348 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Todus. 



1866. In vol. xi. of the ' Proceedings' of the Boston So- 

 ciety of Natural History (pp. 39 & 89), the late Dr. Bryant 

 gives lists of Porto-Rico and S. -Domingo birds. He calls the 

 former bird Todus hypochondriacus, the latter T. dominicensis, 

 and, having examined Lafresnaye's types of T. angustirostris, 

 comes to the conclusion that it is only a narrovr-billed 

 specimen of the ordinary S. -Domingo bird. 



1866. In the 'Journal fiir Ornithologie ' a translation 

 of Dr. Bryant's Porto-Rico paper is given (p. 181), containing 

 an account of Todus hypochondriacus. 



1867. Professor Baird, in his well-known article on the 

 migrations of North- American birds, mentions his belief that 

 Todus mexicanus, of Lesson, is the Porto-Rican species (Ibis, 

 1867, p. 260). 



1869. The late Mr. G. R. Gray, in his ' Hand-list' (p. 79), 

 departs so far from his old arrangement of 1840 and 1841 as 

 to shift the Todidse nearer to the Momotidse, though he keeps 

 them in the immediate vicinity of the Eurylaemidse. Five 

 species are admitted, T. mexicanus being considered a good 

 species, and T. hypochondriacus united to T. multicolor. 



1871. In a new review of the birds of Cuba (J. f. O. 1871, 

 p. 288) a note on T. multicolor and allies is given by Dr. 

 Gundlach. 



1872. Dr. Murie (P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 664^680, pi. ix.) de- 

 tails the osteological characters of Todus, and allies it to the 

 Momotidse and Alcedinidse and other closely allied Picarian 

 families ; but, at the same time, he allows some relationship to 

 the Flycatchers ; and in ' The Ibis ' for 1872 (pp. 390, 394) 

 he further dwells on the close affinities of the Todidse and 

 Momotidai, grouping them under Blyth's name Serratirostres. 



1872. Prof. Sundevall, in his ' Tentamen,' makes a section, 

 Exaspidece lysodactylce, of his colloids Exaspidcse (p. 57). 

 In this section he places the Todinse close to the Piprinse, 

 and not far from the Tyrants, expressing his belief that they 

 are nearly allied to Triccus. 



1872. Mr. Sclater, in a paper on the systematic position 

 oi Peltops,Euryl<emus, and Todus (Ibis, 1872, p. 179), considers 

 that Todus is closely allied to the Kingfishers, and still more 

 to the Momotidse. The sternum of Todus is figured. 



