Locality and Horizon.--From Hornerstown, Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey; collected by J.G. Meirs; Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), either basal Hornerstown Formation or Navesink Formation. Measurements (in mm).--Proximal end of humerus, YPM 855: proximal width through dorsal and ventral tubercles 21.1, depth through bicipital surface and tuberculum ventrale 11.6, depth of head 5.7. [Illustration: Figure 4.--Proximal ends of left humeri of _Graculavus velox_ and related birds: _a_, _Esacus magnirostris_ (Burhinidae), USNM 19649; _b,d,f,h_, _Graculavus velox_, holotype, YPM 855; _c,e,g, i_, _Presbyornis_ sp., UCMP 126205. _a-c_, anconal view; _d,e_, anconal view with distal portion tilted upwards; _f,g_, palmar view; _h,i_, proximal view. All figures × 2; specimens coated with ammonium chloride to enhance detail.] Comparisons.--Marsh (1872) originally described this as a species of cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae, Pelecaniformes) and included the species _G. pumilis_ Marsh, 1872, also from New Jersey, and _G. anceps_ Marsh, 1872, from the Late Cretaceous of Kansas, in the same genus. Marsh (1880) later referred _G. anceps_ to the genus _Ichthyornis_, where it has remained. Shufeldt (1915:17-19) went into considerable detail to show that the species of _Graculavus_, particularly _G. velox_, were not cormorants, instead being limicoline shorebirds with similarities to the Burhinidae, Haematopodidae, and Charadriidae. Accordingly, Lambrecht (1933:540, 546) placed these taxa among the charadriiform birds, but rather inexplicably listed velox under Shufeldt's substitute name _Limosavis_ in the suborder Laro-Limicolae, while retaining _pumilis_ in the genus _Graculavus_ in the suborder Limicolae. Brodkorb (1963b:249) ignored Shufeldt's assessment of relationships and placed _G. velox_ and _G. pumilis_ in the Phalacrocoracidae, subfamily Graculavinae. Cracraft (1972) did not examine the specimens attributed to _Graculavus_ in his consideration of the relationships of _Telmatornis_.