DENTIROSTRES. 19 



Dicffium coccineum. 



Certhia erythronota (Latham). 



Above ; general colour steel-black ; crown of the head and tail- 

 covers, vermilion-red, which colour, more or less interspersed with 

 black, extends down the centre of the nape and back. 



Below ; dusky black ; a longitudinal cream-coloured band ex- 

 tends from the chin to the tail-covers ; flanks under the wing white. 

 Wings ; steel-black, primary quills, dusky black. 

 Tail ; steel-black. 

 Length, 3^ inches. 



„ of bill from gape, 5 lines. 



„ of bill from front, 4 lines. 



,, of wings, 1 inch 10 lines. 



„ of tail, 1 inch. 



,, of tarsus, 5^ lines. 



„ of middle toe, 4 lines. 



„ of hallux, 4 lines. 



This species agrees with the description given by Latham 

 of the Red-headed Creeper, excepting that he speaks of it 

 as having " the wing-covers dark green, almost black." We 

 have only seen one specimen of this bird in Labuan. 



Tribe Dentirostres. 

 Fam. LuscinidcB. 

 Sub-fam. Malurinae. 

 Gen. Orthotomus. 



Orthotomiis sepium (Temminck) (Horsfield). 



Above ; back, neck, and tail-covers, lead colour, with an oli- 

 vaceous tinge. 



Below ; lead colou^' at the chin, becoming lighter towards the 

 belly and tail-covers, which last are dull white. 



Head ; forehead and ears chesnut passing into the colour of the 

 back at the hind head. 



AVings ; outer edges, light chesnut ; covers the colour of the 

 back ; quills brown, edged on the inner Aveb with lighter brown, 

 and on the outer web with olivaceous green. 



Tail ; brown, the feathers faintly marked with black towards the 

 ends, which colour at the extreme tips fades into whitish brown. 

 Thighs ; chesnut. 

 Length, 4 1 inches. 



„ of bill from gape, 7^ lines. 

 „ of bill from front, 7 lines. 

 ., of wings, 1 inch 10 lines. 

 „ of tail, 1| inch. 

 „ of tarsus, 9 lines. 



