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Met with in the I'lang plains and other open places. This 

 little bird makes a very audible snipping noise with its wings 

 when making its short flights from one bush to another. 

 The nest is a round structure, placed well off the ground 

 amongst the stems of coarse grass or ferns ; it is composed 

 of grasses, lined with the same material, and entered from a 

 hole in the side. Eggs three, of bright terra-cotta red, 

 slightly deeper at the larger end ; laid about the middle of 

 May. Axis 0-6, diam. 0-45.] 



110. Orthotomus ruficeps. 



Orthotomus ruficeps (Less.) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 248 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 224 ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 259 -, id. P. Z. S. 

 1881, p. 798; Briiggem. Abhandl. Bremen, v. p. 460 (1877). 

 a, b. S ad. Kina Balu, March 20, 1887. 

 c. S ad. Kina Balu, March 25, 1887. 



[One of the omen-birds (or ang't) of the Teutongs. Only 

 procured on my first ascent of the mountain at a height of 

 1000 feet.] 



111. Orthotomus cineraceus. 



Orthotomus cineraceus, Blyth ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 248 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 225; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 259; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 798; Bruggem. Abhandl. Bremen, v. p. 460 

 (1877). 



Orthotomus borneonensis , Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 41, pi. ii. 

 fig. 1. 

 a,b. J ? ad. Kina Balu, March 1887. 



[These two species of Tailor-birds are similar in their 

 habits, affecting the same localities, and often found in com- 

 pany. They frequent the more open places near the edges 

 of the forest, where they hunt the low growth for their 

 insect food. I met with both species up to 1000 feet on 

 Kina Balu. 



Native name " Chuk bodo.'^] 



112. Phyllergates cinereicollis. 

 Phyllergates cinereicollis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 479. 



a. Ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 15, 1887. 



