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FOSSIL BIRDS. 



GRACULAVUS PUMILUS Marsh. 



American Journal of Science, iii, 364. May, 1872. 



A smaller species, from the same formation and locality. The remains 

 are in the Yale museum. 



GRACULAVUS ANCBPS Marsh. 



American Journal of Science, iii, 364. May, 1872. 



Apparently a species of Cormorant, about as large as Gracidus violaceus. 

 From the Cretaceous of Western Kansas 

 museum. 



Remains in the Yale College 



ICHTHYORNIS DISPAR Marsh. 



American Journal of Science, iv, appendix, 344. Oct., 1872. 



A bird about as large as a pigeon, and diifering from all known birds in 

 havina; biconcave verlebrcn. The remains were found in the Cretaceous shale 

 of Kansas, and are in the museum of Yale College. 



PUrriNUS CONRADII Marsh. 



American Journal of Science, xlix, 212. March, 1870. 



A shearwater about the size of P. cinereus. From the Miocene of Mary- 

 laud, and now preserved in the museum of the Phihidelphia Academy. 



CATARRACTES ANTIQUUS Marsh. 



American Journal of Science, xlix, 213. Marcli, 1870. 



A Guillemot rather larger than the Common Murre {Lonivia troile). From 

 the Miocene of North Carolina. Deposited in the Philadelphia Academy. 



CATARRACTES AFFINIS Marsh. 



American Journal of Science, iv, 259. Oct., 1872. 



A species about as large as the jDreceding, and nearly related. From the 

 Post-pliocene of Maine. The original specimen is in the Philadelphia 

 Academy. 



HESPERORNIS REGALIS Marsh. 



American Journal-of Science, iii, 360. May, 1872. 

 - This bird was a gigantic Diver, related to the Loons {Colymhidce) . The 

 skeleton measured about five feet nine inches in length. The known remains 

 were found in the upper Cretaceous shale of Western Kansas, and are now 

 in the Yale museum. 



LAORNIS EDVARDSIANUS Marsh. 



American Journal of Science, xlix, 206. March, 1870. 



This species was nearly as large as a Swan. The remains were discovered 

 in the Middle Marl bed, of Cretaceous age, at Birmingham, New Jersey, 

 and are now in the museum of Yale College. 





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