130 Zoological Society : — 



Edela rujiceps, Less. Cent. Zool. p. 212. t. 71 (1834) (nee Less. 

 Tr. d'Orn.). 



Kachichi of the Malays of Sumatra, Raffles. 



Hab. Malayan peninsula ; Sumatra. In Mus. East India Com- 

 pany. 



O. edela. — " The forehead, lores and crown ferruginous ; the 

 entire lower parts whitish, but the sides of the neck slightly varie- 

 gated with clear ashy ; back of neck, back, wing-coverts and tail 

 greenish ; the wings ashy, but bordered with greenish ferruginous ; 

 the tail is regularly of one colour ; the bill and feet brownish." — 

 Temm. 



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



5. Orthotomus ruficeps. Lesson. 



Syn. Edela ruficeps^ Less. Tr. d'Ornith. p. 309 (1831) (nee Less. 

 Cent. Zool.). 



Orthotomus sericeus, 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. ruficeps. — The forehead, crown, occiput, lores and upper part 

 of ear-coverts bright ferruginous ; the chin, base of lower mandible, 

 lower part of ear-coverts and the rest of the under parts silky white ; 

 back, rump and wings deep ash ; tail bright ferruginous, at base ashy, 

 and with no terminal band ; thighs ferruginous ; bill yellowish brown, 

 pale below ; legs pale. 



Length, A\ inches ; wing, 2 ; tail, 1|^ ; bill to gape, -J ; tarsus, ^. 



The above description is from a specimen in the East India Com- 

 pany's Museum. This species may readily be distinguished by the 

 bright ferruginous colour of the head, the tail also being of the same 

 colour, and by the bill being considerably longer and stouter (though 

 strictly typical) than in any of the other known species. 



6. Orthotomus cineraceus, Blyth. 



Syn. Orthotomus cineraceus^ Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 589 

 (1845); Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 144. Bonap. C. G. Av. 

 p. 282. 



Orthotomus septum, Lafres. Mag. de Zool. 1836, t. 51 (nee Horsf. 

 V. Raffles). 



Hab. Malacca. 



O. cineraceus. — " Upper parts pure ash-grey, without any tinge of 

 green ; forehead and sides of the head light ferruginous, palest on the 

 cheeks, and there is a slight tinge of the same upon the chin ; crown 

 tinged with olive-brown ; lower parts white, passing to light ashy on 

 the sides of the breast ; tail somewhat brownish, with terminal dusky 

 band, and whitish extreme tips to its outer feathers ; tibial plumes 

 rust-coloured ; the tarsi and toes red-brown ; bill dusky above, pale 

 beneath. 



" Length about 4^ inches ; of wing, ly^^^ ; tail, If; bill to gape, f ; 

 tarse, \.''^Blyth. 



