Fossil Rail and Crow From Linqu,Shandong

Two fossil birds collected from Shanwang Formation,Middle Miocene (about fifteen million years ago),of Linqu,Shandong are here described.One of them was nuearthed in 1982 (Linqu Paleon.Mus.No.82001),and includes chiefly the prints of anterior and posterior legs;the second one was obtained in 1984 (No.840170),and includes only a broken skull and its bill,both specimens are represented by a positive and a negative sides.These two fossil birds,though found from same locality and formation,belong obviously to different group in view of their characters.