The Key to Scientific Names
- auritum / auritus
L. auritus eared, long-eared < auris ear.
● ex “Mellisuga Cayennensis major” of Brisson 1760, “Oiseau-mouche à oreilles” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Violet-eared Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Heliothryx).
● ex "Cormoran dilophe" of Vieillot 1825 (Nannopterum).
● ex “Sarcelle mâle de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 770 (Nettapus).
● "68. COLYMBUS. ... auritus. 3. C. pedibus lobatis, capite nigro, auribus cristato-ferrugineis. Fn. Svec. 123. Colymbus s. Podiceps minor. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 52. Will. orn. 258. t. 61. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 322. t. 271. f. 1. Raj. av. 125. Mars. danub. 82. t. 39. Alb. av. 2. p. 70. t. 76. Edw. av. 145. t. 145. & 96. l. 96. Habitat in summis Europæ & Americæ lacubus. Nidum natantem conficit." (Linnaeus 1758) (Podiceps).
● ex “Passarage Bustard” of Latham 1787 (syn. Sypheotides indicus).- subaurita / subauritus
- L. sub somewhat; auritus eared.