. The Auk. Birds. 370 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [July Sp. Char. Male:—Above bright green; thi-oat dark crimson ; the feathers sliglitly touched with white; underparts white; flanks pinkish; under wing- and tail-coverts pale yellow; a line of white extending from the base of the mandible, separating the colors of the head and throat, becoming grayish as it reaches the sides of the neck; entire upper mandible and terminal half of lower mandible dark brown ; legs black. The sexes are similar. Length, 4; wing, 190; tail, ; tarsus, .45; bill, .60; width of bill at middle, . 12. Habi
. The Auk. Birds. 370 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [July Sp. Char. Male:—Above bright green; thi-oat dark crimson ; the feathers sliglitly touched with white; underparts white; flanks pinkish; under wing- and tail-coverts pale yellow; a line of white extending from the base of the mandible, separating the colors of the head and throat, becoming grayish as it reaches the sides of the neck; entire upper mandible and terminal half of lower mandible dark brown ; legs black. The sexes are similar. Length, 4; wing, 190; tail, ; tarsus, .45; bill, .60; width of bill at middle, . 12. Habitat. San Doming"o. Todus subulatus Gould. I^e Todicr dc St. Do?iii>iquc, "BuFF. PI. Enl. p. 5S5, figs, i, 2 (17S3)." Todus viridis "ViEiLL. Nouv. Diet. XXXIV, p. 184, pi. 29, fig. 4 (1819)." Todus subulatus Gould (F i g. sine descr.).—Gray & Mitch. Gen. Bds. I, p. 63 pi. 22 (1S47). —Bp. Consp. I, p. 182 (1850).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 79 (1869).—Sharpe, Ibis, 1874, p. 351.—Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168.—Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 105 (18S5) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (iS8s). Todus domijiiceusis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, P- —Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 233.—Bryant, Pr. Bost. See. Nat. Hist. XI. p. 91 (1866).—Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 103 (1873).—Coky, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 154(1881).. '^v. Q,\\ Male:—Above bright green ; throat crimson red, the feathers faintly tipped with white; underparts dull yellowish, the feathers edged with pale red on the basal portions, the color only slightly showing on the surface, and giving the chest and belly the appear- ance of being pale yellowish, faintl_y streaked with red; flanks pale pinkish red; wings dark brown, edged with green; tail green; cris- sum and under tail-coverts pale yellow: a line of dull white extend- ing from the base of the mandible, separating the green of the head from the red of the throat; upper mandible dark brown; the tip of lowe
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