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Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Todus. 
1873. Messrs. Sclater and Salvin, in their c Nomenclator 
Avium Neotropicalium , (p. 103), place the Todidse between 
the Alcedinidse and Momotidse. They recognize four species, 
viz. 1. T. viridis, 2. T. dominicensis , 3. T. hypochondriacus , 
4. T. multicolor. No mention is made of T. mexicanus , which 
is doubtless considered to be identical with T. hypochondriacus. 
Family TODIDiE. 
Genus Tonus. 
Todus , Linn. S. N. i. p. 178 (1766, ex Briss.) : type T. 
viridis. 
Range. Confined to the Greater Antilles. 
Key to the Species. 
a. With a pink tuft on the flanks. 
a'. Chest uniform, not ocellated with oval spots of 
white. 
Moustache ending in an ashy grey spot. 
a'”. Breast white tinged with green ; 
flanks green, with pink tufts.... viridis. 
b'". Breast pure white; flanks entirely 
pink, with no green. subulatus [ $ ?]. 
b". Moustache ending in a bright verditer 
spot; breast white, very slightly tinged 
with pink here and there . multicolor . 
V. Chest pinkish, ocellated with distinct oval spots 
of white. 
c". Above bluish green; moustache and edge 
of wing light pink . pulcherrimus. 
d". Above bright grass-green; moustache and 
edge of wing whitish. subulatus [ J ?]. 
b. Flanks yellow, with no pink tuft; chest ashy grey .. hypochondriacus. 
1. Todus viridis. 
Todus viridis , Linn. S. N. i. p. 178 (1766 ); Less. Traite, 
p. 250 (1831 ); Sw. Zool. Illustr. 2nd ser. pi. 66 (1833); id. 
Monogr. Flyc. p. 173, vign. (1837); Less. Ann. Sc. N. ix. 
p. 166 (1838); Gray, List of Gen. 1840, p. 9, et 1841, 
p. 12; Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 72, pi. xiv. (1847); Lafr. R. Z. 
1847, p. 332; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 63 (1847); id. Cat. Fissir. 
