90 



Irides rufo-brunneae. Rostrum brunneum ; mandibuld infe- 



riori ad basin flava. Longitudo corporis 4 V unc, caudce 2 .V- 



Sexes do not diflFer in size or plumage. Habits of Prin. socialts. 



Both the above species are remarkable for a struggling flight, 



as if they experienced diiBcuIty in making their vvay. 



Genus Orthotomus, Horsf. Tailor Bird. 



80. Orthotomus Bennettii. Orth. olivaceo-viridis; subtus ulbidus; 



capite suprajerrugineo ; caudd elongatd obsoletejasciatj. 



Irides flavas. Longitudo corporis 6 unc, caudce 2,V. 

 Two centrai tail-feathers elongated beyond the ręst for one inch, 

 and two-tenths of an inch wide only. Sexes alike. This bird 

 is very remarkable for the ingenuity shovvn in constructing its 

 nešt by sewing the leaves of trees together with cotton thread 

 and fibres. Colonel Sykes has seen nests in which the thread 

 used was literally knotted at the end. This species very closely 

 resembles Dr. Horsfield's Orth. Sepium, but on a comparison of 

 the birds they were found to have specific difFerences. 



81. Orthotomus Lingoo. Orth. olivaceo-brunneus, subtiis sordidę 



albus. 



Longitudo corporis 5xV unc, caudce 2 V- 

 This species diflFers from the type of Orthotomus in the short tail, 

 but has the characters of the genus sufficiently marked to be 

 included in it. Sexes exactly alike in plumage. Principal food 

 black ants. 



Genus Badytes., C u v. 



82. Budytes citreola. MotacUla citreola, Lath. This is the variety 



A. of Mot. citreola of Dr. Latham, vol. 6. p. 330. 



Length 6-iV inches : tail 2A- 

 This bird so closely resembles the European species that Colonel 

 Sykes has not ventured to separate it. It has the habits of a 

 MotaciUa, but its long hind claw suflBciently distinguishes it, 

 and M. Cuvier has facilitated research in forming a genus for 

 such WagtaHs as have this claw. 



83. Budytes melanocephala. Bud. olivaceo-viridis ; corpore 



subtus nitidejlavo ; capite, nucha, rectricibusųue n'igris, harum 

 duabus lūteralibus albo marginatis ; alisjuscis, plumis olivaceo- 

 Jlavo notatis. 



Irides intense rufo-brunneae. Longitudo corporis &-^ unc, 

 caudtE 3. 

 These are solitary birds, and are rarely found, excepting in the 

 beds of rivers. In seven specimens four birds only were exa- 

 mined, and they happened to be malęs; so that Colonel Sykes 

 is uncertain with respect to the female. 

 -84. Budytes Beema. Bud. olivaceo-viridis, subtiis Jlavus ; capite 

 supra griseo ; strigd superciliari alba ; alisjuscis plumis Jta- 

 vescetiii marginatis ; caudd atrd, rectricibus duabus latera,- 

 Ubus albis. 

 Irides flavo-brunneae. Statura praecedentis. 



