BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAM ILY 



TOD I D^E. 



Subfamily, TODIN^. 



Genus: TODUS. Limn. 



TOD US: BRISSON, ORN., IV. p. 528, 1760. LINN., SYST. NAT., I. p. 198, 1766. 



TODUS SUBULATUS. Gould. 



Le Todier de St. Dominque. "Buff., PI. Enl., 585, Figs. 1, 2 (1783)." 

 Todus viridis. Vieill, "N. Diet, XXXIV. p. 184, pi. 29, Fig. 4 (18 19)." 

 Todus subulatus. Gould (Fig. sine, descr.), Gray, and Mitch., Gen. 

 Bds., I. p. 63, pi. 22 (1847). — Bp., Consp., I. p. 182 (1850). 



— Gray, Hand List Bds., I. p. 79 (1869). — Sharpe, Ibis, 1874, 

 P- 35i- 



Todus dominicensis. Lafr., Rev. Zool., 1847, p. 331. — Salle, P. Z. 

 S., 1857, p. 233. — Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, XI. p. 

 91 (1866). — Scl. and Salv., Nom. Avi. Neotr., p. 103 (1873). 



— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 154 (188 1). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Above, bright green ; throat, crimson red, 

 the feathers faintly tipped with white ; underparts, dull yellowish, 

 the feathers edged with pale red on the basal portions, the color 

 only slightly showing on the surface, and giving the appearance of 

 the chest and belly of being pale yellowish, faintly streaked with 



red ; flanks, pale pinkish red ; wings, dark brown edged with 



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