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over with brown-lake over-markings and a few pale reddish lilac under- 
markings. Measurements 16 mm. by 13 mm. 
“The nest of the green-backed jgglorbird is of the ordinary type, being 
- a pocket formed by two leaves sewn together. It was placed among the 
herbage by the side of a path about 8 inches [20 cm.] from the ground. 
On the 19th of May a second nest was found on a small islet in a stream 
where a few slender large-leaved plants were growing just above the 
water. This nest contained two young birds.” (Grant and Whitehead.) 
559. ORTHOTOMUS RUFICEPS (Lesson). 
RUFOUS-HEADED TAILORBIRD, 
Edela ruficeps Lesson, Traité d’Orn. (1830), 309. 
Orthotomus ruficeps SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 7, 224; Hand- 
List (1903), 4, 193; McGrEcor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 88. 
Balabae (Everett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Palawan (Steere, 
Everett, Steere Hxp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, White, Celestino) ; Sibutu 
(Everett) ; Sitanki (Bartsch). Malay Peninsula, southern Tenasserim, Sumatra, 
Borneo. 
Adult.—Top of head, lores, and upper ear-coverts chestnut; back, 
rump, and tail-coverts ashy gray; wing-feathers blackish, edged with 
ashy gray; rectrices chestnut, basal one-third or more ashy gray or brown; 
under parts including cheeks, and lower part of ear-coverts, silky white; 
breast, sides, flanks, and crissum washed more or less with pale buff. 
Length, about 125. Male, wing, 48; tail, 42; culmen from base, 17; 
bill from nostril, 12; tarsus, 20. Female, wing, 45; tail, 40; culmen 
from base, 16; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 19. 
In certain individuals (young?), each rectrix, except the two outer 
pairs, has a large black spot near its tip. 
“This tailorbird is often found in the deepest forest; its habits are 
like those of the species already described. Birds from the Calamianes 
Islands average larger than those from Palawan. Four females from 
Palawan average: Length, 114; wing, 44; tail, 37; culmen, 17.5; tarsus, 
19; middle toe with claw, 15. Seven males from the Calamianes Islands, 
length, 130; wing, 50.5; tail, 46; culmen, 19; tarsus, 22; middle toe 
with claw, 17. Iris light brown; legs, feet, and nails very light brown; 
upper mandible light brown, lower nearly white.” (Bourns and Worces- 
ter MS.) 
560. ORTHOTOMUS CINERACEUS Blyth. 
ASHY TAILORBIRD. 
Orthotomus cineraceus BiytH, Jour. As. Soc. Bengal (1845), 14, 489; 
SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 7, 225; Hand-List (1903), 4, 
193; McGrecor and WorcEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 88. 
Cagayan Sulu (G@uillemard, Mearns). Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 
Male (Cagayan Sulu).—Forehead, crown, chin, entire sides of face, 
and ear-coyerts chestnut-rufous ; back dark gray; under parts gray, lighter 
