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it is dark gray and below white. The male has the band across the 

 breast and the sides gray. In the female the sides are bright brown, 

 a color that sometimes forms a second band across the breast. 



Superfamily TODIDES 

 Family TODIDAE 



TODUS SUBULATUS Gray 



HISPANIOLAN TODY, BARRANCOLI, BARRANQTJERO, PERROQUET DE 



TERRE, COIIBRI 



Todus subulatus " Gould " Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. 1, April, 1847, pi. 22 (His- 

 paniola").— Hartlatjr, Isis, 1847, p. 609 (listed).— Tristram, Ibis, 1884, 

 p. 168 (Dominican Republic, specimen). — Cory, Birds Haiti and San Do- 

 mingo, July, 1884, pp. 105-106, col. fig. (Puerto Plata, Port-au-Prince, speci- 

 mens) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 103 (Haiti, Dominican Republic). — 

 Cherrie, Field Columbian Mus., Ornitb. ser., vol. 1, 1896, p. 20 (abundant). — 

 Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, pp. 318, 322 (listed).— Christy, Ibis, 1897, 

 pp. 332-333 (habits).— Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 9, 1902, p. 293 (Sanchez, speci- 

 mens). — Verriix, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, p. 360 (abundant, Do- 

 minican Republic). — Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, p. 441 (Monte 

 Cristi, Sosua, Choco, Rio San Juan, Arroyo Salado, specimens). — Kaempfer, 

 Journ. fur Ornith., 1924, p. 181 (habits).— Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull. vol. 30, 1927, 

 p. 140; Beneath Tropic Seas, 1928, p. 221 (Haiti).— Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, pp. 504-505 (Haiti, Gonave Island; habits, 

 nest). — Danforth, Auk, 1929, p. 369 (abundant). — Lonnberg, Fauna och 

 Flora, 1929, p. 104 (Haiti, Gonave). — Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz., Nat., vol. 

 68, 1929, p. 319 (Haina, San Juan specimens). 



Todier, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois, vol. 7, 1780, p. 226 (description, nest). 



Todier de St. Domingue, Daubenton, Planch. Enl., pi. 585, figs. 1 and 2. 



Perroquet de terre, Saint-Mery, Descrip. Part. Frang. lie Saint-Domingue, 

 vol. 1, 1797, p. 262 (Dondon). 



Todus viridis, Vietllot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 1, 1807, pp. 87-88, 

 pi. 56 (habits). — Ritter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1S36, p. 155 (speci- 

 men). — Hartlaub, Isis, 1847, p. 609 (listed). 



Todus dominicensis, Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, pp. 233-234 

 (habits). — Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 1867, p. 91 

 (Dominican Republic, Haiti).— Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 154 

 (Haiti).— Tristram, Cat. Coll. Birds belonging to H. B. Tristram, 1889, p. 98 

 (SamanS,, specimens). 



Kesident; abundant. Not recorded for Tortue Island. 



The Hispaniolan tody is universally distributed, with the ex- 

 ception of the higher mountain areas, and is one of the most abundant 

 and constantly seen species of the island. It ranges alike in dry 

 areas or humid sections, its only requirement being a cover of thorny 

 scrub or low forest that will afford it shelter. It is one of the few 

 species of birds that appears regularly beside the trails and road- 

 ways as one travels through the country. 



12 Gray marked his plate simply "Todus subulatus Gould" without giving any locality. 



