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us are so completely at variance with those of our 
best ornithologists, that it is due to them, no less 
than to ourselves, to strengthen our position as 
much as possible, that it may he seen we have 
given the subject that attention it deserved before 
■we ventured to promulgate a theory so much at va- 
riance with all that has hitherto been received. It 
is with this intention that we shall now lay before 
the ornithologist two other tables in further illustra- 
tion of the series of the typical species of Todus; 
the first of these will make good their analogy, in 
the following manner, with the sub-divisions of the 
genus. 
Specific types of 
Todus ANALOGICAL CHARACTERS. 
("Bill very long," 
Todus viridis J the tip scarce- 
] ly bent, and 
L nearly entire.. 
C Bill shorter, the 
melanocephalus. ■< tip abruptly 
C bent ; tail short 
'Bill more trian- 
gular ; head 
large, front 
bristly ; tail 
very short 
megacephalus.. 
Sub-genera of 
Todus. 
Platyrhynchus. 
-Todus. 
Conopophaga. 
Platysteuia. 
f Tail lengthened, 1 
platycircus graduated, the >Lepturus. 
C ends pointed... j 
The species here named Megacephalus, and which 
will be subsequently described and figured, is very 
