RHIPIDURA MEYERI. 115 
its richer red color, which is much inclining to chestnut, 
especially on the upper surface, and by having the crown 
of the head red like the back, without any tinge 
of olive-brown. The tail being incomplete, I can only 
state the three outermost pairs to be uniform red, and 
that one black feather of the centre pair is present. 
The place of the new species in the key will be between 
R. brachyrhyncha Schl. and B. cinnamomea Meyer, and 
the key on p. 70, third line from top, will have to un- 
dergo the following alteration: 
ad’. Two centre pairs of tail-feathers black, next 
pair black on the inner, red on the outer 
web, three outermost pairs, as a rule, uni- 
form red. 
a”. General color pale cinnamon, crown tin- 
ged with olive-brown .. . ~ » «B. meyert. 
6’. General color rich ineens crown 
red like the back. . ... . . . . . R. einnamomea. 
Leyden Museum, November 1892. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
