353 
Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Todus. 
in Ramon de la Sagra, H. N. Cuba, Ois. p. 132, pi. xxii. 
(1839); Gray, Cat. Fissir. B. M. p. 36 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. 
p. 182 (1850); Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 101, 1859, p. 347, 
1861, pp. 334, 414, 1862, p. 189; Gray, Hand-L B. i. p. 79 
(1869); Gundl. J. f. O. 1871, p. 288. 
Todus port or icensis, Less. Ann. Sc. Nat. xi. p. 167 (1838) ; 
Lafr. R. Z. 1847, p. 332; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 63 (1847) ; 
Lembeye, Ayes d. Cuba, p. 131 (1850). 
Adult . Above grass-green, the forehead and lores yellowish, 
the eyebrow and sides of face brighter green than the back; 
quills dusky brown, margined with the same green as the 
back, rather brighter on the secondaries; the outer wing- 
coverts with a slight tinge of blue ,• tail dull green; a broad 
moustache pure white shading off into verditer bine and form¬ 
ing a distinct spot; throat carmine, with very slight margins 
of silvery white to some of the feathers ; rest of undersurface 
white, margins of some of the breast-feathers slightly washed 
with pink; the flanks pink; sides of upper breast greyish ; 
under tail- and wing-coverts yellowish, the outermost of the 
latter white, those on the bend of the wing slightly washed 
with blue; bill and feet coral-red, the upper mandible brown; 
iris greyish blue; upper eyelid orange. Total length 3*6 
inches, culmen 0*75, wing 1*7, tail 1*3, tarsus 0*55. 
Hab. Cuba. 
The bright blue neck-spot is the chief distinguishing cha¬ 
racter of this species. 
Specimens examined . 
E. Mus. Brit .— a , ad. Cuba [Baron Laugier de Chartrouse ). 
E. Mus. Salvin and Godman. — a, 6 ad. Cuba (G. N. Law¬ 
rence). b } ad. Cuba (G. N. Lawrence). 
E. Mus. P. L. Sclater. — a , ad. Cuba (G. N. Lawrence). 
4. Todus pulcherrimus, sp. n. (Plate XIII. fig. 3.) 
Above bluish-green, rather tinged with olive on the lower 
back, the wing-coverts showing a very strongly pronounced 
blue shade; quills blackish, bordered narrowly with light 
green, shading off into bluish towards the tips of the secon¬ 
daries; tail dull greenish, with narrow margins of bluish 
ser. in.— VOL. iv. 2 c 
