BROWN TODY. 



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head is black: the hinder part of the head and 

 neck, the back, and rump, are of a dark ash-colour: 

 the whole under side, with the sides under the 

 wings, are bright yellow : the inner covert-feathers 

 of the wings are yellow : the quills within are ash- 

 coloured, having the edges of their inner webs 

 whitish: the tail hath twelve feathers; the middle 

 ones longest, and gradually shortening to the outer- 

 most on each side: the middle feathers are wholly 

 fclack or dusky, with white tips : the legs and feet 

 are made as in most small birds, and of a dark 

 flesh-colour." This species is a native of Surinam. 



BROWN TODY. 



Todus fuscus. T. ferrugineo'fuscus, suhtus oUvaceo-fuscus albo 

 maculatus, alis fascia nigricante, cauda ferruginea. Lath, ind. 

 orn. 



Ferruginous-brown Tody, beneath olivaceous-brown spotted with 

 white, with a blackish bar across the wings^ and ferruginous 

 tail. 



Brown Tody. Penn. Gen. of Birds, Lath, syn. 



This species is described by Mr. Pennant in his 

 work entitled Genera of Birds, and is larger than 

 the Green Tody: the whole upper parts are ferru- 

 ginous brown; the coverts of the wings crpssed by 

 a dusky bar: the lower parts of the body olive, 

 spotted with white : the tail ferruginous. Native 

 of the hotter parts of America. 



