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DUSKY TODY. 



Todus obscurus. T. oUvaceo-fascus, subtus albo-Jlavescens, gula 



pallida. Lat/u ind. orn. 

 Olivaceous-brown Tody, yellowish white beneath^ with pale 



throat. 



Todi species quarta. Fall, spic, 6, p. 17* 

 Dusky Tody, Lath, syn, 



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Described by Dr. Pallas. Size of a Hedge- 

 Sparrow: upper parts olive-brown; under parts 

 yellowish white: chin pale; quills and tail pale, 

 with grey edges: bill and legs dusky. Native of 

 North America. 



GREEN TODY. 



Todus viridis. T. viridis, pecfore ruhro, Lin. Sj/sf.Nat* 

 Green Tody, with red breast. 

 Rubecula viridis elegantissima. Rati. syn. 187. 

 Green Sparrow, or Humming-Bird. Edw. pi. 121. 

 Todier de FAraerique septentrionale. Buff, ois, PI, Enl. 585. 

 /.3. 



Green Tody. Lath, syn. 



This elegant little bird is about the size of a 

 Wren, and is described by Sloane in his History of 

 Jamaica, but more accurately by Edwards. " The 

 bill, says Edwards, is long in proportion, like that 

 of a Kingfisher; much broader than deep, like a 

 duck's bill: it is ridged along the top of the upper 



V. VIII, p. I. 9 



