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the 3rd, 4th, and 5th quills nearly equal and longest, 2nd=7th, lst=10th. The tail 

 is long and much rounded, the feathers narrow, =f wing, > 2 tarsus. 



a. Abdomen flavum, gula quogueflava. 

 1. Todirostrmn cineremn. 



Todus cinereus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 178'; Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 117^ 



Todirostrum cinereum, d'Orb.Voy. Am. Mer., Ois. p. 315 »; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 141*, 1857, p. 203 'j 



Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 124 '; P. Z. S. 1864, p. 858 ', 1870, p. 837 \ 1879, p. 512 '; Lawr. 



Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 295 ", viii. p. 182", ix. p. 110''; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 147 ", 1870, 



p. 196"; Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 301'=; Ibis, 1885, p. 292"; v. Frantz. J. £. Orn. 1869, p. 307^''; 



Nutt. & Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. pp. 384 '^ 402"; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 225'°; Scl. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 71 ". 

 Triccus cinereus, Cab. J. f . Orn. 1861, p. 243 "'. 



Supra olivaceo-cineremn ; eapite nigro; alls caudaque nigris, illis olivaceo limbatis, Imjus rectrice utrinque 

 extima in pogonio extemo et ad apicem late albida, rectricibus reliquis (praeter duas medias) anguste 

 albo terminatis ; subtus omnino flavissimum : rostri maxilla cornea, mandibula flava ; pedibus pltimbeis. 

 Long, tota 3-6, alsB 1"7, caudae 1-9, rostri a rictu 0-7, tarsi 0-7. (Descr. exempl. ex Dueiias, Guatemala. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



Eab. Mexico, Tlacotalpam {SalU% Teapa in Tabasco {H. H. Smith), Mugeres I., 

 coast of Yucatan (Gaumer) ; Beitish Hondueas, Orange Walk (Gaumer), Belize 

 {0. S.^); Guatemala (Velasquez^, Constancia^^), Choctum, Coban, Duenas, 

 Escuintla, Eetalhuleu (0. S.&F. B. G.) ; Honduras, San Pedro ^ (G. M. Whitely) ; 

 NicAEAGUA, Sucuya 18, Los Sabalos ^^ {Hutting), Greytown {Holland ^^) ; Costa Eica, 

 Nicoya {ArcS), Turrialba ^^, Pacuar ^^ (Carmiol), Irazu {Rogers), San Jose {v. Frant- 

 zius ^'') ; PAifAMA, David {Bridges ^), Bugaba ^\ Volcan de Chiriqui, Mina de 

 Chorcha ^\ Calovevora ^\ Santa Fe i^, Calobre ^^ {Arce), Lion Hill {M^Leannan ^ i"), 

 Paraiso Station {Hughes). — South America, Colombia ^ to Bolivia ^, South Brazil, 

 Amazons valley and Guiana ^^. 



Though apparently rare in Southern Mexico (where our only records of its presence 

 are those of Salle, who found it at Tlacotalpam, and of Herbert Smith at Teapa) 

 Todirostrum cinereum is a common species in Guatemala and throughout the rest of 

 Central America, being for the most part a bird of the lowland forests, but occasionally, 

 though rarely, ascending the mountains to a height of about 6000 feet. Its usual 

 resort is the forest, but it may at times be seen in trees situated in more open country. 

 In South America T. cinereum is one of the most widely spread of Tropical birds 

 notwithstanding its small size. It seems to be generally distributed in the forests of 

 South-American lowlands to the confines of Southern Brazil. In Guiana it occurs up 

 to an elevation of at least 3500 feet, and on the slopes of the Andes doubtless to a stUl 

 greater height. 



Salmon, who took the eggs of this species, says they are white, but he makes no 



