THE 



FIELD NATURALIST, 



THE GREEN TODY (Todus viridis), WITH A COLOURED 



FIGURE. 



BY B. H. L., WITH ADDITIONS BY THE EDITOR. 



I HEREWITH forward you a drawing of the Barrancali^ or Perroquet 

 de Terre. The birds are represented of the natural size. M. Drouin 

 de Bercy's description will be found to be exact and full, brief as it is. 

 He has not, however, noticed the curious conjointed toes of the feet. 

 It is essentially insectivorous ; and as to its voice, the only sound I 

 have ever heard it utter was a sort of angry pur, or murmur, when 

 approached, a sound invariably an intimation of its rising on the wing. 

 Its flight is always extremely short, scarcely ever further than from 

 bush to bush. It may be easily knocked down, and I used to procure 

 them by striking them down with a switch, having a few leaves not 

 stript off at the end of it, to break the blow and well cover the bird. 



37, Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, Nov. 2, 1833. 



As I do not know where to procure M. Drouin de Bercy's descrip- 

 tion, I beg to subjoin the following notices from the sources within my 

 reach, beginning with the synonymes. 



Green Sparrow or Humming Bird, Edwards, Glean, pi. 121. Green Tody, Lath. 

 Gen. Hist. iv. 81 ; Shaw, Gen. Zoo], viii. 129, pi. 16 ; Wood, Buffon, xviii. 239, 

 pi. 172, (wretched) ; Griffiths, Cuvier, vii. 414. Todus viridis, Gmelin ,Linn. i., 

 442; Srisson, iv. 528, tab. 41, fig. 2; Borowsky, Nat. ii. 141, tab. 19; Pallas, 

 Spec. vi. 16 ; Vieillot, Amer. i. 87, pi. 56. Sylvia gula Phcenicea, Klein, 70, 16. 

 Rubecula viridis elegantissimus, Rail, 187, 40 ; Sloan, Jam. ii. 306, tab. 363, 1 ; 

 Brown, Jam. 476. Todier de 1' Amerique, Buffon, Planches enlum. 585, 1, 2 ; 

 Temminck, Man. 2nd edit. p. Ixv. ; Desmarests, Tanag. pi. 1 ; Lesson, Man. 1 . 

 Drapiez, Diet. Class, in voce. Todo verde, Ranzani, Elementi, iii. iv. 227. 

 Der grune Plattschnabel, Schmidt, Vog. 69, 56. 



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