156 RUFOUS -CROWNED TODY. 



The sexes of this species differ so much, that no 

 one would suppose, upon merely looking at them, 

 that they were not distinct species. The male is 

 distinguished hy having the crown and nape of a 

 bright rufous-orange, rather lighter towards the bill, 

 and darkest behind : the front of the head is crossed 

 by a band of deep black, which widens on the sides 

 of the head, and includes the lores, eyes, maxillary 

 region, and the ears ; the rest of the upper plumage is 

 light brown, tinged with rufous on the scapulars ; 

 the feathers of the back are bordered externally by 

 a well-defined blackish line, or by a roundish spot ; 

 the lesser wing-covers are cinereous, and the greater 

 have each a pale terminal spot ; the external parts 

 of the quills, and also the tail, are like the back, 

 but the spurious wings are blackish -brown. The 

 under plumage is cinereous, but the throat and 

 middle of the body are pure white ; the legs are pale, 

 and the bill deep black. The female differs in the 

 following particulars : The crown, ears, and sides 

 of the head, are of the same colour as the back, 

 except a long white line which begins on the front 

 and extends over the eye and ear; the lesser and 

 greater wing- covers are both brown, tipt with pale 

 fulvous ; and all the under parts are bright ferrugi- 

 neous where they are cinereous in the male. 



Total length, 4^ inches ; the tail not exceeding 

 beyond the wings ; bill, gape, f ; front, J ; wings, 

 2j ; tarsus, 1 ; middle toe and claw, ^. 



The sub-genus 





