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claw, veiy slender, the acrotarsium "booted" (nonscutellatc) ; 

 toes very slender, much compressed, the middle and outer of nearly 

 equal length (the outer slightly shorter) and united as far as penul- 

 timate articulation of outer toe; inner toe much shorter, united to 

 middle toe as far as its penultimate articulation; hallux about as 

 long as inner toe; claws rather large, strongly curved, acute. 



Coloration. — Above uniform bright green; throat bright red (the 

 feathers narrowly tipped or margined \\dth paler), the remaining 

 under parts whitish or pale yellowish medially, suffused with pink 

 or red, or deeper yellow, laterally. Sexes alike. Young without red 

 on throat and with chest striped with dusky gray. 



Range. — Greater Antilles (Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, and Porto Rico). 

 (Six species.) 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF TODUS. 



a. Flanks with more or less of red. 



b. Subauriciilar area blue; forehead and lores yellowish. (Cuba, including Isle 



of Pines.) Todus multicolor (p. 443). 



bb. Subauricular area gray; forehead and lores not yellowish. 

 c. Lores and malar streak light red or pinkish; edge of wing pink; upper parts 

 bluish green; under wing-coverts ochraceous-buff; under parts of body 



strongly suffused with red. (Jamaica?) Todus pulcherrimus (p. 445). 



cc. Lores green, like forehead and rest of upper parts; malar streak white; ed^e 



of wing pale yellow or yellowish white, under wing-coverts light yellow 



under parts of body not strongly, if at all, suffused with red (except on 



flanks). 



d. Abdomen white; chest white medially; bill very narrow (width at nostrils 



not exceeding 5, averaging less than 4.5, mm.); tarsus longer, averaging 



more than 14 mm. (Haiti.) Todus angustirostris (p. 445). 



dd. Abdomen more or less strongly yellowish; chest grayish or greenish, some- 

 times streaked or suffused with red; bill broader (width at nostril exceed- 

 ing 5 mm.); tarsus shorter, averaging less than 14 tnm. 

 e. Chest grayish or dull yellowish, usually more or less streaked or suffused 

 with pink; abdomen yellowish white to creamy yellow; larger (wing 

 47-53, averaging more than 49; culmen 18-22, averaging more than 19). 



(Haiti.) Todus subulatus (p. 447). 



ee. Chest more or less strongly washed with green, never streaked or suffused 

 with pink; abdomen deep sulphur yellow; smaller (wing 44.5-48.5, 

 averaging less than 47; culmen 16.5-20, averaging much less than 19). 



(Jamaica.) „ Todus todus (p. 448). 



aa. Flanks wholly yellow. (Porto Rico.) Todus mexicanus (p. 449). 



TODUS MULTICOLOR Gould. 



CUBAN TODY. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Above plain clear green (nearly grass green 

 or parrot green), very slightly darker and duller on pileum, much 

 brighter on superciliary, auricular, and suborbital regions; lores 

 and anterior portion of forehead yellow (citron to nearly saffron 

 yellow); subauricular region light blue (dull turquoise to nearly 



