200 APPENDIX. 



The specimens known indicate a bird about as large as a Curlew. 



The remains (number 830) were found in the upper Cretaceous green- 

 sand, near Hornerstown, New Jersey, and are now preserved in the Yale 

 College Museum. 



Palseotringa vagans, Marsh. 



Marsh, American Journal Science, Vol. Ill, p. 365, May, 1872 ; Vol. V, p. 229, March, 



1873. 

 Coues, Key to North American Birds, p. 349, 1872. 



The specimens preserved (number 835) indicate a bird intermediate in 

 size between the other two species of this genus. They were discovered 

 in the same formation, near Hornerstown, New Jersey ; and are now in 

 the Museum of Yale College. 



Palseotringa vetus, Marsh. 



Morton, Scolopax, Synopsis of the Organic Remains of the Cretaceous of the IT. S., 



p. 32, Philadelphia, 1834. 

 Harlan, Medical and Physical Researches, p. 280, Philadelphia, 1835. 

 Marsh, Proceedings Philadelphia Academy, Jan., 1870, p. 5; American Journal Science, 



Vol. XLIX, p. 209, March, 1870; Vol. V, p. 229, March, 1873. 

 A. Milne-Edwards, Recherches Oiseaux Fossiles, Tome II, pp. 540-541, 1869-71. 

 Coues, Key to North American Birds, p. 349, 1872. 



A smaller species, from the lower marl-bed of the same formation, 

 found near Arneytown, New Jersey. The known remains are in the 

 Philadelphia Academy. 



TELMATORNIS, 6 Marsh, 1870. 

 Telmatornis priscus, Marsh. 



Marsh, Proceedings Philadelphia Academy, Jan., 1870, p. 5; American Journal Science, 



Vol. XLIX, p. 210, March, 1870; Vol. V, p. 229, March, 1873. 

 A. Milne-Edwards, Recherches Oiseaux Fossiles, Tome II, p. 541, 1869-71. 

 Coues, Key to North American Birds, p. 349, 1872. 



This species was about as large as the King Rail (Ballus elegans). 

 The remains known (number 840) are from the middle marl-bed, of the 

 upper Cretaceous. They were found near Hornerstown, New Jersey, 

 and are preserved in the Yale College Museum. 



9 TtXjxa, a swamp, and opviS, a bird. 



