Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Todus. 349 



1873. ^Messrs. Sclater and Salvin, in their ' Xomenclator 

 Avium Xeotropicalium ' (p. 103), place the Todidae between 

 the Aleedinidae and Momotidse. Thev recognize four species, 

 Tiz. 1. T. viridis, 2. T. dominicensis, 3. T.hypochondriacus, 

 4. T. multicolor. Xo mention is made of T. mexicanus, -which 

 is doubtless considered to be identical with T. hypochondriacus. 



Family TODLD-E. 

 Genus Tonus. 



Todus, Linn. S. X. i. p. 178 (1766, ex BrUs.) : type T. 

 viridis. 



Range. Confined to the Greater Antilles. 



Key to the Specie*. 



a. With a pink tnft on the flanks, 



a'. Chest uniform, not ocellated with oral spots of 

 white. 

 a". Moustache ending in an ashy grey spot. 

 a"'. &east white tinged with green ; 



flanks green, with pink tofts .... riruiis. 

 b'". Breast pure white : flanks entirely 



pink, with no green $ubulatus [ $ ?]. 



ft". Moustache ending in a bright verditer 

 spot ; breast white, very slightly tinged 



with pink here and there muitioolor. 



b'. Chest pinkish, ocellated with distinct oral spots 

 of white, 

 e". Abore bluish green ; moustache and edge 



of wing light pink pulcherrimus. 



d". Above bright grass-green : moustache and 



edge of wing whitish subuJatus [ cJ?]. 



b. Ranks yellow, with no pink tuft ; chest ashy grey . . hypodumdnaem. 



1. Todus viridis. 



Todus viridis, Linn. S. X. i. p. 178 (1766) ; Less. Traite, 

 p. 250 (1831) ; Sw. Zool. lUustr. 2nd ser. pi. 66 (1833) ; id. 

 Monogr. Rye. p. 173, vign. (1837) ; Less. Ann. So. N. is. 

 p. 166 (1838) ; Gray, List of Gen. 1&40, p. 9, et 1^1, 

 p. 12; Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 72, pi. xiv. (1847); Lafr. R.Z. 

 1847, p. 332 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 63 (1847) ; id. Cat. Fissir. 



