CATALOGUE. 
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ferrugihaus ; back and rump yellowish green ; tail more dusky green ; 
wings brown, broadly margined exteriorly throughout with yellowish 
green ; chin, base of lower mandible, ear-coverts, centre of some of 
the feathers of the throat and breast, white ; throat and fore part of 
breast black, centered as above ; lower part of breast ash and white ; 
middle of the abdomen white ; flanks yellowish ; extreme edge of 
shoulder of wing yellow ; under part of tail yellowish, with a 
terminal dusky band, tipped with yellowish ; thighs greenish-fer- 
ruginous. Specimen labelled male. Length 4 in., of wing If in., 
tail liin., tarsus i^in. ; bill to gape in. 
490. 0RTH0T0MU8 CINEBACEUS, Blyth. 
Orthotomus cineraceus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XIV. 
p. 589 (1845) ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 144. 
Bonap., a G. Av. p. 282. Moore, P. Z. S. (1854),^. 
Orthotomus sepium, apud Lafr., Mag. de Zool. t. 51. 
The Grey Tailor-Bird. 
A. Malacca. Purchased. 
" Upper parts pure ash-grey, without any tinge of green ; forehead 
The following are the descriptions of the other known species of this genus. 
ORTHOTOMUS LONGIROSTRIS, Swains. 
Orthotomus longirostris, Swains., 2\ Cent. p. 343 (1837). O. R. Gray, 
Gen. of Birds, I. p. 162. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 282. Moore, P. 
Z. S. (1854), p. 
The Black-throated Grey Tailor-bird, 
Hab. S. W. Australia, Swains. Malacca ? 
" Cinereous ; sides of the body beneath cinereous, the middle white ; head, 
chin, and thighs, ferruginous ; throat black ; tail brownish, graduated ; the latter 
with dusky black ends, tipped with whitish. Bill and legs pale. 
" Length 4^ in. ; bill to gape in. ; wing 2^ in ; tail beyond 1 in. ; base 1-^ in. ; 
tarsus in." — (Swainson.) 
This species differs from 0. cineraceus, B., in having a black throat, and the 
wing being in. longer ; the tarsus also being longer by a ^ in. 
ORTHOTOMUS CUCULLATUS, Temm. 
Orthotomus cucuUatus, Temm., PI. Col. 599, /. 3. G. R. Gray, Gen. 
of Birds, I. p. 162. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 282. Moore, P. Z. S. 
(1854), p. 
Hab. Java, Sumatra, Temminck. 
" Top of head bright ferruginous ; neck, jaws, and the sides of the breast of a 
pure ash ; the neck in front, the breast, and the middle of the belly, are pure 
