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at Jambusan by Mr. Alfred Everett, and at Banjermassing 

 by the late Mr. Mottley. A Sumatran specimen, collected 

 by Mr. Wallace, is in tlie British Museum, which also pos- 

 sesses a skin presented to this institution by Captain Stack- 

 house Pinwell ; it was from Malacca ; and Mr. Blytli likewise 

 obtained his original specimens from this latter locality. 



10. Orthotomus sepium. 



Hab. Java, Sumatra, and Lombock. 



This Tailorbird was originally obained in Java by Dr. 

 Horsfield, and described by him (Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 166) . 

 Mr. Wallace obtained it both in East and West Java; his 

 specimens are now in the British Museum, which also con- 

 tains an example from Sumatra ; a young bird was procured 

 by Mr. Wallace in the island of Lombock, which we believe 

 to be referable to the present species, and not to O. cine- 

 raceus, although the two birds in their immature stages are 

 rather hard to distinguish. 



11. Orthotomus cucullatus. 

 Hab. Java. 



So far as we know, this bird is entirely confined to the 

 island of Java. Mr. Wallace obtained a specimen of it in 

 Western Java in 1861. 



12. Orthotomus coronatus. 



Hab. Eastern Himalaya, ranging eastward to the Burmese 

 hills. 



The types of this species are in the British Museum. It 

 is closely allied to O. cucullatus, but is distinguished by having 

 the entire inner web white on the outer tail-feathers. Dr. 

 Jerdon (B. Ind. ii. p. 168) observes : — '' I procured specimens 

 of this new species of Tailorbird from the vicinity of Dar- 

 jeeling, where it occurs in the warmer valleys. A nest and 

 eggs were brought to me, said to be those of this bird, similar 

 to that of 0. longicauda, but not so carefully made ; the leaves 

 were loosely attached, and with fewer stitches. The eggs 

 were two in number, white, with rusty spots.'^ Major Bulger 

 (Ibis, 1869, p. 166) also met with this species in the plains 



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