EURYSTOMUS. 
145 
Si/non.: Eurypygia Swains. Helias Vieill. — Heliornis Boie. 
Bill long, rather slender, straight, with the culmen straight but slight, bent at 
the tip, which is emarginated; the nostrils lateral, basal, and placed in a deep 
groove which extends two thirds of the length of the bill, with the opening linear, 
and partly closed by a membrane. Wings long and ample, with the third and 
fourth quills equal and longest. Tail long, broad and slightly rounded. Tarsi 
longer than the middle toe, slender and covered in front with transverse scales. 
Toes long and slender; the outer toe longer than the inner and united by a mem- 
brane; the latter one is free at the base; the hind toe short and rather elevated; 
the claws short and curved. — 2 Specc. • 
helias Illiger, Prodr. Syst. 257. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Ralli 73. — 
v. Pelzeln, Ornith. Brasil. 300. -[Guiana. Brasilia. 
Scolopax Solaris Boddaert, Tabl. Pl. enlum. 702. 
Ardea helias Pallas, Neue nord. Beitr. IL 48. Tf. 3. 
Scolopax helias Latham, Ind. Ornith. 
Helias phalaenoides Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1152. Tb. 71. Fig. 4. 
Eurypyga solaris Gray, Handlist Birds III. 26. 
Paon des palétuviers, Petit Paon des roses. Caurale. 
major Hartlaub, Verz. Mus. Bremen 108. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Ralli 
74. [Columbia. 
EURYSTOMUS (Coracidae. — supuç latus, aro{j.a os) — Vieillot, Analyse 
1816. 37. — Gray, Genera Birds I. 62. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Corac. 138. 
Synon.: Colaris Cuv. — Cornopio Cab. 
Bill short, strong, depressed and broad at the base, the sides much compressed 
towards the tip, which is hooked; the nostrils basal, lateral, obligue and partly 
covered by a plumed membrane. Wings long and pointed, with the second quill 
the longest. Tail moderate and even. Tarsi much shorter than the middle toe and 
covered with transverse scales. Toes long, united at the base, with the lateral toes 
unequal, the outer the longest and the hind toe long. — 6 Specc. 
afer Stephens, Gener. Zool. XIII. 97. — v. Heuglin, Vögel NO. Afr. I. 169. 
— Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Corac. 142. — Sharpe, Ibis 1871. I. 274. 
Coracias afra Latham, Ind. Ornith. I. 172. [Africa or. occid. 
Coracias africana Shaw, Nat. Miscell. XL Tb. 401. 
Eurystomus purpurascens , Eu. rubescens Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 871. 872. 
Colaris purpurascens, C. viridis Wagler, Syst. Avium spec. 2. 5. 
Colaris afra Cuvier, Règne anim. I. 401. 
Eurystomus orientalis Rüppell, Syst. Uebers. NO. Afr. 23. 
Eurystomus viridis Gray, Genera Birds I. 62. 
Cornopio afer Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 119. 
australis Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 233. — Eurystomus pacificus Gray. 
aznrcus Gray, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1860. 346. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas 
Corac. 141. [Batjan. 
calornyx Hodgson. = Eurystomus orientalis Steph. 
collaris Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1829. V. 273. = Eurystomus gularis Vieill. 
crassirostris Sclater, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1869. 121. [Ins. Solomonae. 
cyanicollis Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux IL 176. Tb. 111. = Eurystomus orien- 
talis Steph. 
fuscicapillus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 872. = Eurystomus orientalis Steph. 
glaucurus Sharpe, Ibis 1871. I. 271. — Eurystomus madagascariensis Gray. 
gularis Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 872. — Jardine et Selby, Illustr. Ornith. II. 
Tb. 409. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Corac. 143. [Africa occid. 
Petit rolle violet à gorge bleu Levaillant, Oiseaux Parad. I. 154. Tb. 55. 
Colaris gularis Wagler, Syst. Avium 106. 
Cornopio gularis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 119. 
madagascariensis Gray, Genera Birds I. 62. — Schlegel et Pollen, Rech. 
Faune Madagascar 103. [Madagascar. Mossambique. 
Coracias glaucurus Müller, Syst. Natur. Suppl. 86. 
Giebel, Thesaurus. II. 10 • 
