DRYMOlCINiE. 6 5 



occasionally from the ground. Thu nests of some are remarkable 

 for the ingenuity -with wliich they are made ; and the eggs are 

 red in some, white ^Yith red spots in others, and in many blue, 

 pure, or with blotches. 



The Drymoicinee form part of the Malurincs of Gray, and the 

 section Drymoicince of Bonaparte's CalamoherpincB. Blytli, at one 

 time, classed them as portion of the great Timaline series ; but 

 their less social habits, and other points, tend, in our opinion, to 

 keep them distinct, but with strong analogies for that group. 

 They appear to grade into the Grass- warblers by Horeites, and 

 into the Tree-warblers by Neornls. 



Gen. Orthotomus, Horsfield. 



Char. — Bill long, slender, rather wide at the base, nearly entire, 

 straight, very slightly deflexcd at the tip ; a few weak rictal 

 bristles ; wing short, feeble, much rounded, 5th and 6th quills equal 

 and longest ; tail narrow, feeble, typically sliort and rounded, or 

 graduated, the two centre feathers elongated in some ; tarsus 

 moderately long, stout ; feet short ; hind toe short ; claws moder- 

 ately curved, compressed. 



This genus comprises the Tailor-birds, which sew leaves together 

 to form their nest. They are natives of India, and the Malayan 

 peninsula is especially rich in species. They form a gi-oup of 

 small species, generally green above, with more or less ferruginous 

 on the head, and with somewhat the manners of the Wrens. They 

 have a remarkably loud chirp. 



530. Orthotomus longicauda, Gmelin, 



Motacilla, apud Gmelix — Blyth, Cat. 815 — Hoesf., Cat. 492 

 — Orth. Bennettii, Stkes, Cat. 80 — and Jerdon, Cat. 114 — O. 

 lingoo, Sykes, (the young) — O. sphenurus, SWAINSON — Sylvia 

 ruficapilla, HuTTON— S. guzurata, Latham — 0. sutoria and 

 0, patia, Hodgson — Phutki, H. — Tuntuni, Beng.—Patia, Nepal. 

 — Likku-jitta, Tel. 



The Indian Tailor-Bird. 



Descr. — CroM'n rufous ; nape somewhat cinereous, with a tinge 

 of rufous ; back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts, yellowish 



