CHAP. XVIIJ.] 
BIRDS. 
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Family 64. — TOBIDiE. (1 Genus, 5 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical Nearctic 
Sup-regions. Sub-regions. 
PALA3 ARCTIC ETHIOPIAN 
S UB— REGIONS. S CTB-R EGION8. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
The Todies are delicate, bright-coloured, insectivorous birds, 
of small size, and allied to the Motmots, although externally 
more resembling flycatchers. They are wholly confined to the 
greater Antilles, the islands of Cuba, Hayti, Jamaica, and Porto 
Pico having each a peculiar species of Todus, while another 
species, said to be from Jamaica, has been recently described 
(Plate XVI. Vol. II. p. 67). 
Family 65.— MOMOTIDiE. (6 Genera, 17 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
N EARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Pal^arctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Motmots range from Mexico to Paraguay and to the west 
coast of Ecuador, but seem to have their head-quarters in Cen- 
tral America, five of the genera and eleven species occurring 
from Panama northwards, two of the genera not occurring in 
South America. The genera are as follows : — 
Momotus (10 sp,), Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia, one species 
extending to Tobago, and one to Western Ecuador ; Urospatha 
(1 sp.), Costa Rica to the Amazon ; Baryphthengus (1 sp.), Brazil 
and Paraguay ; Hylomancs (2 sp.), Guatemala ; Prionirhynchus 
(2 sp.), Guatemala to Upper Amazon; Eumomota (1 sp.), Hon- 
duras to Chiriqui. 
