SHORT-TAILED TODY. 127 



being edged with ferruginous: cheeks varied with 

 white: all the under parts dull ferruginous: over 

 each eye a pale streak: on the wings a short ferru- 

 ginous bar: tail brown. Native of South America. 



WHITE-HEADED TODY. 



Tod us leucocephalus. T. nigricans, capite gula colloquc superiors 



albis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Blackish Tody, with the head, throat, and upper part of the 



neck white. 



Todus leucocephalus. Pall. spic. 6. t. 3./. 2. 

 White-headed Tody. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Pallas. Size of a Redstart : 

 colour of the whole bird, except the head and 

 neck, dull black: bill blackish: legs black: head 

 rather full of feathers, so as to appear almost 

 crested. Native of South America. 



SHORT-TAILED TODY. 



Todus brachyurus. T. niger, sincipite genis corporequf subtus albit, 



cauda abbreviata. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Black Tody, with the forehead, cheeks, and under parts of the 



body white, and very short tail. 

 Todi species septima. Pall. spic. 6. p. 18. 

 Short-tailed Tody. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Pallas. Smaller than a Red- 

 start : forehead, cheeks, and under parts of the body 



