Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Todus. 351 



Jamaica, Jan. 1859 {Osburn). c. Jamaica {Lawrence), d. 

 Jamaica {Chambers). 



E. Miis. Salvin and Godinan. — a, b, c. Moneague, Jamaica 

 (O. /S. ^ F. G.). d, c? . Metcalf Parish, Jamaica (G. N. Allen) . 



2. Todus subulatus. (Plate XIII. figs. 1, 2.) 



Le Todier de St..Domingue, Buff. PI. Enl. 585. figs. 1, 2 

 (1783). 



Todus viridis, Vieill. N. Diet, xxxiv. p. 184, pi. 29. fig. 4 

 (1819), nee Linn.; Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Metli. i. p. 269 (1823). 



Todus subulatus, Gray & Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 63, pi. 22 

 (April 1847) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 182 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-1. 

 B. i. p. 79 (1869). 



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

 1857, p. 233 ; Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 49 (1859- 

 60) ; Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 91 (1866) ; Scl. 

 & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 103 (1873). 



Todus angustirostris , Lafr. R. Z. 185 1, p. 478 ; Gray, 

 Hand-1. i. 79. 



Adult male. Above deep grass-green, brighter on the head 

 and sides of face ; quills brownish black, margined with the 

 same green as the back, rather brighter on the secondaries ; 

 tail green, rather duller than the back ; chin and a moustachial 

 streak whitish, the latter shading off into ashy grey ; throat 

 pale carmine, the feathers bordered with silvery white ; rest 

 of undersurface white tinged with light yellow, very bright 

 on the under tail-coverts ; the breast white, with a narrow 

 pink edging, causing an ocellated appearance ; flanks and 

 sides of body beautiful pink ; thigh-feathers yellowish, under 

 wing-coverts light yellow, inclinmg to white on the outer 

 margins. Total length 4*4 inches, culmen 0*8, wing 1"95, 

 tail 1'65, tarsus 055. 



Another binl is marked a female by Mr. George Gray, though 

 there is no trace in the register of the bird^s sex having been 

 determined by Mr. Cuming^. This bird differs from the 



* [Were not these specimens really collected by M. Sall6, of whose 

 collections IMr. Cuming probably had the disposal ? The name of the 

 person from whom the specimen was acquired, entered in the British- 



