216 TIMELIIDiE. 



Zool 1836, pis. 52, 53 ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 1 (1840) ; Oray, 

 Cat. 3Iamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 63 (1846). 



Ortliotomus Hngoo, Syhes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 90 ; Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 

 1836, pi. 53. 



Sylvia ruticapilla, Htttton, J. A. S. Beng. ii. p. 504 (1833). 



Ortliotomus sphenurus, Swains. An. in Menag. p. 343 (1837), 



Maluru'j longicaudus. Pears. J. A. S. Beng. x. p. 644 (1841). 



Ortliotomus longicauda, Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 35 (1844) ; 

 Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 377 (1844) ; Grag, Gen. B. i. p. 162 

 (1848) : Blgfh, Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. p. 144 (1849) ; Tickell, J. 

 A. 8. Bern/, xvii. p. 298 (1848) ; Hutton, op. cit. xvii. part 2, 

 p. 691 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 281 (1850) ; Lagard, Ami. N. H. (2) 

 xii. p. 262 (1853) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 81 ; Horsf. 8,- Moore, 

 Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 317 (1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 165 

 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 195, no. 2687 (1869) ; Godw.- 

 Austen, J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 271 (1870) ; Blanf. op. cit. xl. p. 273 

 (1871) ; Sivinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 351 ; HokMv. P. Z. S. 1872, 

 p. 455 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxv. (1873) ; Ada7n, Str. F. 1873, 

 p. 381 ; Hume, t. c. p. 194 ; Ball, Sir. F. 1874, p. 414 ; Hmne, t. c. 

 p. 478; id. Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 331 (1874); id. Str. F. 

 1875, p. 136 ; Butler, Str. F. 1875, p. 479 ; David ^ Oustalet, Ois. 

 Chine, p. 291 (1877). 



Ortliotouiua sutorius, Hodgs. in. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844) ; 

 Wald. in BlytJi's B. Bnrtn. p. 120, note (1875) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 109 ; Fairh. Str. F. 1877, p. 406 ; Hume 8f Davison, Str. 

 F. 1878, p. 345 ; Leqge, B. Ceylon, p. 516 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. 

 1879, vol. viii. p. 101 ; Scully, t. c. p. 305 ; Oates, Str. F. 1882, 

 p. 219. 



Orthotomus ruficapillus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844). 



Orthotomus sphenurus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844). 



Ortliotomus sutoria, Hodcjs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 29. 



Orthotomus patia, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 29. 



Sutoria agilis, Nichols. P. Z. S. 1851, p. 195. 



Orthotomus phyUorrhapheus, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 49 ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 195, no. 2689 (1869). 



Orthotomus edela, Blyth, B. Burni. p. 120 (1875, nee Temm.). 



Adult male. General colour above bright olive-green ; crown of 

 head pale brick-red, shading off into brown on the nape ; wings 

 pale brown, the feathers edged with the same green as the back, 

 the primaries with paler brown ; tail olive-brown vnth greener 

 margins to the feathers, which are tipped with yellowish, having, 

 under a strong light, a scarcely perceptible darker subterminal shade 

 of brown ; lores, eyebrow, sides of face, and entire under surface of 

 body yellowish white, the ear-coverts shaded with brown ; thighs 

 tawny buff; under wing-coverts whitish, with a slight wash of 

 yellowish and pale rufous on the lower series, the edging to the 

 inner web of the quills also of the latter colour ; " bill blackish 

 brown above, pale fleshy beneath ; irides yeUow, golden bufp, or 

 orange ; feet reddish fleshy ; claws grey or pale yellowish horny " 

 (J. Scully) : " irides reddish yeUow ; the eyelids grey, but their 

 edges reddish yellow ; the upper mandible dark horny, the lower 

 pale whitish fleshy ; the inside of the mouth pale whitish fleshy ; 

 legs rufous fleshy ; claws pale brown " (E. Oates). Total length 

 5-4 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 1-95, tail 2-95, tarsus 0-75. 



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