BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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TODUS ANGUSTIROSTRIS. Lafr. 



Todus angustirostris. Lafr., Rev. Zool., 185 1, p. 478. — Salle, P. Z. 

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

 p. 91 (1866). — Sharpe, Ibis, 1874, p. 352. 



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

 the feathers slightly touched with white ; underparts, white ; flanks, 

 pinkish ; under wing and tail coverts, pale yellow ; a line of white 

 extending from the base of the mandible, separating the colors of 

 the head and throat, becoming grayish as it reaches the sides of 

 the neck ; entire upper mandible and terminal half of lower 

 mandible, dark brown ; legs, black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length 4; wing 1.90; tail 1.50; tarsus, .45; bill .60; width of 

 bill at middle .12. 



There has been much confusion in regard to the present 

 species, many authors considering it not separable from T. subulatus. 

 Salle expresses the belief that T. angustirostris is only sexually 

 different from T. subulatus, and Dr. Bryant concludes that angusti- 

 rostris is only a narrow-billed specimen of the ordinary San 

 Domingo bird. In the large series now before me are many 

 males and females of both species, and I have unhesitatingly 

 restored the present bird to its rank as a species. Its habits as 

 far as observed appear to be the same as the preceding species. 



