90 TODY. 



lower part of the back and rump pale brimstone-yellow ; all the 

 under parts pale dusky yellow ; under wing coverts yellow ; down 

 the middle of the crown mixed yellow, from each feather having a 

 streak of greenish yellow down the middle, giving a sort of gilded 

 appearance ; tail even, plain brown, two inches long, the quills reach 

 to about one-fourth of the length ; legs slender, brown, outer and 

 middle toes united at the base ; were it not for the size, it would 

 appear allied to the Whiskered Flycatcher, but the one here described 

 is a much smaller bird, with the whole of the lower part of the back 

 and rump pale brimstone; the crown marked with streaks of yellow, 

 not the whole of the feathers. 



A specimen of this in the collection of Lord Stanley ; native 

 place uncertain. 



15— YELLOW-CROWNED TODY. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill blackish, broad at the base, and 

 rather stout ; head to below the jaw, and neck behind deep chocolate 

 brown ; over the eye a broad grey streak ; on the crown a streak of 

 yellow; general colour of the body, wings, and tail brown, the 

 feathers with yellowish margins ; chin and throat pale ash-colour ; 

 breast and beneath pale dusky yellow; obscurely streaked with 

 brown ; under wing coverts pale dusky yellow ; legs brown, outer 

 and middle toe much united at the base ; legs brown. 



In the same collection with the last. 



16.— GUINEA TODY. 



SIZE of the Redbreast ; length six inches and a half. Bill rather 

 stout, dusky, with many hairs at the base, and reaching to more than 

 half its length ; head, including the eyes, nape, and neck behind 



