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2. ToDIROSTRUM CAPITALE, 11. 8. (PI. CXXV. fig. 2.) 

 Stipra olivaceum, pileo rufo ; alis caudaque nigris extus olivaceis, 



secundariis ultimis et caudcB rectricibus lateralibus in pagonio 

 externo lactescenti-albo late limbatis, hoc colore extus tenuiter 

 olivaceo marginato •' subtus cinerascenti-album, medialiter albes- 

 cens, ventre medio et tectricibus subalaribus Jlavicantibus : 

 rostro superiore nigro, ivferiore jlavido, pedibus jfuscis. 

 Long. totą 3 "7, alse 1"8, caudae 1'2. 

 Hab. In rep. Eąuatoriana iu ripis fl. Napo. 

 Mus. Gul. Jardine, Baronetti. 



The rufous crown of this species distinguishes it from every one 

 of its congeners except T. ruficeps, from which it may be separated 

 by the want of the dark pectoral band, and other easily perceived 

 characters. 



The shape of the bill is typical, but rather broader and flatter than 

 in T. cinereum. 



I have also lately obtained two specimens of another species of 

 this genus, not quite so typical in fortn or striking in plumage as the 

 two lašt, but hardly to be placed without the liinits of the group. 

 This I propose to call 



3. ToDIROSTRUM EXILE, n. S. (PI. CXXV. fig. 3.) 



Supra olivaceum, alis caudaąue fusco-nigris ; illarum secundariis 

 et tectricibus Jlavicanti-olivaceis, hujus rectricibus olivaceo extus 

 marginatis : loris et capitis lateribus fusco-albidis : subtus 

 margaritaceo-album, lateribus Jlavido tinctis ; gutture et pec- 

 tore striis paucis elongatis fuscis obsoletissime fiammulatis : 

 rostri nigri basi pallida, tarsis gracilibus et cum pedibus colore 

 carneis. 

 Long. totą 3"5, alse 1*7, caudse 2"6. 

 Hab. In Nova Grenada. 



The first example of this species that carae under my notice was 

 received from MM. Verreaux of Paris in 1854. It is labelled " New 

 Grenada." I purchased a second not quite mature from Mr. Hurst 

 of Albany in the State of New York. A third is in the British 

 Museum, and is evidently a Bogota skin. The bill of this Todiros- 

 trum is smaller than in the ordinary nm of the species, but of nearly 

 the šame form, though not quite so flat. The tail is proportionately 

 rather longer, the tarsi very slender. 



Besides the three lastly described, I am acąuainted with sixteen 

 other species commonly referred to the genus Todirostrum, namely — 



1. ToD. CINEREUM (L.). — Todus melatiocepkalus, Spix, Av. 

 Bras. ii. pi. 9. f. 2 ; Desm. Tod. pi. 68 : ex Boliv. Bras. Sept. Or. 

 et Mer. ; Guiana, Cayenne ; Venezuela ; ins. Trinit. ; Nov. Grenada ; 

 Bogota ; S. Martha ; America Centrali et Mexico Meridionah ! 



2. Tod. maculatum (Dešra.), Desm. Man. et Tod. pi. 70 {To- 

 dus cinereus, Spix) : ex Guiana, Cayenne, et Brasil. Sept. 



