348 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Todus. 
1866. In vol. xi. of the f Proceedings 3 of the Boston So¬ 
ciety of Natural History (pp. 39 & 89), the late Dr. Bryant 
gives lists of Porto-Rico and S.-Domingo birds. He calls the 
former bird Todus hypochondriacus, the latter T. dominicensis, 
and, having examined Lafresnaye’s types of T. angustirostris , 
comes to the conclusion that it is only a narrow-billed 
specimen of the ordinary S.-Domingo bird. 
1866. In the 1 Journal fur Ornithologie 3 a translation 
of Dr. Bryant’s Porto-Bico paper is given (p. 181), containing 
an account of Todus hypochondriacus . 
1867. Professor Baird, in his well-known article on the 
migrations of North-American birds, mentions his belief that 
Todus mexicanus , of Lesson, is the Porto-Rican species (Ibis, 
1867, p. 260). 
1869. The late Mr. G. R. Gray, in his ‘ Hand-list’ (p. 79), 
departs so far from his old arrangement of 1840 and 1841 as 
to shift the Todidse nearer to the Momotidse, though he keeps 
them in the immediate vicinity of the Eurylsemidae. Five 
species are admitted, T. mexicanus being considered a good 
species, and T. hypochondriacus united to T. multicolor. 
1871. In a new review of the birds of Cuba (J. f. O. 1871, 
p. 288) a note on T. multicolor and allies is given by Dr. 
Gundlach. 
1872. Dr. Murie (P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 664-680, pi. ix.) de¬ 
tails the osteological characters of Todus , and allies it to the 
Momo tides and Alcedinidee and other closely allied Picarian 
families; but, at the same time, he allows some relationship to 
the Flycatchers; and in ‘ The Ibis 3 for 1872 (pp. 390, 394) 
he further dwells on the close affinities of the Todidse and 
Momotidee, grouping them under Blyth’s name Serratirostres. 
1872. Prof. Sundevall, in his f Tentamen/ makes a section, 
Exaspidece lysodactylce , of his cohors Exaspidese (p. 57). 
In this section he places the Todinte close to the Piprinse, 
and not far from the Tyrants, expressing his belief that they 
are nearly allied to Triccus. 
1872. Mr. Sclater, in a paper on the systematic position 
of Pelt ops, Eurylcemus, and Todus (Ibis, 1872, p. 179), considers 
that Todus is closely allied to the Kingfishers, and still more 
to the Momotidse. The sternum of Todus is figured. 
