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Sp. Char. Male: — Above bright green ; throat dark crimson ; the feathers 

 slightly touched with white; underparts white; flanks pinkish; 

 under wing- and tail-coverts pale yellow; a line of white extending 

 from the base of the mandible, separating the colors of the head 

 and throat, becoming grayish as it reaches the sides of the neck; 

 entire upper mandible and terminal half of lower mandible dark 

 brown ; legs black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 4; wing, 1.90; tail, 1.50; tarsus, .45 ; bill, .60; width of 

 bill at middle, .12. 

 Habitat. San Domingo. 



Todus subulatus Gould. 



Le Todier de St. Dominque, "Buff. PI. Enl. p. 585, figs, i, 2 (1783)." 

 Todus viridis "Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XXXIV, p. 184, pi. 29, fig. 4 (1819)." 



Todus subulatus Gould (F i g. 



sine descr.). — Gray & Mitch. 



Gen. Bds. I, p. 63 pi. 22 (1S47). 



— Bp. Consp. I, p. 182 (1850). — 



Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 79 



(1869). — Sharpe, Ibis, 1874, p. 



351. — Tristram, Ibis, 18S4, p. 



168.— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San 

 Domingo, p. 105 (1885^ ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1885). 

 Todus dominiceftsts Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 331. — Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, 

 p. 233. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XL p. 91 (1866). — Scl. 

 & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 103 (1873). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, VI, p. 154(1881). 



Sp. Char. Alale: — Above bright green ; throat crimson red, the feathers 

 faintly tipped with white ; underparts dull yellowish, the feathers 

 edged with pale red on the basal portions, the color only slightly 

 showing on the surface, and giving the chest and belly the appear- 

 ance of being pale yellowish, faintly streaked with red; flanks pale 

 pinkish red ; wings dark brown, edged with green ; tail green ; cris- 

 sum and under tail-coverts pale yellow; a line of dull white extend- 

 ing from the base of tlie mandible, separating the green of the head 

 from the red of the throat; upper mandible dark brown; the tip ci 

 lower mandible dull brown. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 4.35; wing, 2.05; tail, 1.60; tarsus, .60; bill, .70; width 

 of bill at middle, .20. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Dominofo. 



