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EROLIA. EROLIA. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum basi rotundatum, 

 longum, supra sulcatum, 

 arcuatim deflexum, apice 

 dilatato, obtusiusculo. 



Pedes cursorii, tridactyli, di- 

 giti exteriores basi mem- 

 brana connexa. 



Erolia. Vieil. 



Beak rounded at the base^ 

 long, above sulcated, arch- 

 ed, and deflexed, the tip 

 dilated and obtuse. 



Feet formed for running, 

 three-toed, the outer toes 

 connected at the base by a 

 membrane. 



This genus was established by Vieillot in his 

 Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie El^mentaire, 

 but no mention is made of the manners of the only 

 species belonging to it. 



VARIEGATED EROLIA* 



(Erolia variegata.) 



Er. supra cinereo albidoque variegata, subtus alba, collo pec* 

 toreque Jusco lineatis, tcenid alba a rostro ad oculos, remigibus 

 rectricibusque nigricantibus, rostro pedibusque nigris. 

 V. XI. P. II. 35 



