248 Mr. F, Nicliolsoii on a second 



bill, legs, and feet black. Feeds on fruits and insects. 

 " Malin grenting.''^ 



46. Pnoepyga pusilla, Hodgs. ; Salvad. t. c. p. 226. 



No. 379, ? . Mount Dempo at 6500 feet, May 2, 1881. 

 Irides brown ; bill black ; legs and feet faded yellow. Feeds 

 on insects, seeds, and vegetable scraps. Flits about among 

 low herbage and roots of trees, taking refuge in lioles. 



This is an interesting bird, as it is the only specimen which 

 has reached this country from Sumatra. Count Salvadori 

 (/. c.) records an example obtained by Beccari on Mount 

 Singalan, and proposes the name P. lejnda if it should prove 

 distinct from the true P. pusilla. Although it is difficult to 

 tell from a single example, I can see no reason for separating 

 the Sumatran bird from P. pusilla. 



47. Orthotomus cucullatus, T. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 115. 



Nos. 376, 376 «, J" . Near village of Paoe, Panoemah 

 Lands, foot of Mount Dempo, April 25, 1881. Irides brown ; 

 legs and feet pale sooty colour or sooty grey ; bill black. 

 Frequents low herbage from 4000 to 6500 feet. 



I have asked Mr. Sharpe to compare these two Tailorbirds 

 with Javan examples in the British Museum, and he tells 

 me that he cannot find any difference between them. The 

 species is new to Sumatra. 



48. Orthotomus cineraceus, Blyth; Nicholson, t.c. p. 62. 

 No. 373, ^ . Banding agong, on Lake Banau, March 3, 



1881; 1700 feet. Iris pale grey; bill blue, with dark line 

 along the culmen ; legs and feet pale blue. 



No. 375, ? . Village of Batoe Pantjeh, 700 feet, July 8, 

 1881. Iris reddish grey; upper mandible sooty colour, 

 lower pale flesh-colour ; legs and feet pale flesh-colour. 



Feeding on cocoanut-palms. 



49. Ianthocincla mitrata (S. Miill.) ; Nicholson, /. c. 

 p. 61. 



No. 353, ^ . Hoedjoeug, Blalauw district, Jan. 12, 1881 ; 

 3000 feet. Irides reddish brown ; skin below eye creamy 



