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3. Notice of the species of the Genus Orthotomus of 
Horsfield, with descriptions of a new species, and 
of those hitherto known. By Frederic Moore, 
Assist. Mus. East India Company. 
Fam. Sylviadje, Vigors. 
Subfam. Sylviana, Vigors. 
Genus Orthotomus, Horsfield. 
Syn. Edela , Lesson. — Sutoria , Nicholson. 
1. Orthotomus septum, Horsfield. 
Syn. Orthotomus septum, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 166 
(1820). Lath. Hist. iv. p. 265. Ternm. PI. Col. 599. f. 1. G. R. 
Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Blyth, Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 145. Bonap. C. G. Ay. p. 282. 
The Chiglet Creeper, Lath. 
Chiglet of the Javanese, Horsf. 
JIah. Java. 
O. septum. — 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 ashy 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, 4\ inches; of wing, 1 t 8 q-; tail. If ; bill to gape, ; 
tarsus, f. 
The above description is taken from Dr. Horsfield’ s typical speci- 
mens, contained in the Mus. East India Company. 
2. Orthotomus atrogularis, Temminck. 
Syn. Orthotomus atrogularis, Temm. Text de PI. Col. 599 (1836). 
G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 282. 
Ilah. 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 
green ; the tail of a yellowish green, marked near the end and on the 
inner web with a narrow yellowish band ; the chin, throat, breast and 
upper parts of flanks pure black, the sides of the abdomen yellowish ; 
middle of the belly and abdomen white ; bill and feet brown. No 
difference in the sexes. 
“Length, 3£ inches.”- 
/ ( j mm. 
