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Genus ERISMATURA Bp. 



Type. 

 Oxyitra (subgen.), Bp. Ann. Lye. N. Y. II. (1826), p. 



390 (1828) (nee Oxyurus, Sw. 1827) . . . E. jamaicen sis. 

 Erismatura, Bp. Sagg. Distr. Met, Agg. e Coir. p. 143 



(1832); Salvadori, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXVII. p. 



441 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-list Bds. I. p. 227 (1899) E. jamaicensis. 

 Cerconectes, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 282 . . . . E. leucocephala. 

 Gymnura (subgen.), Nutt. Man. II. p. 426 (1834). . E. jamaicensis. 

 Undina, Gould, B. of Eur. V. pi. 383 (1837) . . E. leucocephala. 

 Bythottessa, Gloger, Hand- u. Hilfsb. p. 412 (1842) . E. leucocephala. 

 Erinristura (errore?), Degl. & Gerbe, Orn. Eur. II. p. 565 (1867). 



Geographical Range. Throughout the world except in eastern Asia, 

 the Malay Archipelago, the Malay Peninsula, India, China and Japan. 



ERISMATURA VITTATA Philippi. 



Erismatura ferruginea, Fraser (nee Eyton), P. Z. S. 1843, P- "9 (Lake 

 of Quintero, Chili) ; Des Murs in Gay's Hist. Chile, Zool. I. p. 458 

 (1847) ; Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 222 (Valdivia) ; Bibra, Denkschr. Akad. 

 Wien, V. p. 204 (1853 : Chili) ; Cass. U. S. Astron. Exped. II. Birds, 

 p. 204 (1856); Pelz. Reise Novara. Vog. p. 139 (1865: Chili); Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 335, 340 (Chili) ; Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. 

 p. 43 (1868) ; Burm. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 368 (Argent. Rep.); Huds. t. 

 c. p. 549 (Rio Negro, Patagonia) ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. 

 p. 131 (1873); Durnf. Ibis, 1876, p. 163 (Montevideo market); Scl. 

 & Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 404; Durnf. Ibis, 1877, p. 42 (Chupat Val- 

 ley, Nov.), p. 192 (Buenos Aires, resident but scarce); 1878, p. 401 

 (Central Patagonia, resident, common on the lagoons near the 

 Sengel and Sengelen) ; Doering, Expl. al Rio Negro, Zool. Aves, 

 p. 54 (1882); Phil. Ornis, IV. p. 160 (1888: Antofagasta) ; Burm. 

 An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, VI. Part X. p. 248 (1888: Northern 

 Patagonia); Scl. & Huds. Argent Orn. II. p. 138 (1889); Graham 

 Kerr, Ibis, 1890, p. 359 (Pilcomayo); Frenzel, J. f. O. 1891, p. 125 

 (Cordoba) ; James, New List Chil. B. p. 10 (1892) ; Aplin, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 201 (Uruguay); Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 195 (Rio Pilmaiguen) ; 

 Carbajal, La Patagonia Part II. p. 281 (1900); Martens, Hamb. 

 Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 26 (1900: Patagonia). 



