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ROYAL TODr. 



Todus regius. T. cristatus fuscus, subtus albidus fusco undulatus, 



cristaferruginea apice nigra. 

 Crested brown Tody, whitish beneath with brown undulations ; 



the crest ferruginous, tipped with black. 

 Todus regius. T. fusco-nigricans cristatus, pectore albido nigri- 



cante transversim striato, gula superciliisque albis, abdomine uro 



pygio caudaque ntfis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Le Roi des Gobe-mouches. Biiff". ow. PI. Enl. 280. 

 King Tody. I^ath, syn. 

 Todus cristatus. Crested Tody. Nat. Misc. ll.pl. 405. 



THIS most elegant species is described in the 

 Ornithology of the Count de Buffon, where it is 

 considered as a species of Muscicapa or Flycatcher, 

 and it must be acknowledged that it might perhaps 

 be arranged under that genus as well as in that of 

 Todus. Its size is but little superior to that of the 

 common European Fly catchers, but the bill is some- 

 what disproportionately broad, very much flatten- 

 ed, about ten lines in length, and beset with nu- 

 merous strong bristles at the base: the colour of 

 the plumage on the upper parts is a deep yellow- 

 ish brown or chesnut, passing round the fore part 

 of the neck in the manner of a collar: the throat, 

 whole under parts, beneath the collar, and the 

 rump, are pale or whitish yellow, the breast being 

 crossed by numerous dusky undulations: the tail 

 is bright ferruginous, and on the head is situated a 

 most beautiful broad, transverse crest, consisting 



