94 TODY. 



than the rest ; the wings reach half way on the tail ; legs slender, 

 black. 



Inhabits New South Wales. In the collection of Lord Stanley. 



** WITH THE BILL EXCEEDINGLY BROAD. 



24 —GREAT-BILLED TODY— Pl. lxv. 



Todus nasutus, Ind. Orn. i. 268. Gm. Lin. i. 446. 



Platyrinque, Tern. Man. Ed.n. Anal, p.lxvi. 



Great-billed Tody, Gen. Syn. ii. 664. pl.30. Shaic's Zool. viii 122. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill one inch and a quarter, very broad 

 at the base, and pale blue, inclining to orange beneath, beset at the 

 base with black bristles, two or three of which are nearly the length 

 of the bill ; nostrils oval, not far from the base; the head, neck, and 

 upper half of the back, are black, with a bluish gloss, in some lights ; 

 from under the ears, across the throat, a broad crescent of crimson ; 

 the breast and all the under parts are also crimson, as are the lower 

 half of the back, rump, and upper tail coverts ; wings and tail in 

 general, black ; six or seven of the scapulars are white on the outer 

 webs, forming a patch of white streaks, and part of the outer edge 

 of wing is also white ; tail much rounded, the two middle feathers 

 two inches long, the exterior only one ; on the two outer, about the 

 middle, an oval spot of white on the outer web ; the quills reach 

 scarcely to the base of the tail; legs pale blue; claws flattened on 

 the sides. 



Inhabits India. One of these in the collection of the late General 

 Davies had the bill and legs black ; it is figured also among the 



