348 FOSSIL BIRDS. 
MELEAGRIS ALTUS Marsh. 
Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy, 11. March, 1870. — American 
Naturalist, iv, 817. July, 1870.— American Journal of Science, iv, 260. Oct., 
1872. (MM. superbus Cope. Synopsis Extinct, Batrachia, etc., 239.) 
“Represented by portions of three skeletons, of different ages, which 
belonged to birds about the size of the Wild Turkey, although proportionally 
much taller. The tibize and tarso-metatarsal bones were, in fact, so elon- 
gated as to resemble those of wading birds.” From the Post-pliocene of 
New Jersey. The remains are mostly in the museum of Yale College. 
MELEAGRIS CELER Marsh. 
American Journal of Science, iv, 261. Oct., 1872. 
A species much smaller than the foregoing, but with legs of slender pro- 
portions. Also from the Post-pliocene of New Jersey, and preserved in 
the Yale museum. 
GRALLATORES. 
GRUS HAYDENII Marsh. 
American Journal of Science, xlix, 214. March, 1870. 
A species about as large as the Sandhill Crane (G‘. canadensis). From 
the Pliocene of Nebraska. Remains preserved in the museum of the Phila- 
delphia Academy. 
GRUS PROAVUS Marsh. 
American Journal of Science, iv, 261. Oct., 1872. 
This species was nearly as large as a Sandhill Crane. The remains repre- 
senting it were found in the Post-pliocene of New Jersey, and are now in 
the Yale museum. 
ALETORNIS NOBILIS Marsh. 
American Journal of Science, iv, 256. Oct., 1872. 
Nearly as large as the preceding species. Found in the Eocene deposits 
of Wyoming, and now in the museum of Yale College. 
ALETORNIS PERNIX Marsh. 
American Journal of Science, iv, 256. Oct., 1872. 
About half the size of the above, and from the same locality. Also in 
the Yale museum. 
ALETORNIS VENUSTUS Marsh. 
American Journal of Science, iv, 257. Oct., 1872. 
A smaller species, about as large as a Curlew (umenius). From the 
same locality, and likewise in the Yale museum. 
ALETORNIS GRACILIS Marsh. 
American Journal of Science, iv, 258. Oct., 1872. 
A bird about the size of a Woodcock (Philohela minor). From the same 
formation and locality, and now preserved in the museum of Yale College. 
