224 TIMELIID^. 



a. $ ad. sk. Ilo-Ilo, Panay {J. Murray). Voyage of H.M.S. 



' Challenger.' 

 h. S ad. sk. Valencia, Negros, Aug. 1877 Capt. K. G. Ward- 



{A. Everett). law Ramsay. 



6. Orthotomus derbianus. 



Orthotomus derManus, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 309, pi. Ixxvi. ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 196, no. 2690 (1869) ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. 

 ix. p. 195 (1875); Skarpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 114; Tiveedd. P. Z. S. 

 1877, p. 697. 



Adult. Above grey ; the head bright chestnut ; least wing-coverts 

 grey like the back ; the rest of the wing-coverts olive-yellow, with 

 concealed brownish bases ; the quills dull brown, externally washed 

 with olive-yellow, these margins becoming much narrower towards 

 the tips of the quills ; tail-featliers pale chestnut-brown, marked 

 with grey towards the base of the feathers, which have narrow 

 paler tips ; lores pale chestnut ; sides of face and under surface of 

 body dull white, the feathers all margined with greyish, producing 

 a streaked appearance everywhere, excepting on the lower flanks, 

 which are more uniformly greyish, and on the centre of the abdo- 

 men, which is entirely white ; thighs chestnut ; under wing-coverts 

 and edge of the wing whitish, slightly washed with yellow ; " bill 

 sepia or dark brown, the under mandible grey ; legs and claws clear 

 or transparent brown ; iris bright claj'-brown "' {A. Everett). Total 

 length 5-2 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 1-95, tail 2-05, tarsus 0-7. 



An adult male from Monte Alban, Luzon (A. Everett) measures 

 as follows: — Total length 4-9 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 1-95, tail 

 2-05, tarsus Q-S. {Mus. R. G. Wardlaiv- Ramsay.) 



Hah. Island of Luzon. 

 a. Ad. sk. Philippine Islands. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [P.]. 



6. Ad. sk. Manila. Gould Collection. 



7. Orthotomus ruficeps. 



Edela ruficeps, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 309 (1831, nee Less. Cent, 



Zool. pi. 71). 

 Orthotomus sexiceus, Temin. PL Col. texte to livr. 101 (1836) ; Gray, 



Gen. B. i. p. 162 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 282 (1850). 

 Orthotomus edela, Bhjth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 144 (1849). 

 Orthotomus ruficeps, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 79 ; Jlorsf. Sf Moore, 



Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 316 (1854) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 195, 



no. 2G85 (1869); Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 248 (1874); Sharpe, Ibis, 



1877, p. 114; id. Tr. Linn. Soc. new series, Zool. i. pp. 337, 352 

 (1877) ; Tweedd. P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 619 ; Hume ^- Davison, Str. F. 



1878, vol. vi. p. 346 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, pp. 64, 101 ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 341, 1881, p. 798. 



Adult. General colour above ashy brown, inclining to clearer 

 ashy grey on the rump ; wing-coverts and quills brown, edged with 

 ashy grey, the outer coverts and quills sHglitly washed with rufous 

 towards the tip of the outer webs, all the inner webs broadly edged 

 with rufous ; upper tail-coverts dull rufescent brown ; tail-feathers 



