336 roDiD.^?. 



tiugo of blue ; tail dull green ; a broad moustache pure Avhite, 

 shading off into verditer-hlue and forming a distinct spot ; throat 

 carmine, with very slight margins of silvery white to some of tlie 

 feathers ; rest of under surface white ; margins of some of the 

 breast-feathers slightly washed with pink ; the flanks pink ; sides 

 of upper breast greyish ; under tail- and wing-coverts yellowish, 

 the outermost of the latter white, those on the bend of the wing 

 slightly washed with blue : bill and feet coral-red, the upper 

 mandible brown ; iris greyish blue ; upper eyelid orange. Total 

 length 3-6 inches, culmen 0-75, wing I'T, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-55. 

 Hah. Cuba. 



a. Ad. sk. Cuba. Baron Laugier. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Cuba. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 d. Ad. sk. Cuba. Sclater Coll. 



e,f. Ad. sk. San Cristoval, Cuba {G. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



F. Gaiimer). 



4. Todus pulcherrimus. 



Todus pidchenimus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1874, p. 353, pi. 13. fig. 3 ; Cory, 

 List B. W. Ind. p. 19 (1885) ; id. B. West Lid. p. 166 (1889). 



Adult. Above bluish green, rather tinged with olive on the lower 

 back, the wing-coverts showing a very strongly pronounced blue 

 shade : quills blackish, bordered narrowly with light green, shading 

 off into bluish towards the tips of the secondaries ; tail duU 

 greenish, with narrow margins of bluish green ; forehead lighter 

 and rather more olive-green than the back, and tinged with orange 

 near the base of the beak ; lores tinged with orange ; sides of face 

 yellowish green ; sides of neck dull rufous ; chin white ; throat 

 bright carmine, with silverj'-white margins to most of the feathers ; 

 rest of under surface with a light crimson blush, varied on the 

 breast with white oval spots to the feathers, producing an ocellated 

 appearance, the crimson colour brightest on the flanks, shading off 

 into ochraceous buff on the sides of the vent ; on each side of the 

 upper breast a patch of greenish ; under wing-coverts ochraceous 

 buff, the outermost smaller coverts washed with pale carmine : 

 upper mandible blackish, lower one yellowish ; feet black. Total 

 length 3-5 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 1-9, tail 1-4, tarsus 0-G5. 



Hah. [Jamaica.] 



a. Ad. sk. [Jamaica.] Purchased. (Type 



of species.) 



5. Todus hypochondriacus. 



Todus viridis (iiec L.), Destn. Hist. Nat. Tang. etc. pi. 67 (1805) ; 

 Vieill. Gal. Ois. i. pi. 124 (1825). 



Todus me.xicanus, Less. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. ix. p. 167 (1838) ; Lafr. 

 Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 333; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 63 (1847); id. List 

 Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 36 (1848) ; Bp.Consp. i. p. 182 (1850) ; Baird, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 260 ; Gray, Hand-/. B. i. p. 79, no. 926 (1889). 



