TODY. 95 



drawings of the late Sir John Anstruther ; a second, supposed to 

 differ in sex, had the head, neck, and the whole of the breast, the 

 upper part of the back, the wings and tail, black ; on the throat a 

 broad crescent of crimson, extending on each side, under the ear ; 

 lower belly, vent, lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail 

 coverts, crimson ; in other respects answering to the former description, 

 and several of the scapulars marked with white as in the other ; the 

 edge of the middle of the wing yellow, which in the other is white. 



When we described the one from the Leverian Museum, from 

 which our figure in the Synopsis was taken, the bird was supposed 

 to be unique, and no doubt but the tail in that specimen was imper- 

 fect, for having met with more than one since, we have found that 

 part to be much rounded at the end. 



We have also seen various drawings done in India, both in the 

 collection of Sir J. Anstruther, and Lord Valentia, from which we 

 learn, that it inhabits various parts of Hindoostan, as well as being 

 met with in the Straits of Malacca. 



25 —BROAD-BILLED TODY. 



Todus rostratus, Ind. Orn. i. 268. 



Todi octava species. Pallas Spic. vi. 19. t. 3. the bill. 



Todus platyrhynchos, Gm. Lin. i. 446. 



Platyrinche, Tern. Man.Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxvi. 



Broad-billed Tody, Gen. Syn. ii. 664. Shaw's Zool. viii. 122. 



SIZE of a Nightingale, and remarkable for the bill, which is 

 very broad, resembling that of the Boat-bill ; it is flat, pointed at 

 the tip, and whitish; the nostrils in a hollow at the base, on each of 

 which are three large bristles, and others smaller, with a few hairs 

 on the forehead ; crown of the head lead-colour, in the middle of it 

 an oblong white spot, in the manner of the Tyrant Shrike ; the back 

 is luteous brown ; beneath luteous; throat whitish; quills brown; 

 tail even, brown; legs yellowish. 



Described from a specimen in the Museum of the Prince of Orange. 



