. A general history of birds . toes united to one-third from the base. The White-headed Tody seems to be the same bird described byAzara, under the name of La Tete blanche ; and, according to him,the female has the forehead, as far as half the head, and all theparts beneath white; the rest of the upper parts brown ; tail dusky;under wing coverts brown and white: total length of the bird fiveinches and a quarter; extent of wing eight inches. Inhabits South America; found in the marshes about Paraguay,but rare; feeds on insects, both on the wing, and when at rest; seenmore often on the reeds, in
. A general history of birds . toes united to one-third from the base. The White-headed Tody seems to be the same bird described byAzara, under the name of La Tete blanche ; and, according to him,the female has the forehead, as far as half the head, and all theparts beneath white; the rest of the upper parts brown ; tail dusky;under wing coverts brown and white: total length of the bird fiveinches and a quarter; extent of wing eight inches. Inhabits South America; found in the marshes about Paraguay,but rare; feeds on insects, both on the wing, and when at rest; seenmore often on the reeds, in marshy places, and often observed toperch on the tops of them. TODY. Todus brachyurus, Ind. Om. i. 266. Gm. Lin. i. 449. Todi Species septima, Pall. Spic. vi. p. 18. Short-tailed Tody, Gen. Syn. ii. 660. Shaws Zool. viii. 127. LESS than the Redstart. Bill dusky, and much flattened;*the forehead, sides of the head, and under parts of the body are * Compared by Pallas to that of the Paradise Flycatcher. /////// neadecC • Vf>r/// TODY. 85 vvhite; the upper parts black; the inner margins of some of the quillsand the shoulders beneath, snow white; tail very short and black. Inhabits America. In the distribution of colours, it much resembles the black andwhite Flycatcher,* but the great breadth of the bill, and shortnessof the tail, prove it to be a different bird. 7—PLUMBEOUS TODY. Todus plumbeus, Ind. Orn. i. 267. Gen. Syn. i. 444. Todi Species tertia, Pall. Spic. vi. p. 17. Moucherolle, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal, lxvii. Shaws Zool. viii. 128. Plumbeous Tody, Gen. 661. SIZE of a Wren. Bill like that of the Cinereous Tody ;f theupper part of the plumage hoary lead colour, inclining to black onthe crown of the head; beneath, from chin to vent, white as snow;quills and tail dusky black ; the outer edges of the quills white;tail even at the end ; legs Surinam. 8—DUSKY TODY. Todus obscurus, Ind. 267 Gm. 445. Todi Speci
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