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1. Todus viridis. 



Todiia viridis, Lmn. S. N. i. p. 178 (1766) ; Less. TraiU, p. 2r,0 

 (1831) ; Sirains. Zool. Illustr. 2ud ser. pi. 66 (1833); id. Monnrir. 

 Fb/c. p. 173. vig-n. (1837) ; Less. Ann. Sci. Nat. ix. p. 166 (1838) ; 

 Gray, List Gen. 1840, p. 9, 1841, p. 12; Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 72, 

 pi. i4 (1847) ; Lafi: Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 332 ; Denny, P. Z. 8. 1847, 

 p. 38 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 63 (1847) ; id. List Fissir. Brit. Mtis. 

 1). 3ol (1848); Bp. Consp. i. p. 182 (1850); Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, 

 p. 77 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 263 (1862) ; Albrecht, J. f. 0. 1862, 

 p. 199; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 79, no. 925 (1869); Murie, Jhis, 

 1872, p. 390'; Simdev. Av. Metk. Tent. p. 61 (1872) ; Scl. <§• Salo. 

 Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 103 (1873); Sharpe, Lbis, 1874, p. 349; 

 A. Sf E. Newt. Handb. Jamaica, p. 109 (1881) ; Conj, List B. W. 

 Ind. p. 19 (1885) ; id. B. W. Lndies, p. 164 (1889). 



Adult. Entire upper surface bright grass-green, more vivid on the 

 forehead, eyebrow, and sides of the face ; quills blackish, margined 

 with the same green as the back ; tail greenish, duller than the 

 back, but rather brighter on the margins of the quills ; chin and a 

 narrow moustachial streak white ; throat crimson, inclining to 

 greyish on the sides of the lower part ; below the throat a small 

 whitish space ; rest of under surface whitish, washed with yellow, 

 especially on the abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts; sides of 

 breast green ; on the lower flanks a tuft of pink feathers; under 

 wing-coverts yellowish, inclining to white on the margin of the 

 wing : " bill above horny red, below pale crimson ; legs and feet 

 reddish brown, sometimes flesh-coloured or purplish horn ; iris very 

 pale grey" (Gosse). Total length 3-7 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 

 1-85, taU 1-5, tarsus 0-55.. 



Female. " Sexes exactly alike " ( Gosse). 



Hah. Jamaica. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Jamaica. J. Gould, Esq. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Baron Lauder. 



e. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Capt. Hamilton [P.]. 



f-i. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Sclater Coll. 



k, I. Ad. sk. Moneague, Jamaica, Feb. Dr. H. Bryant [P.]. 



m-p. Ad.sk. Moneague, Aug. (O. S.). Sahiu-Godman Coll. 



o. Ad. sk. Metcalfe Parish, Jamaica, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 May 28 [G. N. Allen). 



2. Todus subulatus. 



Todier de S. Domingue, Daubent. PI. Enl. viii. pi. 585. figs. 1, 2. 

 Todus viridis (nee L.), Vieill. N. Diet, xxxiv. p. 184, pi. 29. fig. 4 



(1819) ; Bu7m. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. i. p. 269 (1823). 

 Todus subulatus, Grai), Gen. B. i. p. 63, pi. 22 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 182 (1850) ; 'Gray, Ha7id-l. B. i. p. 79, no. 929 (1869) ; 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1874, p. 351, pi. xiii. figs. 1, 2 ; Tristr. Ibis, 1884, 



p. 168 ; Cori/, B. Haiti ^ S. Domi^igo, p. 105 (1885); id. List B. 



W. Indies, p. 19 (' 885) ; id. B. W. 'indies, p. 165 (1889). 

 Todus dominicensis, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 331 ; Salle, P. Z. S. 



1857, p. 233; Cab. t^- Ilein. Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 49 (I860); 



