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mandible : the nostrils are placed on each side the ] 

 ridge, near the head : the upper mandible is of a \ 

 dusky brown, the lower of a yellow or orange- \ 

 colour: at the base of the bill are placed stiff black ! 

 hairs or bristles, standing forwards : the whole | 

 upper side of the bird, from bill to tail-end, is of ■ 

 a very fine parrot-green : the inner coverts of the ■ 

 wings are white : the inside of the quills, and the j 

 under side of the tail are of a brownish ash-colour: 

 five or six of the prime quills are dusky or black : 

 at their tips : the throat is of a very fine red : the j 

 breast, belly, thighs^ and covert feathers under the j 

 tail are white, a little shaded with pale green : the ; 

 legs and feet are of a dusky colour: the toes are j 

 joined, as they are in the Kingfisher." 



CINEREOUS TODY. 



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Todus cinereus. T. cinereus, subtus luteus. Lin. Syst, Nat, ! 

 Cinereous Tody, luteous beneath. 



Grey and yellow Flycatcher. Edw. pi. 262. j 

 Le Tic-tic ou Todier. Buff, ois, PI. Enl. 585./. 3. | 

 Cinereous Tody. Lath, syn. j 



Described by Edwards, and is rather larger than 

 the Green Tody. " The bill, says Edwai ds, is 

 pretty long, and broad, and compressed like a 

 duck's bill, with a ridge along the middle of the 

 upper mandible: its point is dusky: its base gra- 

 dually becomes reddish, and is surrounded with 

 stiff hairs or bristles pointing forward: the fore- jj 



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