EIDOPSARUS. — ELAINEA. 
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alba Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 114. = Ardea alba Lin. 
americana Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. — Ardea egretta Gmel. 
ardesiaca Hartlaub, Revue Mag. Zool. 1853. 291. = Ardea ardesiaca Wagl. 
caerulea Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. — Ardea caerulea Lin. 
candidissima Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. = Ardea candidissima Gmel. 
comata Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. = Ardea comata Pall. 
flavirostris Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 116. == Ardea egretta Gmel. 
garzetta Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 118. = Ardea garzetta Lin. 
gularis Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. = Ardea gularis Bosc. 
intermedins Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 116. — Ardea intermedia Hass. 
javanica Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. = Ardea javanica Horsf. 
jubata Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Ardea garzetta Lin. 
leuce Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 114. — Ardea egretta Gmel. 
Lindermayeri Brehm, Naumannia 1855. == Ardea garzetta Lin. 
ludoviciana Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. = Ardea virescens Lin. 
ludoviciana Bonaparte, Comp. list. = Ardea leucogaster Gmel. 
melanopus Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 115. = Ardea intermedia Hass. 
melanorhyncha Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 117. = Ardea alba Lin. 
modesta Çonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 117. = Ardea egretta Gmel. 
nigerrima Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. == Ardea jugularis Forst. 
nivea Gosse, Birds Jamaica 134. — Ardea caerulea Lin. 
nivea Bonaparte, Revue Degland 188. = Ardea alba Lin. 
parva Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Ardea garzetta Lin. 
plumbea Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. = Ardea caerulea Lin. 
plumifera Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 115. = Ardea intermedia Hass. 
Rüppelli Bonaparte. = Ardea alba Lin. 
ruficollis Gosse, Illustr. Birds Jamaica ïb. 93. == Ardea leucogaster Gmel. 
russata Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. == Ardea coromanda Bodd. 
scapularis Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. = Ardea scapularis III. 
stagnatilis Gray. = Ardea javanica Horsf. 
syrmatophora Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 115. = Ardea egretta Gmel. 
thalassina Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. = Ardea atricapilla Afz. 
virescens Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. == Ardea virescens Lin. 
EIDOPSARUS Swainson, Classific. Birds 1837. II. 327. — Melithreptus Vieill. 
Bill moderate, subconic, depressed its whole length as in Sturnus. Cwlmen 
flattened, with the base advancing very far on the front. Commissure straight, 
but angulated at its base. Upper mandible remotely notched. Tail even. Legs 
pale. Lateral claws nearly equal. Tongue as in Meliphaga proper. 
affinis Lesson, Revue Zool. 1839. 167. = Melithreptus aj finis Gray. 
bicinctus Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 327. — Melithreptus virescens Gray. 
ELAENEA 1 ELAENIA Cabanis, Wiegm. Archiv 1847. XIII. = Elainea Sundev. 
ELAEOCERTHIA (Nectariniidae) Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. 1851. I. 292. 
=t Nectarinia III. 
Schnabel massig gebogen, Flügel bis zur Schwanzmitte reichend, 3. bis 5. 
Schwinge die längsten, 2. und 6. ziemlich kurz, fast verkümmert, Schwanz seicht 
gerundet. Lauf massig stark, vorn getäfelt, hinten ganz. Zehen schlank, hintere 
am dicksten, Nägel stark gekrümmt. 
Fraseri Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 292. = Nectarinia Freisen Gray. 
obscura Reichenbach, Händb. Ornith. I. 293. = Nectarinia obscura Gray. 
olivacea Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 292. = Nectarinia olivacea Gray. 
Verroxi Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 292. =3 Nectarinia Verreauxi Gray. 
ELAINEA (Tyrannidae. — sXaivsoç oleaginus). — Sundevall, Svensk. vet. 
akad. Handig. 1835. — Gray, Genera Birds I. 250. — Burmeister, Syst. 
Uebers. Th. Bras. II. 473. — Sclater. Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1861. 406. • 
Synon.: Elainia Sundev. — Elania Gray. — Elaenia, Elaenea Cab. — Tyrannulus 
Vieill. — Paroides Less. — Muscicapara, Suiriri d'Orb. — Mionectes, Leptopogon, Cap- 
siempis, Phyllomyias, Tyranniscus, Myiopatis, Empidagra, Conopias Cab. — Ornithion 
