110 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Orthotomus. 



mistake ; for I have repeatedly taken nests at elevations of 

 over 3000 feet, and Mr, Gammie, writing from Sikkim, says, 

 ' We often find nests of this species near my house at Mong- 

 phoo ' (which is at an elevation of about 3000 feet) . Again, 

 writing from the Nilghii'is, Miss Cockburn remarks, 'The 

 Tailorbird is seldom met with on the highest ranges, but 

 appears to prefer the warmer climates enjoyed at the elevation 

 of about 3500 to 4700 feet/ " Mr. Hume also writes (S. F. 

 1873, p. 194) : — ''I never met with this species myself in 

 Sindhj but Captain Maiden informed me that he had killed a 

 specimen at Jacobabad in March, and since my return I have 

 had a specimen sent me from the neighbourhood of Kur- 

 rachee/'' Major J. Hayes Lloyd (Ibis, 1873, p. 412) records 

 it as common in Kattiawar; and Dr. Stoliczka (J. A. S. B. 



1872, p. 240) speaks of his shooting " a specimen while hunt- 

 ing for insects between large stones of an old embankment at 

 the Sir-talao, in the south-western part of Cachh.'^ Captain 

 Butler (S. F. 1875, p. 479) gives it as plentiful on the hills 

 and plains near Mount Aboo and in Northern Guzerat; 

 and Mr. Hume (/. c.) adds that it is common throughout 

 Sindh, Cutch, Kattiawar, and Jodhpoor. Mr. Adam (S. F. 



1873, p. 381) says the same of the bird near the Sambhur 

 lake. We have in the British Museum numerous specimens 

 from Nepal, collected by Mr. Hodgson ; and Mr. Blyth men- 

 tions examples obtained near Calcutta (Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. 

 p. 144) , The late Captain Beavan, in his Notes (Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 454), states that he found it common near Barrackpore, 

 but rare in Maunbhoom. Mr. V. Ball (S. F. 1874, p. 414) 

 writes : — '' The Indian Tailorbird occurs in the more open 

 parts of the division, but is not common, as far as my obser- 

 vation has gone, in any part of Chota Nagpur." It is in- 

 cluded in Mr. W. T. Blanford's List of Birds obtained in the 

 Wardha Valley (J. A. S. B. 1871, p. 273) . Dr. Leith Adams 

 [cf. Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 488) states that it is found fre- 

 quenting the mango and other trees in the Deccan ; and it 

 was there that the late Colonel Sykes obtained his types of 

 O. bennetti and 0. Ungoo (P. Z. S. 1832, p. 90). 



Madras specimens of this bird, presented by Dr. Jerdon, are 



