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University of California Publications in Geology [Vol.7 



Partial List of Mammals from Eancho La Brea. 



*Canis indianensis Leidy. 



*Canis orcutti Merriam, J. C. 



*Canis andersoni Merriam, J. C. 



*Canis oeeidentalis furlongi Mer- 

 riam, J. C. 



*Lynx oeeidentalis fisclieri Mer- 

 riam, J. C. 



*Felis atrox bebbi Merriam, J. G. 



*Smilodon ealifornicus Bovard. 

 Mephitis, sp. 



Putorius, sp. 



"Aretotherium ealifornicum Mer- 

 riam, J. C. 

 *Elephas, sp. 

 *Mastodon, sp. 

 *Equus, sp. 

 *Bison antiquus Leidy. 

 *Capromeryx minor Taylor. 

 *Camelops ('?), sp. 

 *Paramylodon, sp. 



Species of Birds Known from Kaxcho La Brea. 



Chaulelasmus streperus (Lin- 

 naeus) . 



Anser albifrons (Scopoli) 1 



Branta canadensis (Linnaeus). 

 *Ciconia maltha Miller. 



Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein) . 



Myeteria americana Linnaeus. 



Ardea herodias Linnaeus. 

 *Grus minor Miller. 



Grus canadensis (Linnaeus). 



Lophortyx sp. 

 *Meleagris ? 



*Pavo calif 01 nicus Miller. 



Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw). 

 *Sarcoi*hamphus clarki Miller. 

 *Pleistogyps rex Miller. 

 *Cathartornis gracilis Miller. 



Cathartes aura (Linnaeus). 

 *Catharista oeeidentalis Miller. 

 *Teratornis merriami Miller. 



Elanus leucurus (Vieillot). 



Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus). 

 *Circus, sp. 



Buteo, sp. 



Buteo borealis (Gmelin). 

 Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus). 



* Species marked with an asterisk 

 locality. 



Haliaetus leucocephalus (Lin- 

 naeus). 



*Morphnus woodwardi Miller. 

 *Geranoaetus grinnelli Miller. 

 *Geranoaetus fragilis Miller. 



Falco peregrinus 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) . 

 ^iSTeomorpha, ? sp. 



Colaptes cafer (Gmelin). 



Otocoris alpestris (Linnaeus). 



Corvus corax Linnaeus. 



Corvus braehyrhynchos Brehm. 

 *Corvns, sp. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 

 (Bonaparte) . 



Agelaius gubernator (Wagler). 



Sturnella neglecta Audubon. 



Pipilo, sp. 



Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus. 

 (*) are extinct or foreign to the 



Fossil Lake. — The horizon designated by Cope as Silver Lake 

 and classed collectively with several other 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 



