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DUSKY TODY. 



Todus obscurus. T. olivaceo-fuscus, subtus albo-flaTctcens, gufa 



pallida. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Olivaceous-brown Tody, yellowish white beneath, with pale 



throat. 



Todi species quarta. Pall. spic. 6. p. 17 

 Dusky Tody. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Pallas. Size of a Hedge- 

 Sparrow: upper parts olive-brown: under parts 

 yellowish white: chin pale; quills and tail pale, 

 with grey edges: bill ahd legs dusky. Native of 

 North America. 



GREEN TODY. 



Todus viridis. T. viridis, pectore rubro. Lin. Syst.Nat. 



Green Tody, with red breast. 



Rubecula viridis elegantissima. Raii. syn. 187. 



Green Sparrow, or Humming- Bird. Edw. pi. 121. 



Todier de TAmerique septentrionale. Buff. <ris. PI. Enl. 585. 



/.3. 

 Green Tody. Lath. syn. 



THIS elegant little bird is about the size of a 

 Wren, and is described by Sloane in his History of 

 Jamaica, but more accurately by Edwards. " The 

 bill, says Edwards, is long in proportion, like that 

 of a Kingfisher; much broader than deep, like a 

 duck's bill: it is ridged along the top of the upper 



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