126 0. C. Marsh— Fossil Mammals and Birds. 
This unique specimen was discovered in July last by Mr. A | 
H. ing, in a Pliocene bluff on the Loup Fork river. The tt 
species is named in honor of Professor James D. Dana. 
Meleagris antiquus, sp. nov. 
species is at present represented only by a few fragments of the | 
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skeleton, but am 
Measurements. 
Greatest diameter of humerus at distal end, 12° lines. 
Transverse diameter of ulnar condyle,_.........__-_- Ks 
Vertical diameter of same,....________. Ae sa 
Transverse diameter of radical condyle, 4:25 © 
The specimens on which this species is based were discovered a 
by Mr. G. B. Grinnell, of the Yale party, in the Miocene clay | 
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deposits, of Northern Colorado. 
oo to the same bone in the Strigide, or Ow! family. 
he near resemblance is rendered es cially striking by the et 
dinal bridge, which is want | 
in this group, and in a few other birds with eo a 
tire absence of the osseous supra-ten 
