24 RHIPIDURA ELEGANTULA. 



the fore part of the eye: a narrow frontal line of black 

 plumelets tipped with rufous: lores, feathers round the 

 eye and ear-coverts black : cheeks and throat white , exten- 

 ding backwards in a triangular mark on the sides of the 

 neck: across the throat a black band , separating the white 

 throat from the rest of the under surface, which is also 

 white, slightly washed with buff on the sides of the body: 

 the feathers on the fore neck adjoining the black throat- 

 band with black bases, producing a mottled appearance, 

 when the plumage is disturbed: thighs white with brown 

 bases : under wing-coverts white : quills ashy brown below, 

 whitish along the inner web. Total length 6.5 inches , 

 culmen 0.5 , wing 2.9 , tail 3.9 , tarsus 0.85. 



Leyden Museum, Nov. 6, 1878. R. B. S. 



Notes from tlie Lieyden JMuseuiri. 



