FOSSIL BIRDS. 389 



ORDER RAPTORES. 

 SUBORDER SARCORAMPHI. 



FAMILY CATEARTIDJE. 

 GENUS PAL^EOBORUS COUES. 



Palceoborus COUES, Key N. A. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 822. Type, by orig. 

 desig., Cathartes umbrosus COPE. 



Palseoborus umbrosus (COPE). [56.] 



Cathartes umbrosus COPE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1874, 151. 

 Pliocene; New Mexico. 



GENUS CATHARISTA VIEILLOT. 



Catharista occidentalis L. H. MILLER. 



Catharista occidentalis MILLER, Univ. Calif. Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol., V, 

 No. 21, Sept. 10, 1909, 306. 



Quaternary asphalt beds at Rancho La Brea, near Los Angeles, 

 California. 



SUBORDER FALCONES. 

 FAMILY TERATORNITHIDJE ? 



GENUS TERATORNIS MILLER. 



Teratornis MILLER, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bull. Dept. Geol., V, No. 21, Sept. 

 10, 1909, 307. Type, by monotypy, Teratornis merriami MILLER. 



Teratornis merriami L. H. MILLER. 



Teratornis merriami MILLER, Univ. Calif. Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol., 

 V, No. 21, Sept, 10, 1909, 307, text figs. 1-9. 



Quaternary asphalt beds at Rancho La Brea, near Los Angeles, 

 California. 



