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RUFOUS-CROWNED TODY. 
The sexes of this species differ so much, that no 
one would suppose, upon merely looking at them, 
that they were not distinct species. The male is 
distinguished by having the crown and nape of a 
bright rufous-orange, rather lighter towards the bill, 
and darkest 'behind : the front of the head is crossed 
by a band of deep black, which widens on the sides 
of the head, and includes the lores, eyes, maxillary 
region, and the ears ; the rest of the upper plumage is 
light brown, tinged with rufous on the scapulars ; 
the feathers of the back are bordered externally by 
a well-defined blackish line, or by a roundish spot ; 
the lesser wing-covers are cinereous, and the greater 
have each a pale terminal spot ; the external parts 
of the quills, and also the tail, are like the back, 
but the spurious wings are blackish-brown. The 
under plumage is cinereous, but the throat and 
middle of the body are pure white ; the legs are pale, 
and the bill deep black. The female differs in the 
following particulars : — The crown, ears, and sides 
of the head, are of the same colour as the back, 
except a long white line which begins on the front 
and extends over the eye and ear; the lesser and 
greater wing- covers are both brown, tipt with pale 
fulvous ; and all the under parts are bright ferrugi- 
neous where they are cinereous in the male. 
Total length, 4| inches ; the tail not exceeding 
beyond the wings ; bill, gape, f ; front, J ; wings, 
2| ; tarsus, 1 ; middle toe and claw, X 8 S . 
The sub-genus 
