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8. Orthotomus cucullatus, Temminck. 
Svn. Orthotomus cucullatus , Temm. PI. Col. 599. f. 3 (1836). 
G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 282. 
Hab. Java; Sumatra. 
O. cucullatus. — “ Top of the 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 white ; the sides, the 
thighs and the abdomen of a yellow citron ; back and wings of a 
greenish tint, the quills and tail margined with greenish ; upper man- 
dible brown, the lower as well as the feet yellowish.” — Temminck. 
9. Orthotomus longicauda, Gmelin. 
Motacilla longicauda et sutoria, Gmel. S. N. L. i. pp. 954, 997. 
Orthotomus longicauda , Strickl. Ann. N. H. xiii. p. 35. Blyth, 
J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 377 ; Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 144. 
G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 162. Tick ell, J. A. S. Beng. xvii. 
pt. i. p. 298. Hutton, J. A. S. Beng. xvii. pt. ii. p. 691. Bonap. 
C. G. Av. p. 281. Layard, Ann. N. H. 1853, p. 262. 
Sylvia longicauda et sutoria, Lath. Ind, Ora. ii. pp. 545, 551; 
Gen. Hist. vii. pp. 79, 119. Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 456. 
Malurus longicaudus , Pearson, J. A. S. Beng. x. p. 644. 
Sylvia guzuratta , Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 554 ; Gen. Hist. vii. p. 129. 
Orthotomus Bennettii et O. lingoo, Sykes, P. Z. S. (1832) p. 90. 
Lafres. Mag. de Zool. (1836) t. 52, 53. Jerdon, Madr. Journ. xi. p. 1. 
Hodgs. Cat. B. Nep. p. 63. 
Orthotomus ruficapilla, Hutton, J. A. S. Beng. ii. p. 504 (1833). 
Orthotomus sphenurus, Swains. 2^ Cent. p. 343 (1838). 
Orthotomus sutorius, v. ruficapillus , v. sphenurus, Hodgs. Gray’s 
Zool. Misc. (1844) p. 82. 
Orthotomus sutoria et O. patia, Hodgs. P. Z. S. (1845) p. 29. 
Sutoria agilis, Nicholson, P. Z. S. (1851) p. 194. 
The Indian Tailor Bird. 
Phutki, of the Hindoos, Jerdon. 
Tuntuni, of the Bengalese, Hamilton, Blyth. 
Patia, or “ Leaf Bird,” Nepal, Hodgson. 
Hab. India generally ; Ceylon ; Burmese countries ; Malayan 
peninsula ? 
This species is too well known to require further description. 
“ The Tailor Bird is tolerably common in most wooded districts, and 
universally spread, frequenting cultivated ground, especially gardens, 
groves of trees, and is also found in high jungle, in the more open 
spaces. It lives in pairs or in small flocks, incessantly hopping about 
the branches of trees and shrubs, peas and other vegetables, with a 
loud reiterated note, and picking various insects (chiefly ants and 
small larvee) off the bark and leaves, and not unfrequently seeking 
them on the ground. It has the habit of frequently jerking up its 
tail while feeding or hopping about, and at times (especially when 
calling) it has the power of raising the feathers on the lower part of 
the throat, and displaying on either side a small black stripe. This 
