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FOSSIL VERTEBRATA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



[BULL. 179. 



^ECHMOPHORUS Coues. Type Podiceps occidentali* Lawr. 



Coues, E. 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 229 

 1884 A, p. 793. 



JEchmophorus occidentalis (Lawr.). 

 Cope, E. D. 1878 H, p. 389. (Podiceps. ) 

 1889 F. (Podiceps.) 



Cope, E. D. 1889 S, pp. 978, 980. (Podiceps.) 

 Coues, E. 1884 A, p. 793. 

 Shufeldt, R. W. 1891 B, p. 818. 



1892 D, p. 3%. 



Recent; Western North America: Pleistocene; 

 Oregon. 



PODILYMBUS Lesson. Type Colymbus podiceps Linn. 



Lesson, 1831, Trait( d'Orn., p. 695. 

 Coues, E. 1884 A, p. 796. 

 Shufeldt, R. W. 1890, A, p. 173. 



Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.). 

 Cope, E. D. 1878 H, p. 389. 



Cope, E. D. 1889 S, p. 980. 



Coues, E. 1884 A, p. 797. (P. podicipes.) 



Shufeldt, R. W. 1891 B, p. 818. 



1892 D, p. 3%. 

 Recent; North America: Pleistocene; Ore- 



Superfamily ALCOIDEA Stejneger. 

 Stejneger, L. 1885 A, p. 68. (Alcoidese.) | 



ALGID ^E. 



Blyth, E. 1837 A. 



Coues, E. 1884 A, p. 797. 



Edwards, A. M. 1868 A, p. 278. 



Furbringer, M. 1888 A, p. 1148. 



Gadow, H. 1891 A. 



Huxley, T. H. 1867 A, p. 458. 



Owen, R. 1856 F, p. 212. (Alca.) 



Parker, W. K. 1868 A, p. 146. (Alcinse.) 



Reichenow, A. 1871 A. 

 Selenka, E. 1869 A. 

 Shufeldt, R. W. 1888 A. 



1890 A. 



1891 C. 



PLAUTUS Briinnich. Type Alca impennis Linn. 



Briinnich, 1772, Zool. Fundamenta, p. 78. 



The genus Plautus is included by many 

 authors in Alca; hence references are given to 

 the literature of the last-named genus. 

 Coues, E. 1884 A, p. 819. ( Ale",. ) 

 Giebel, C. G. 1866 A, p. 29. (Alca.) 

 Lucas, F. A. 1888 A. 

 Menzbier, M. 1887 A. 

 Newton, A. 1875 A, p. 733. (Alca.) 

 Owen, R. 1856 F, p. 212. (Alca.) 

 Shufeldt, R. W. 1888 A. (Alca, Plautus.) 

 1889 B. (Alca.) 

 1889 C. (Alca.) 



Plautus impennis (Linn.). 

 American Naturalist 1809 A. (Alca.) 

 Blasius, W. 1884 A. (Alca.) 

 Blyth, E. 1837 A. (Alca.) 

 Champley, R. 1864 A. (Alca.) 

 Coues, E. 1869 A. (Alca.) 



Coues, E. 1884 A, p. 819, fig. 561. (Alca.) 

 Lucas, F. A. 1888 A. 



1890 C, p. 493, pis. Ixxii, Ixxiii. ("Great 



auk.") 



Menzbier, M. 1887 A. 

 Newton, A. 1861 A. (Alca.) 



1870 A. (Alca.) 



1876 A, p. 731. (Alca.) 



1879 A. (Alca.) 

 Orton, J. 1869 A. (Alca.) 

 Owen, R. 1864 A. (Alca.) 



1866 C, pis. i-iii. (Alca.) 

 Preyer, W. 1862 A. 



Selenka, E. 1869 A, pi. ix, figs. 1, 2. (Alca.) 

 Shufeldt, R. W. 1888 A, pi. v, figs. 24, 25. 

 Steenstrup, J. 1855 A, plate. 

 Stejneger, L. 1885 A, p. 72, fig. 32. 

 Wyman, J. 1867 A. 



Recently extinct; once an inhabitant of 

 Newfoundland, Iceland, Denmark, etc. 



URIA Brisson. Type Colymbus troile Linn. 



Coues, E. 1884 A, p. 814 (Uria); p. 816 (Lomvia). 

 Selenka, E. 1869 A, pi. ix, fig. 7; pi. Ivii, fig. 10. 

 Sh-.feldt, R. W. 1889 B, p. 165, pi. vii; p. 537, text 

 figs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8. 



TTn'a affinis (Marsh). 

 Marsh, O. C. 1872 J, p. 259. (Catarractes.) 

 Coues, E. 1872 B, p. 350. (Catarractes.) 

 1884 A, p. 825. (Lomvia.) 



Marsh, O. C. 1870 A, p. 214. (No name.) 

 Pleistocene; New Jersey. 



TJria antiqua (Marsh). 



Marsh, 0. C. 1870 A, p. 213. (Catarractes.) 



Cope, E. D. 1869 M (1870), p. 237. (Catarhactes.) 



1875 V, p. 41. (Catarhactes.) 

 Coues, E. 1872 B, p. 350. (Catarractes.) 



1884 A, p. 825. (Lomvia.) 

 Miocene; North Carolina. 



