TODY. 85 



white; the upper parts black; the inner margins of some of the quills 

 and the shoulders beneath, snow white ; tail very short and black. 



Inhabits America. 



In the distribution of colours, it much resembles the black and 

 white Flycatcher,* but the great breadth of the bill, and shortness 

 of the tail, prove it to be a different bird. 



7— PLUMBEOUS TODY. 



Todus plumbeus, Ind. Orn. i. 267. Gen. Syn. i. 444. 



Todi Species tertia, Pall. Spic. vi. p. 17. 



Moucherolle, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal, lsvii. Shaw's Zool. viii. 128. 



Plumbeous Tody, Gen. Syn. ii. 661. 



SIZE of a Wren. Bill like that of the Cinereous Tody ;f the 

 upper part of the plumage hoary lead colour, inclining to black on 

 the crown of the head ; beneath, from chin to vent, white as snow ; 

 quills and tail dusky black ; the outer edges of the quills white ; 

 tail even at the end ; legs dusky. 

 Inhabits Surinam. 



8.— DUSKY TODY. 



Todus obscurus, Ind. Orn. i. 267 Gm. Lin.\. 445. 



Todi Species quarta, Pall. Spic. vi. p. 17. 



Dusky Tody, Gen. Syn. ii. 661. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 173. Shaw's Zool. viii. 129. 



SIZE of a Hedge Sparrow. Bill brown, half an inch long, 

 broad at the base, somewhat indented over the nostrils, and a little 

 curved at the point, base beset with bristles ; the under mandible 

 white; the plumage, on the upper parts of the bird, dusky olive brown, 



* Edw. pi. 348. i. f Pall. Spic. vi. tab. iii. A. 



