347 
Mr. E. B. Sharpe on the Genus Todus. 
orange on the flanks.” It is certain that there is something 
to he elucidated concerning the Jamaican Todus as regards 
its plumages, as I remark below. All Dr. Sclater's specimens 
have the small bill and no blue neck-spot; yet one of them was 
marked a male by the late W. Osburn. 
1848. Mr. G. E. Gray, in the f List of Fissirostres in the 
British Museum 9 keeps the Todinse as a subfamily of the Co- 
raciidse, and mentions three species in the collection— Todus 
viridis, from Jamaica, T. multicolor, and T. mexicanus, from 
Mexico. 
1850. Lembeye, in his ‘ Aves de la Isla de Cuba/ gives no 
particular account of the Todus , which he only mentions in 
his catalogue of the birds of the island (p. 131). 
1850. Prince Bonaparte, in the f Conspectus 3 (i. p. 182), 
places the Todinse between the Psarinse and the Tyranninse. 
Four species, T. viridis, T. mexicanus, T. multicolor, T. subu- 
lalus, are recognized. 
1851. Lafresnaye describes as new Todus angustirostris from 
S. Domingo, collected by Salle (Eev. Zool. 1851,pp. 477-479). 
1856. Dr. Gundlach, in a paper on the birds of Cuba (J. 
f. O, 1856, p. 101), describes the young bird of T. multicolor . 
1857. M. Salle gives the ornithological results of his 
travels in S. Domingo (P. Z. S. 1857, p. 233), and writes an 
account of the habits of Todus subulatus, expressing his belief 
that T. angustirostris is only sexually distinct from T. subu¬ 
latus. 
1859. Dr. Gundlach (J. f. O. 1859, p. 347) places the 
genus Todus between Alcedo and Muscicapa. 
1859-60. Messrs. Cabanis and Heine, in the f Museum 
Heineanum 9 (Th. ii. p. 49), include the Todinse as a subfamily 
of the Tyrannidse, placing Todus close to Platyrhynchus and 
Triccus (Todirostrum auct.). 
1861. Gundlach gives a tabular view of the birds of Cuba 
in the e Journal fiir Ornithologie/ and mentions T. multicolor 
at p. 334. He describes the nesting of the bird (p. 414). 
1861. Dr. Sclater describes Mr. OsbunFs Jamaican col¬ 
lection, wherein Todus viridis occurred (P. Z. S. 1861, p. 77). 
1862. Dr. Sclater has two species in his collection, and 
gives some of the synonymy (Cat. Am. B. p. 263). 
