368 SYLYIIDJE. 



375. Orthotomus atrigularis. The Black-necked Tailor-bird. 



Orthotomus atrogularis, Temm. PL Col. livr. 101 (1836) ; Horsf. & 



M. Cat. i, p. 316 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, pp. 16, 113 ; Hume Sf Dav. 



S. F. vi, p. 345 ; Hume, Cat. no. 530 bis ; Oates, S. F. x, p. 219 ; 



id. B. B. i, p. 109 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 220 ; Oates in Hume's 



N. $ E. 2nd ed. i. p. 235. 

 Orthotomus flavoviridis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 79 ; Godw.-Aust. 



J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 166 ; xlvii, pt. ii, p. 25. 

 Orthotomus nitidus, Hume, S. F. ii, pp. 478, 507 ; iii, p. 325. 



Fig. 116. Bill of 0. atrigularis. 



Coloration. Male. The forehead, crown, nape, and lores chest- 

 nut; ear-coverts, cheeks, and chin white, with the blackish 

 bases of the feathers showing through ; upper plumage and wing- 

 coverts yellowish green ; wings dark brown, edged with green ; 

 tail green, the edges lighter, the outer feathers tipped with yel- 

 lowish and subterminally dark brown ; a large patch on the throat 

 black ; lower part of the breast and sides of the body ashy ; abdo- 

 men white ; thighs rufous ; under wing-coverts, axillaries, edge of 

 wing, and under tail-coverts bright yellow. 



Female. Differs in having no black patch on the throat. The 

 young resemble the female. 



Iris orange-brown ; eyelids plumbeous ; upper mandible brown, 

 lower one and gape flesh-colour ; legs flesh-colour ; claws pale 

 horn -colour. 



Distribution. The lower ranges of the Himalayas, from the 

 Kangit river in Sikhim to the Dhansiri valley, Assam ; the Garo 

 hills ; Cachar ; the southern portions of Pegu and the whole of 

 Tenasseriin. This species extends down the Malay peninsula. 



Habits, <$fc. Frequents forest country. Mandelli found the nest 

 near the great Eangit river on the 18th July. Both the nest and 

 eggs resemble those of 0. sutorius. 



376. Orthotomus ruficeps. The lied-headed Tailor-bird. 



Edela ruficeps, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 309 (1831, nee Less. Cent. Zool. 



p. 212, pi. 71). 



Orthotomus edela, Temm., Blyth, Cat. p. 144. 

 Orthotomus ruficeps (Less.), Horsf. <y M. Cat. i, p. 316 ; Sharpe, 



Ibis, 1877, p. 114; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 346; Hume, Cat. 



no. 530 ter ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 224 ; Oates, . B. i, p. 108. 



