Eurystomus (uristomus)

[NL., genus of African, Indian, and Oriental picarian birds, of the family Coraciida, having the bill dilated and the coloration lilac or blue; the broad-billed rollers. There are several species, of which E. oriental is, one of the best-known, is chiefly blue, with red bill and feet, and about 11 inches long. A section, Cornopio, contains the ruddy African and Mad a gas can eurystomes. IMG:content-0804.jpg:[merged small][ocr errors] Dollar-bird (Eurystomus pacific us).