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23. TODIROSTRUM. Tyje 



Todi rostrum, Less. Trait. d'Om. p. 384 (1831) T. cinereum. 



Triccus, Cab. in Tsch. F. P., Aves, p. 164 (1845) T. cinereum. 



Pcecilotriccus, Berkpsch, Journ.f. O. 1884, p. 298 T. lenzi. 



The long spatulate bill, somewhat resembling that of the genus 

 Todus, has been the occasion of the generic name of this group, 

 which contains about 16 species of diminutive size, but in many 

 cases of very ornamental colouring. They are spread over the 

 Neotropical Region from South Mexico to the southern limits of 

 Brazil and Bolivia. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Crown black or slaty. 

 a. Abdomen yellow. 



a'. Throat not spotted, yellow. 

 a". Front black. 



a'". Superciliaries black : 



\ chin yellow 1 . cinereum, p. 69. 



| chin white 2. sclateri, p. 71. 



b'". Superciliaries yellow 3. chrysocrotaphum, p. 71. 



b". Front black 4. polwcephalum, p. 71. 



b'. Throat not spotted, white. 

 c". Back olive : 



\ bend of wing black 5. nigriceps, p. 72. 



I bend of wing chestnut 6. calopterum, p. 72. 



d". Back black 7. pulchdlum, p. 72. 



d. Throat spotted, yellow 8. guttatum, p. 73. 



d'. Throat .spotted, white : 



j crown black 9. macidatum, p. 73. 



| crown grey 10. signatum, p. 74. 



/;. Abdomen white : 



J crown slaty 11. schist aceiceps, p. 74. 



| crown black 12. picatum, p. 74. 



B. Crown red. 



e. Middle of abdomen white 13. capitate, p. 75. 



d. Middle of abdomen yellow. 



e'. Crown red, surrounded by a black 



line . 14. ruficeps, p. 75. 



f. Whole head above red : 



( head darker red 15. rujigenc, p. 76, 



) head lighter red 16. lenzi, p. 76. 



1 . Todirostrum cinereum. 



Todus cinereus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 178 ; Desm. Tang. pi. 68. 



Muscitapa meloxautha, Sparrm. Mas. Carls, pi. 97. 



Todus melanocephalus, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 8, pi. 9. 6g. 2 ; Max. 

 licit r. iii. p. 962 ; Sxo. Flycatch. p. 175, pi. 18. 



Todirostrum cinereum, Less. Tr. d Om. i. p. 384 ; Lafr. Rev. Zool, 

 1846, p. 360 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, pp. 67, 148, 1856, p. 141, 1857, 

 pp. 83, 203, 1858, p. 458, et 1860, p. 283 ; id. Ibis, 1859, p. 444 ; id. 

 ( 'at. A. B. p. 207 ; Pet. Om. Bras. p. 160 ; Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 124 (Guatemala) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 358 (Panama), 1868, 



