypy, Pinson aux yeux 

 rouges Buff on = Fringilla erythrophthalma Linnaeus. 



Pipilo maculatus Swainson : Spotted Towhee 

 Pipilo tnaculata Swainson, Philos. Mag., n. s., vol. i, 1827, p. 434. 



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

 Angeles, and Carpinteria, California. 



