ORTHNOCICHLA. 179 



NOTE XXV. 



ON AN APPARENTLY UNDESCRIBED GENUS 

 OF WRENS FROM TIMOR. 



R. BOWDLER SHARPE, 



F. L. S., F. Z. S. lite. Bepartmcnt of Zoology , British Museum. 



In the Leyden Museum are some specimens of a bird 

 from Timor, bearing the label « Orthotomus suhulatus^ Mull. 

 Verb.)), a name which I cannot find to have been published 

 anywhere, and as far as I am aware the species has never 

 been described under any other name. 



Generically this Wren comes very close to Pnoepyga , 

 and has no rictal bristles and the front aspect of the 

 tarsus entire. It has, however, a much longer bill, thin- 

 ner , and more compressed , the culmen exceeding the 

 hind toe and claw in length. I propose to separate it 

 generically as Orihnocichla. The type will be 



Orthnocichla subulata. 

 Orthotomus subulatus^ Mull. MSS. in Mus. Lugd. 



Adult male. General colour above light rufous brown, 

 slightly more fulvescent on the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills dusky brown , 

 externally light rufous , the inner secondaries entirely of 

 the latter colour; tail-feathers light rufous; head like the 

 back, a very distinct eyebrow of buffy white extending 

 from the base of the nostrils to above the ear-coverts; 



Notes from the Leyden ]ytuseu.m. Vol. "VI. 



