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holding two young birds of such size. Externally the nest is 
compactly held together by being thickly plastered over with 
cobwebs. The eggs are two in number, of a dull grey-green, 
closely and in parts confluently dashed with streaks of dusky brown. 
Diameter x inches. This bird has a plaintive note, which it 
repeatedly utters while searching through a tree, after the manner 
of Lanius Hardwiclcii, for insects." — (Hutton, Journ. A. S. Beng. 
XVII. pt. II. p. 688.) 
Fam. III. MERULID^, Vigors. 
Subfam. I. MTIOTHEEINA, Simins. 
Genus Braciiypteryx, Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 157 
(1820). 
Gold ANA, G. JR. Gray, List of Gen. of Birds , 1st ed. 
237. BRACHYPTERYX MONTANA, Horsfield. 
Brachypteryx montana, Horsf, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 
p. 157 ; Zool. Res. in Java, t. ^ ^ . Lath., Hist. 
VII. p. 124. Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XIII. 
p. 381 ; XVI. p. 136 ; Gat. B. 3Ius. A. S. Beng. 
p. 178. G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 209. 
Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 257. 
Mountaineer "Warbler, Lath. 
Ketek, Java, Horsf 
A. B. ^ . Java. Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 
" I met with the Ketek in one situation only, at an elevation 
of about 7,000 feet above the level of the ocean. It is probably 
found on all the mountain-peaks of Java, which are covered with 
thick forests, accommodated to its peculiar habits. The recurrence of 
several quadrupeds and birds, at a certain elevation, is as regular in 
this island as that of many plants and insects. Although local in 
its residence, it is very numerous on Mount Prahu, and in my daily 
excursions I uniformly observed, and occasionally surprised it in its 
short sallies among the openings of the forest. It is chiefly found 
on the lowest branches of trees or on the ground. The shortness of 
