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mandible: the nostrils are placed on each side the 

 ridge, near the head : the upper mandible is of a 

 dusky brown, the lower of a yellow or orange- 

 colour: at the base of the bill are placed stiff black 

 hairs or bristles, standing forwards: the whole 

 upper side of the bird, from bill to tail-end, is of 

 a very fine parrot-green : the inner coverts of the 

 wings are white : the inside of the quills, and the 

 under side of the tail are of a brownish ash-colour: 

 five or six of the prime quills are dusky or black 

 at their tips: the throat is of a very fine red : the 

 breast, belly, thighs, and covert feathers under the 

 tail are white, a little shaded with pale green : the 

 legs and feet are of a dusky colour: the toes are 

 joined, as they are in the Kingfisher." 



CINEREOUS TODY. 



Todus cinereus. T. cinereus, subtus luteus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



Cinereous Tody, luteous beneath. 



Grey and yellow Flycatcher. Edw. pi. 262. 



Le Tic-tic ou Todier. Buff. ois. PI. Enl. 585. f. 3. 



Cinereous Tody. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Edwards, and is rather larger than 

 the Green Tody. "The bill, says Edwards, is 

 pretty long, and broad, and compressed like a 

 duck's bill, with a ridge along the middle of the 

 upper mandible : its point is dusky: its base gra- 

 dually becomes reddish, and is surrounded with 

 stiff hairs or bristles pointing forward: the fore- 



