248 Drs. O. Fiusch and A. B. Meyer on 



tiiicta, subtus pallidiore ; rostro et pedibus nigris ; iride 

 cserulea : long. tot. circa 540-550, al. 158-160, caad. 

 320, rostr. 73, tars. 42 millim. 



Of this species we have only a female, which, however, is 

 easily distinguished from the female of the allied E. speciosus 

 by its more olive-coloured upper surface, by the want of the 

 rusty-red colour on the wings, by the brighter reddish brown 

 of the head, which is also extended on to the nape, by the 

 scale-like appearance of the head, and, lastly, by the fine 

 undulations of the whole under surface. 'J'lie bright cross 

 stripes are more olive-yellow than in E. speciosus ; the under 

 surface of the wings is uniform blackish grey with scarcely 

 brighter margins instead of the reddish-brown inner webs of 

 E. speciosus, and the tail has no reddish tinge. The bill is 

 but slightly longer than in E. speciosus, but considerably 

 more compressed and less curved. 



That this is not the unknown female of E. ellioti. Ward, 

 is evident from the length of the bill, which in E. ellioti is 

 50 millim. This is besides unlikely on other grounds. In 

 E. speciosus the bill is of about the same length in both 

 sexes. It is evident that the unknown male of E. meyeri 

 will probably be found to differ in not unimportant points 

 from E. speciosus. 



9. Drepanornis cervinicauda, Sclater. 

 D. albertisi similis, sed minor et pallidior. 



The difference in the general size of the two species is not 

 very considerable, but the measurements of the bill and tail 

 are sufficiently different to make their constant variations of 

 importance when accompanied by appreciable diversities in 

 colour. 



The whole upper surface in D. cervinicauda is brighter, 

 the back is more of a yellow-olive instead of brownish olive, 

 as in D. albertisi ; the lower back and rump rusty yellow 

 instead of rusty red, the tail pale yellow instead of rusty 

 yellow ; the edgings of the inner webs of the tertiaries are 

 like the tail, whilst in D. albertisi the tail is much darker. 

 The reddish-blue sheen of the head, which is so apparent in 

 D. albertisi, is altogether, or almost altogether, wanting in 



