Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 167 



Sp. Char. — Entire upper plumage bright green ; throat red, the feathers 

 showing faint edgings of white when held in the light; a narrow- 

 stripe of white down the sides of the throat; cheeks green; breast 

 grayish, becoming white on the belly; sides of the body and under 

 tail-coverts yellow; a faint bluish tinge is perceptible on the carpus ; 

 under surface of tail dull brown ; upper surface green. 



Length, 4.75; wing, 1.75; tail, i.io; tarsus, .50; bill, .60. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



General appearance of T. viridis^ but lacking the broad pink 

 patch on the sides of the body. Some specimens show a slight 

 pinkish tinge. 



Todus multicolor Gould. 



Todtis multicolor Gould, Icon. Av. pi. 2 (1837). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's 

 Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 132 (1840). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 182 (1850). — 

 Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. loi.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VIL 

 p. 307 (i860). — GuNDL. J. f O. 1871, p. 288; ib. 1874, P- 146- — 

 ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 103 (1873). — Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1874, p. 352.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1885). 



Todus portoricensis'L^ss. Ann. Soc. Nat. XI, p. 167 (1838). — Gray, Gen. 

 Bds. I, p. 63 (1S44). — Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 332. — Lemb. Aves 

 Cuba, p. 131 (1850). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 

 307 (i860). 



Sp. Char. — Entire upper plumage grass-green; a tinge of yellow in front 

 of the eye; cheeks pale blue; throat red, showing the faint whitish 

 tippings when held in the light; breast dull white, becoming gray 

 on the belly; sides of the body pale pink; under tail-coverts yellowish 

 green ; under surface of tail pale brown, showing a slight bluish re- 

 flection ; upper surface of tail green. 



Length, 3.80; wing, 1.50; tail, 1.25; tarsus, .50; bill, .55. 



Habitat. Cuba. 



Family PIClDy^. 



Genus Picumnus Temm. 

 Picumnus Temminck, Nouv. Rec. de PI. Col. d'Ois. IV, 1820-39. 



Picumnus micromegas Sundev. 



Chloronerpcs passerinus SALLfe, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 234. 



Picas (Chloronerpes) passerinus Bryant, Vr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 

 q6 (1866). 



Phcenicomanes iora Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 427, is a synonym of an Eastern 

 species. It was supposed to have been sent fnim Jamaica with a collection of 

 birds from that island. 



