84 TODY. 



5.— WHITE-HEADED TODY — Pl. lxiv. 



Todus leucocephalus, Ind. Orn. i. 266. Gm. Lin. i. 444. Pal/. Spic. vi. p. 19, t. 3. f. 2. 



Bor. Nat. ii. 141. 

 La tete blanche, Voy. d'Azaram. No. 176. 

 White-headed Tody, Gen. Syn. ii. 660. pl. 29. Shaw's Zoot. viii. 127. 



SIZE of a Redstart. Bill blackish, the upper mandible wholly 

 so ; the under white, with a black tip ; nostrils depressed ; base of 

 the bill beset with bristles ; head and throat white, the fonner pretty 

 full of feathers, so as to appear crested ; the rest of the body dull, 

 but deep, black ; wings short ; the quills on the insides, and tips, 

 brownish ; tail short, even at the end, and black ; legs black ; the 

 outer and middle toes united to one-third from the base. 



The White-headed Tody seems to be the same bird described by 

 Azara, under the name of La Tete blanche ; and, according to him, 

 the female has the forehead, as far as half the head, and all the 

 parts beneath white; the rest of the upper parts brown ; tail dusky; 

 under wing coverts brown and white : total length of the bird five 

 inches and a quarter ; extent of wing eight inches. 



' Inhabits South America; found in the marshes about Paraguay, 

 but rare; feeds on insects, both on the wing, and when at rest; seen 

 more often on the reeds, in marshy places, and often observed to 

 perch on the tops of them. 



6. -SHORT-TAILED TODY. 



Todus brachyurus, Ind. Orn. i. 266. Gm. Lin. i. 449. 



Todi Species septima. Pall. Spic. vi. p. 18. 



Short-tailed Tody, Gen. Syn. ii. 660. Shaw's Zool. viii. 127. 



LESS than the Redstart. Bill dusky, and much flattened;* 

 the forehead, sides of the head, and under parts of the body are 



* Compared by Pallas to that of the Paradise Flycatcher. 



