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Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus) 

 Bufflehead 

 Material — Right carpometacarpus, USNM209969. 

 Remarks — The bufflehead is most common in saltwater bays and 

 estuaries, and rarely in freshwater lakes and ponds (Sprunt 1954). 



Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus) 

 Hooded Merganser 

 Material — Right proximal humerus USNM209975; right distal 

 humerus USNM209976, 209980; right humerus, USNM209977; left humerus, 

 USNM209978; left ulna, USNM209979. 



Remarks — The species occurs in freshwater wooded ponds, 

 rivers, and lakes (Sprunt 1954). 



Mergus merganser Linnaeus 

 Common Merganser 

 Material— Left distal tarsometatarsus, USNM209863. 

 Remarks — The common merganser inhabits wooded freshwater rivers 

 and ponds but winters in saltwater bays (Sprunt 1954). 



Order Falconiformes 

 Family Accipitridae 

 Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus) 

 Osprey 

 Material — Right distal tarsometatarsus, USNM209967. 

 Remarks — The species prefers fresh and saltwater marshes, lakes, 

 and bays (Sprunt 1954). 



Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin) 

 Red-tailed Hawk 

 Material— Left distal humerus, USNM209970. 

 Remarks — The red-tailed hawk is most common in deciduous 

 forests adjacent to open grasslands (Sprunt 1954). 



Order Galliformes 



Family Phasianidae 



Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 



Wild Turkey 



Material — Left tarsometatarsus, UGAMNH2075; right proximal tibiotarsus, 



USNM209921; right proximal femur, USNM209922; 



tarsometatarsus shaft, USNM209923. 



Remarks — The species is known from drier swamps, open pine, 

 and hardwoods as well as prairies (Sprunt 1954). 



