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3. Orthotomus flavoviridis, nobis. 
The forehead, crown, round the eyes, and occiput ferruginous ; 
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 ; lower part of the breast ash and white ; 
centre of abdomen white ; throat and fore part of the breast black, 
centred as above ; flanks yellowish, extreme edge of shoulder of wing 
yellow ; under part of tail yellowish, with a terminal dusky band, 
tipped with yellowish ; thighs greenish ferruginous. Specimens 
labeled “male.” 
Length, 4 inches; of wing, If; tail, ly; bill to gape, ; tarsus, T 7 ^. 
Hab. Malacca. In Mus. East India Company. 
4. Orthotomus edela, Temminck. 
Syn. Orthotomus edela , Temm. PL Col. 599. f. 2 (1836). G. R. 
Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Blyth, Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 144. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 282. 
Motacilla sepium , Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 313. Lath. 
Hist. vii. p. 218 (nec Horsf. v. Lafres.). 
Edela ruficeps , Less. Cent. Zool. p. 212. t. 71 (1834) (nec Less. 
Tr. d’Orn.). 
Kachichi of the Malays of Sumatra, Raffles. 
Hab. Malayan peninsula ; Sumatra. In Mus. East India Com- 
pany. 
O. edela. — “ The forehead, lores and crown ferruginous ; the entire 
lower parts whitish, but the sides of the neck slightly variegated with 
clear ashy ; back of neck, back, wing-coverts and tail greenish ; the 
wings ashy, but bordered with greenish ferruginous ; the tail is regu- 
larly of one colour ; the bill and feet brownish.” — Temm. 
Length, 4f inches ; of wing, If; tail, 1^-; bill to gape, f ; tarsus, 
5. Orthotomus ruficeps, Lesson. 
Syn. Edela ruficeps , Less. Tr. d’Ornith. p. 309 (1831) (nec Less. 
Cent. Zool.). 
Orthotomus sericeus, Temm. Text de PI. Col. 599 (1836). G. R. 
Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 282. 
Hab. Malacca; Borneo. 
O. ruficeps. — The forehead, crown, occiput, lores and upper part 
of ear-coverts bright ferruginous ; the chin, base of lower mandible, 
lower part of ear-coverts and the rest of the under parts silky white ; 
back, rump and wings deep ash ; tail bright ferruginous, at base ashy, 
and with no terminal band ; thighs ferruginous ; bill yellowish brown, 
pale below ; legs pale. 
Length, 4f inches ; wing, 2 ; tail, If ; bill to gape, f ; tarsus, T 8 ^. 
The above description is from a specimen in the East India Com- 
pany’s Museum. This species may readily be distinguished by the 
