BLACK-HEADED TODY. 177 



first joint free ; bill black, the base beneath being 

 pale. Inhabits Brazil and Cayenne. 



Total length, 3f inches ; bill, front, f$ ; wingr, 

 j 7 ^ ; tail, base, 1 ^ , tarsus, T 7 ^. 



GREAT-HEADED TODY. 



Todus Megacephafus, SWAINS. 

 PLATE XIX. 



Alx>ve olive-green ; beneath yellow ; neck above, and stripes 

 on the throat, cinereous ; sides of the head pale, with a 

 hlaek crescent on the ears ; bill short, triangular. 



WE have here a genuine, although an aberrant 

 Tody, disguised with the bill of a Lepturus, or that 

 sub-genus which next succeeds in the chain of 

 nature. Except in this particular organ, it has the 

 general structure of the Todies. The feet, indeed, 

 are particularly weak, and both the lateral toes are 

 united to the middle one as far as the first joint ; 

 the head, as the specific name expresses, is particu- 

 larly large. 



The natural size is represented in the figure ; the 

 general plumage above is olive-green, with a strong 

 fulvous tinge in front of the head and on the crown* 



