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Genus XXV. TODY. 



N* i. 



Green T. 



N° 8. 



Plumbeous T. 



2, 



Cinereous T. 



9- 



Dufky T. 



3- 



Brown T. 



10. 



King T. 



4- 



Blue T. 



ii. 



Ferruginous-bellied T 



5- 



Variegated T. 



12. 



White-chinned T. 



6. 



White-headed T. 



13- 



Broad-billed T. 



7- 



Short-tailed T. 



14. 



Great-billed T. 



(ILL thin, deprefTed, broad ; bafe befet with briftles. 



Noftrils fmall, oval. 

 Tongue. 



Toes placed three before and one behind;' the middle one 

 greatly connected to the outer. 



Birds of this genus inhabit the warmer parts of America. They 

 vary considerably in their bills, as to breadth ; but all of them 

 have a certain flatnefs, or depreffion, which is peculiar. They 

 have great affinity to the Flycatchers ; and indeed, to fpeak the 

 truth, the two genera run much into one another : however, in 

 one thing they differ materially j for in the Tody, the outer and 

 middle toes are much connected, whereas in the Flycatcher genus 

 they are divided to their origin : perhaps more might be brought 

 into this feftion ; but, as many birds are only to be feen on 

 paper, if the draughtsman fhould not think ajuft expreflion of the 

 toes to be a matter of confequence, we muft remain in the dark, 

 where the writer has omitted it in the defcription. 



Todus 



