ERÏSMATURA. — EROLIA, 
113 
mosquera Gould, Proceed. Zool. 1847. XV. 17. = Hylocharis mosquera Gray. 
simplex Gould, Proceed. Zool. 1849. 96. = Hylocharis cupreiventris Gray. 
vestitus Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1847. 17. = Hylocharis vestita Gray. 
ERISMATTJRA (Anatidae. — épicéa causa jurgii, oupa cauda) Bonaparte, Ann. 
Lyc. New York 1828. 390. = Biziura Leach. 
Synon.: Cerconectes Wagl. — Gymnura Nutt. — Undina G^uld. — Bythonessa Glog. 
Bill nearly as long as the head, higher at the base than broad, the culmen 
suddenly curved to the front of the nostrils and then depressed, straight and the 
sides somewhat dilated near the tip, which is armed with a very narrow nail, 
enlarged and hooked beneath; the nostrils oval and placed nearly in the middle 
of the bill. Wings short and concave with the first two quills the longest. Tail 
long, wedgeshaped and composed of narrow stiff feathers. Tarsi half the length 
of the middle toe and compressed. Toes lengthened, the middle and outer ones 
of equal length and the three anterior ones united by a full web; the hind toe 
long, elevated and margined by a lobed membrane. The claws short, curved 
and acute. 
australis Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 172. = Biziura australis Schleg. 
dominica Eyton. v. Pelzeln, Ornith. Bras. 320. == Biziura dominica Schleg. 
ferruginea Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 170. — Biziura ferruginea Schleg. 
leucocephala Eyton. Monogr. Anat. 170. == Biziura leucocephala Schleg. 
leucogenys v. Tschudi, Conspect. Avium Nr. 348. = Anas leucogenys Tschud. 
maccoa Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 169. = Biziura maccoa Schleg. 
mersa Bonaparte, Birds Europe 59. = Biziura leucocephala Schleg. 
ortygoides Gosse, Birds Jamaica 406. = Biziura dominica Schleg. 
rubida Bonaparte. Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 171. = Biziura rubida Schleg. 
spinicauda Gray, Genera Birds III. 625. = Anas spinicauda Vieill. 
unifasciata Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 173. === Biziura dominica Schleg. 
vittata Philippi, Wiegm. Archiv 1860. 26. = Biziura ferruginea Schleg. 
ERITHACUS = Erythacus. 
ERITHRINA = Erythrina. 
ER0DIA amphilensis Stanley, Salt's Trav. Abyss. IV. 60. == Dromas ardeola Payk. 
ERODISCUS Gloger, Handb. Naturg. 1842. = Ardetta Gray. 
ER0DIUS Victoriae Macgillivray, Hist. brit. Birds IV. 460. = Ardea alba Lin. 
EROESSA (Sylviadae. — éposiç amabilis) — Hartlaub, Proceed. Zool. 1866. 218. 
Rostrum longiusculum , gracillimum, rectum, acutum, vix emarginatum apicem 
versus magis magisque compressum, culmine valde carinato, dimidio apicalis parum 
arcuato; gonyde recta; vibrissis vix ullis; naribus lamella cornea clausis. Alae 
quadrato-obtusae, caudae medium superantes; remige primo spurio , secundo multo 
longiore, 3. 4. 5. 6. subaequalibus longissimis, septimo parum breviore. Cauda 
debilis, mediocris, subrotundata ; rectrices angustae molles. Pedes pro mole satis robusti; 
tar sis antice scutellatis; ungues parvi, valde curvati. Ptilosis mollis. — 1 Spec. 
tenella Hartlaub, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1866. 219. c. fig. — Schlegel et Pollen, 
Rech. Fauna Madagascar 92. [Madagascar. 
Damia pusilla Pollen, Mscr. 
Tre re. — Ci ci. 
EROLIA (Tringinae) Vieillot, Analyse 1816. 69. = Tringa Lin. 
Synon.: Oerolia Less. 
Corpus ovatum, altum, fusco, albo cinereoque varium. Caput subrotundum. 
Rostrum basi cylindricum, capite longius, arcuatum, apice subobtusum, mandibula 
superior lateraliter sulcata. Nares lineares, basi rostris in sulco sitae. Lingua 
brevis, acuta. Collum sublongum. Alarum remex prima reliquis longior. Cauda 
intégra. Tarsi subelongati, digiti très anteriores; médius cum exteriore membrana 
basi junctus; posticus nullus. 
varia Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux Tb. 231. :== Tringa subarquata Tem. 
variegata Vieillot, Analyse 69. = Tringa subarquata Tem. 
EROLIA Hodgson, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1836. IV. 459. = Numenius Stru- 
thersi Schleg. 
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