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brown ; tail rufous brown, paler beneath, and distinctly rayed, has a 
terminal dusky band, the tips being pale but not white; the whole 
under parts rufescent, as in Prinia socialis, Sykes ; bill dusky horn 
colour, paler below at base; legs pale horn colour. 
Length, 45 to 5 inches; wing, 112; tail varying from 2} to 3; 
bill to front, 345; to gape, 7; tarsi, 19; middle toe and claw, ;3,; 
hind ditto, 55. 
Hab. Nepal (No. 913, Hodgs. Caéal.). 
3. NoTICE OF THE SPECIES OF THE GENUS OrRTHOTOMUS OF 
HORSFIELD, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW SPECIES, AND 
OF THOSE HITHERTO KNOWN. By Frepreric Moors, 
Assist. Mus. East Inp1A4 Company. 
Fam. Syiviap&, Vigors. 
Subfam. Syivr1ana, Vigors. 
Genus OrTHOTOMUs, Horsfield. 
Syn. Hdela, Lesson.—Sutoria, Nicholson. 
1. OrtTHOTOMUs sEPIUM, Horsfield. 
Syn. Orthotomus sepium, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soe. xiii. p. 166 
(1820). Lath. Hist. iv. p. 265. Temm. Pl. Col. 599. f.1. G. RB. 
Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Blyth, Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p- 145. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 282. 
The Chiglet Creeper, Lath. 
Chiglet of the Javanese, Horsf. 
Hab. Java. 
O. sepium.—The forehead, lores, over the eyes and ear-coverts, 
ear-coverts themselves, base of lower mandible and chin ferruginous, 
palest on the sides and chin; top of head, back and tail brownish 
olive, having a greenish tinge; wings dusky, broadly margined with 
brownish olive; throat and breast asay black, the rest of the under 
parts yellowish ; tail with a terminal dusky band, tipped with yellow- 
ish; thighs ferruginous ; bill brownish, paler below ; legs pale. 
Length, 43 inches; of wing, 1,8; tail, 12; bill to gape, 453 
tarsus, 3. 
The above description is taken from Dr. Horsfield’s typical speci- 
mens, contained in the Mus. Hast India Company. 
2. ORTHOTOMUS ATROGULARIS, Temminck. 
Syn. Orthotomus atrogularis, Temm. Pl. Col. Texte, 599 (1836). 
G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 282. 
Hab. Malacca; Borneo. | 
O. atrogularis.—“ The forehead, top of the head and occiput 
bright brownish red; the neck, the back and the wings of a grassy 
