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PARTIAL LIST OF MAMMALS FROM EANCHO LA BREA. 



*Canis indianensis Leidy. 



*Canis orcutti Merriam, J. C. 



*Canis andersoni Merriam, J. C. 



*Canis occidentalis furlongi Mer- 

 riam, J. C. 



*Lynx occidentalis fischeri Mer- 

 riam, J. C. 



*Felis atrox bebbi Merriam, J. C. 



*Smilodon californicus Bovard. 

 Mephitis, sp. 



Putorius, sp. 



*Arctotherium californicum Mer- 

 riam, J. C. 

 *Elephas, sp. 

 *Mastodon, sp. 

 *Equus, sp. 

 *Bison antiquus Leidy. 

 *Capromeryx minor Taylor. 

 *Camelops (?), sp. 

 *Paramylodqn, sp. 



SPECIES OF BIRDS KNOWN FROM RANCHO LA BREA. 



Haliaetus leucocephalus (Lin- 

 naeus) . 



*Morphnus woodwardi Miller. 

 *Geranoaetus grinnelli Miller. 

 *Geranoaetus fragilis Miller. 



Falco p'eregrinus Tunstall. 



Falco, sp. 



Falco sparverius Linnaeus. 

 *Polyborus tharus Auct. 



Alueo pratincola (Bonaparte). 



Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan). 



Otus asio (Linnaeus). 



Bubo virginianus (Gmelin). 



Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea 



(Bonaparte). 

 *Neomorpha, ? sp. 



Colaptes cafer (Gmelin). 



Otocoris alpestris (Linnaeus). 



Corvus corax Linnaeus. 



Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm. 

 * Corvus, sp. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocep'halus 

 (Bonaparte). 



Agelaius gubernator (Wagler). 



Sturnella neglecta Audubon. 



Pipilo, sp. 



Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus. 



* Species marked with an asterisk (*) are extinct or foreign to the 

 locality. 



Fossil Lake. The horizon designated by Cope as Silver Lake 

 and classed collectively with several other m horizons as the Equus 

 Beds, was thought for many years to be of Pliocene age and 

 as such was considered by Cope and by Shufeldt in their studies 



Chaulelasmus streperus (Lin- 

 naeus). 



Anser albifrons (Scopoli) ? 



Branta canadensis (Linnaeus). 

 *Cieonia maltha Miller. 



Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein). 



Mycteria americana Linnaeus. 



Ardea herodias Linnaeus. 

 *Grus minor Miller. 



Grus canadensis (Linnaeus). 



Lophortyx sp. 

 *Meleagris ? 

 *Pavo californicus Miller. 



Gymnogyps calif ornianus (Shaw). 

 *Sarcorhamphus clarki Miller. 

 *Pleistogyps rex Miller. 

 *Cathartornis gracilis Miller. 



Cathartes aura (Linnaeus). 

 *Catharista occidentalis Miller. 

 *Teratornis merriami Miller. 



Elanus leucurus (Vieillot). 



Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus). 

 *Circus, sp. 



Buteo, sp. 



Buteo borealis (Gmelin). 



Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus). 



