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b'^. fronte castaneo ; vertice cinereo : rec- 



tricibus nigro subtermiualiter maculatis frontalis, 

 b'". macula guttural! nigra distincta. 



c"*. minor : pileo castaneo : genis et facie 

 lateral! albidis, regione parotica supe- 



riore castauea atrigularis. 



d'*. major : pileo cinerascente, capitis la- 

 teribus saturatioribus : regione parotica 



conspicue alba cinereiceps, 



b". interscapulio cinereo : capite castaneo. 



c'". rectricibus olivascenti-brunneis, flavido 



marginatis et nigro subterminaliter maculatis castaneiceps, 

 d'". rectricibus castaneis. 



e^. remigibus extiis olivascenti-viridibus de^-bianus. 

 f^. tectricibus alarum et remigibus ex- 



terne cinereis dorso concoloribus .... rvjiceps. 

 b'. mento cinnamomeo, faciei lateribus concolori. 



c". dorso cinereo : gutture et corporis lateribus 



etiam cinereis : abdomine medio albo cineraceus. 



d". dorso viridescente : gula cinerea : corporis la- 

 ribus viridescentibus : pectore medio et abdo- 

 mine flavicantibus septum. 



b. abdomine Isetissime flavo : gutture cum prtepectore et 

 pectore summo albis. 



c'. rectrice extima reliquis concolori, aut in pogonio 



interno angustissime albo terminata cucuUattis. 



d'. rectrice extima intus omnino alba coronatus. 



1. Orthotomus SUTORIUS"^. 



Hab. ^^The well-known Tailorbird is found throughout 

 all Indiaj from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin and Ceylon, 

 and extending into the Burmese countries^'' [Jerdon, B. Ind. 

 ii. p. 166). Mr. Hume (Nests & Eggs Ind. B. p. 331) states 

 that it breeds throughout India and Burmah, alike in the 

 plains and in the hills [e.g. the Himalayas, Nilghiris, and 

 Pegu hills) up to an elevation of from 3000 to 4000 feet, 

 " The breeding-season lasts from May to August, both months 

 included; but in the plains more nests are to be found in 

 July, and in the hills more, I think, in June, than during the 

 other months. Captain Hutton states that the birds, though 

 common at their bases, do not ascend the hills ; but this is a 



* Cf. Lord Tweeddale's remarks (Walden, B. Burm. p. 120). 



