Mr. F. Moore on species of Orthotomus. 12^ 



Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Blyth, Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 

 p. 145. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 282. 



The Chiylet Creeper , Lath. 



Chiylet of the Javanese^ Horsf. 



Hah. Java. 



O. sepium. — The forehead, lores, over the eyes and ear-coverts, 

 ear-coverts themselves, base of lower mandible and chin ferruginous, 

 palest on the sides and chin ; top of head, back and tail brownish 

 olive, having a greenish tinge ; wings dusky, broadly margined with 

 brownish olive ; throat and breast ashy black, the rest of the under 

 parts yellowish ; tail with a terminal dusky band, tipped with yellow- 

 ish ; thighs ferruginous ; bill brownish, paler below ; legs pale. 



Length, 4^ inches; of wing, Ij^qJ tail. If; bill to gape, -^-^i 

 tarsus, f . 



The above description is taken from Dr. Horsfield's typical speci- 

 mens, contained in the Mus. East India Company. 



2. Orthotomus atrogularis, Temminck. 



Syn. Orthotomus atrogularis, Temm. PI. Col. Texte, 599 (1836). 

 G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 282. 



Hab. Malacca; Borneo. 



O. atrogularis. — "The forehead, top of the head and occiput 

 bright brownish red ; the neck, the back and the wings of a grassy 

 green ; the tail of a yellowish green, marked near the end and on the 

 inner web with a narrow yellowish band ; the chin, throat, breast and 

 upper parts of flanks pure black, the sides of the abdomen yellowish ; 

 middle of the belly and abdomen white ; bill and feet brown. No 

 diiFerence in the sexes. 



" Length, 3J inches."— Temm. 



3. Orthotomus flavoviridis, nobis. 



The forehead, crown, round the eyes, and occiput ferruginous ; 

 back and rump yellowish green ; tail more dusky green ; wings 

 brown, broadly margined exteriorly throughout with yellowish green ; 

 chin, base of lower mandible, ear-coverts, centre of some of the feathers 

 of the throat and breast white ; lower part of the breast ash and white ; 

 centre of abdomen white ; throat and fore part of the breast black, 

 centred as above ; flanks yellowish ; extreme edge of shoulder of wing 

 yellow; under part of tail yellowish, with a terminal dusky band, 

 tipped with yellowish ; thighs greenish ferruginous. Specimens 

 labelled "male.'* 



Length, 4 inches; of wing. If; tail, 1^; bill to gape, 3^; tarsus,^. 



Hab. Malacca. In Mus. East India Company. 



4. Orthotomus edela, Temminck. 



Syn. Orthotomus edela, Temm. PL Col. 599. f. 2 (1836). G. R. 

 Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Blyth, Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 

 p. 144. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 282. 



Motacilla sepium, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 313. Lath. 

 Hist. vii. p. 218 (nee Horsf. v. Lafres.). 



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