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



in the British Museum, It breeds in the Nilghiris, as noticed 

 by Miss Cockburn {vide supra). In Ceylon, according to 

 Mr. Holdsworth, it is common in all parts of the island, but 

 especially frequents gardens and the neighbourhood of habita- 

 tions. " It is as abundant at Nuwara Eliya as at Aripo or 

 other parts of the low country." 



Major Godwin- Austen (J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 271) notices it 

 from the North Mymensing district in the Garo hills. In 

 Burmah Captain Beavan obtained it on the Salween river 

 (Ibis, 1867, p. 454) ; and Dr. Anderson obtained a single spe- 

 cimen at Bhamo, and on the right bank of the Taping river, 

 during the second Yun-nan expedition. According toMr.Blyth 

 (B. Burma, p. 120), Mr. Gould has had specimens from 

 Tavoy ; and Mason states that Tailorbirds are very common 

 at Tavoy, though rare at Moulmein. Mr. Blyth includes this 

 as a second species under the name of 0. eclela ; but Lord 

 Tweeddale (/. c.) says that he does not know which species is 

 intended by Mr. Blyth, though it is probable that 0. atrigu- 

 laris may have been the bird in his mind. The true O. sutorius 

 has been procured at Tonghoo and in Karen-nee by Lieut. 

 Wardlavv Bamsay. Mr. Gates (S. F. 1875, p. 135) records it 

 from Thayet Myo as common in the plains ; and Mr. Hume 

 states that it was found by Mr. Davison to be diffused and not 

 uncommon in Tenasserim (S. F. 1874, p. 478) , Mr. Blyth even 

 says that it extends as far south as Singapore, in which case 

 0. edela from Java may be identical [vide infra) . He records 

 an actual specimen (Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 144) from Ma- 

 lacca as being in the Indian Museum. 



To the eastward the Indian Tailorbird has been recorded 

 from Siam on Mr. Gould's authority [cf. Blyth, B. Burma, 

 p. 120) ; and Mr. Swinhoe states (P.Z. S. 1863, p. 294) that 

 it is an " abundant resident in South China from Canton to 

 Foocliow.'"' It also occurs in Formosa and Hainan {Sivinhoe, 

 Ibis, 1870, p. 80). At Amoy, writes the same author, it is 

 " found in all the gardens, hedgerows, &c., and is generally 

 seen in pairs.'' 



