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Brachyii- 
TUS, 
■BIRDS. PIC^, 24. Todus. 
Snowy beneath ; crown, neck, back and very fliort K* 
, ■ Short-taiUi^' 
inhabits America. Bill dulky. 
Plumieus, 
Regius. 
Crijlatas, 
Blackith lead-colour, beneath white ; crown, quill 
tail-feathers bjackilli, PlumbeoUi 
Inhabits Surinam. Outer edge of the quill-featkers whit*- 
OhfcuTus^ Olive-brown, beneath yellowifh-white ; chin pale. ■ 
Dufiy \ 
Inhabits North Americas feeds on infects ; frequents dcao 
and fings delightfully. 
(luill and tail-feathers edged with grey ; tcdl even. 
Blackilh-brown ; beneath reddifh ; creft chefnut, 
with white at the tip ; chin and eyelids white. Kirtr' 
Inhabits Cayenne ; q inches long. ,j 
Bill du{ky-brown ; creji tranfverfe, confifting of 4— '5 
of rounded feathers; wing-coverts reddifli-brown ; 
with tranlVerle blackilh lines ; legs flelh-colour. 
Creft fcarlet tipt with black j body brown, fpotted 
white. ^ •' 
Inhabits Guinea. :■ probably only a variety of the laft. 
Bill depreffed, flender, lanceolate, obtufe *, body above 
brown ; wing-coverf with a little white ; gidllf(‘‘^% 
blackilh ; chin whitilh-afli ; breaji and belly waved ''1 ^ 
brown and dulky-alh ; tailfeathers brown, beneath 
2 middle ones blackilh. 
Blackilh-rufty, beneath ferruginous ; tail brown ; 
varied with dulky and white. Ferrugi^^’'^ 
Inhabits Cayenne : yA inches long. 
Bill black ; nojlrils oval ; eyelids pale ; kgs dulky. 
Brown, beneath white ; breaft fpotted with brown ; 
nJ miu-chinniiL 
Bill very much depreffed; tail rounded; legs browm ' 
elevatedl egments ; dates yelfow. 
Ferrugi, 
■neus. 
NfVUS. 
