INSESSORES. 



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one in Mr. Gould's collection, now in the Museum of the Philadelphia 

 Academy, and which is the type of his description above cited. All 

 are from the locality above given. 



Our figures are of the size of life, and are from specimens in the 

 National Museum, brought by the Expedition in the Vincennes and 

 Peacock. 



10. TODIRAMPHUS DIYINUS, LeSSOH. 



Todiramphiis dtvinm, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. I, p. 687 (1826). 



Dacelo nidlitorquis, Peale, Voy. Vincennes and Peacock, Birds, p. 155 (1848). 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate XVIII. 



Mem. SoG. Hist. Nat. Paris, III, Plate XII. 



Form. — About the size of, or rather larger than T. sanctus. Bill rather 

 short, wide ; ridge of both mandibles obscure, flattened ; wing 

 moderate ; third and fourth quills longest and nearly equal ; tail 

 moderate or rather longer than usual in this genus ; tarsus short. 



Dimensions. — Total length (of skin), about seven and one-fourth 

 inches ; wing, three and a half to three and three-fourths inches ; tail, 

 two and three-fourths inches. 



Colors. — Adult male. Entire upper parts dull sea-green, lightest 

 behind the eye, on the outer webs of the quills, and on the tail above ; 

 a narrow band from the eye to the occiput black ; a partially concealed 

 spot on the occiput white. Small spot before the eye, and entire under 

 parts, white ; a few feathers on the breast tipped with dark brown ; 

 under wing-coverts white ; bill dark ; base of under mandible white ; 

 tarsus light. Female, adult? Like the preceding, but with a wide 

 band or belt across the breast, brownish-black. Younger. Entire 

 upper plumage dull greenish-brown; pectoral band narrower, but well 

 defined and conspicuous. 



Hab. — Tahiti, Society Islands. Specimen in Nat. Mus. Washing- 

 ton, and Mus. Acad. Philadelphia. 



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