6. OBTHOTOMTJS. 227 



7)1. (S ad. sk. Jambusan, Borneo, Sept. Alfred Everett [C.]. 



18, 1874. (Spec, figured in ' Ibis,' 1876, /. c.) 



n. [$]ad. sk. Sarawak. Henry Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



'^tl^- [d^Jad. sk. Banjermassiug (itfo^fe?/). A. R. Wallace, Esq. 

 q. Juv. sk. Banjermassiug {Motley), A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



r. Ad. sk. Cochin China. M. E. Pierre [P.]. 



9. Orthotomus sepium. 



Orthotoraus sepium, Ilorsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 166 (1820) ; Temm, 

 PL Col. iii. pi. 590. fig."l (18.36J; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 162 (1848); 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. p. 145 (1840) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 282 

 (1850) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 78 ; Iforsf. |- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. 

 Co. Mus. i. p. 314 (1854) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 195, no. 2682 

 (1860) ; Sharpe, Ibis,lS77, p. 115; Tioeedd. t. c. p. .313; Nicholson, 

 Ibis, 1879, p. 169. 



Adult male. General colour above dull grass-green ; the forehead 

 and sides of the head, including the ear-coverts and cheeks, as well 

 as the chin pale cinnamon-rufous, the hinder part of the crown 

 becoming gradually olive-brown, and shading off into the green of 

 the back, causing the bird's neck to have a brownish shade ; lower 

 throat greyish black, forming a distinct patch ; the fore neck and 

 sides of neck duU greenish, shading off rather paler on the sides of 

 the upper breast, where there are a few narrow white shaft-streaks ; 

 rest of under surface of body pale yellowish, the flanks and sides of 

 the body washed with green ; thighs deep tawny ; under tail-coverts 

 yellowish ; under wing-coverts white, slightly washed with yellow, 

 as also the edge of the wing; quills dark brown, edged with pale 

 rufous white along the inner web ; wings above dark brown, the 

 feathers washed exteruallj' with the same green as the back, the 

 primary-coverts and primaries outwardly margined with olivaceous ; 

 tail light, the feathers faintly edged with the same green as the 

 back, and narrowly tipped with white, before which is a distinct 

 broad subterminal bar of blackish brown, less pronounced on the 

 two centre feathers ; " biU and feet pale dusky reddish ; iris pale 

 olive-brown" (Wallace). Total length 4-8 inches, culmeu 0"6, 

 wing 1-85, tail 2, tarsus 0-75. 



Yowiff. Differs from the adult in being everywhere paler coloured, 

 and in having the black throat-spot only indicated by a few greyish 

 black feathers. 



Obs. Both the birds marked females in the collection want the 

 distinct black throat of the old male ; but they appear to me to be 

 young birds. It is just possible, however, that the old females do 

 not have a very distinct patch on the throat, and that in this re- 

 spect the young birds resemble them. The following measurements 

 show some variation in the size of the species : — 



Total 



length. Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 

 in. iu. in. in. in. 



a. cJ ad. E. Java ( Wallace) 4-8 



b. 2 [juv.?]. Y,. J &\a. (Wallace) 4-3 



c. cT acl. W. Java 4-4 



d. $ [juv. ?]. Java ( Venrau.v) 4-1 



e. Juv. Sumatra ( Vcrreau.v) . . 4'0 



