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TODUS. TODY. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum tenue, depressum, 

 latum, basi setis patulis. 



Nares ovatae, parvae. 



Pedes gressorii, digitus ex- 

 terior medio basi connex- 

 us. 



Lath. ind. am. 



Bill thin, depressed, beset 



at the base with spreading 



bristles. 



Nostrils ovate^ small. 

 Feet gressorial; the outer 



toe connected at the base 



to the middle one. 



HE birds of this genus, which are principally 

 natives of the warmer parts of America, are cha- 

 racterised by a peculiar flatness or depression of 

 the beak. They may be considered as greatly 

 allied to the Muscicapae or Flycatchers, though 

 somewhat differing in the structure of the feet, 

 which have the outer and middle toes connected, 

 whereas in the Flycatchers they are perfectly se- 

 parate. 



