UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



GEOLOGY 



Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 31-38 Issued April 16, 1914 



BIRD REMAINS FROM THE PLEISTOCENE 

 OF SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA 



BY 



LOYE HOLMES MILLER 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Introduction 31 



Occurrence and Age 32 



Discussion of species 33 



Gavia sp 33 



Gavia near immer (Briinnich) 33 



Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin) 34 



Diomedea near nigripes Audubon 34 



Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 35 



Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus) 35 



Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt) 35 



Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 35 



Nettion carolinense (Gmelin) 35 



Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieillot) 36 



Oidemia perspicillata (Linnaeus) 36 



Anser albifrons (Scopoli) 36 



Branta canadensis (Linnaeus) 36 



Lophortyx californica (Shaw) 36 



Cathartes aura (.Linnaeus) 37 



Sturnella neglecta Audubon 37 



Conclusions 37 



INTRODUCTION 



In 1912, the present writer published as a footnote appended to 

 the proof of a paper on the fossil birds of the Pacific coast of North 

 America, 1 a brief announcement of the discovery of bird remains in 

 the Pleistocene horizon designated by Arnold 2 as the Upper San Pedro. 



1 Miller, L. H., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bull. Dept. Geo]., vol. 7, no. 5, 1912, p. 115. 



2 Arnold, R., Mem. Calif. Acad. ScL, vol. 3, 1903. 



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