DENTIROSTRES. 
Dicaeiim coccineum. 
Certhia erytbronota (Latham). 
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Above ; general colour steebblack ; crown of the head and tail- 
covers, vermilion -red, which colour, more or less interspersed with 
black, extends down the centre of the nape and back. 
Below*' ; dusky black ; a longitudinal cream-coloured band ex- 
tends from the chin to the tail-covers ; Hanks under the wing white. 
Wings ; steel-black, primary quills, dusky black. 
Tail ; steel-black. 
Length, 3;^ inches. 
„ of bill from gape, 5 lines. 
„ of bill from front, 4 lines. 
„ of wings, 1 inch 10 lines. 
„ of tail, 1 inch. 
„ of tarsus, 5 1 lines. 
„ of middle toe, 4 lines, 
„ of hallux, 4 lines. 
This species agrees with the description given by Latham 
of the Eed-headed Creeper, excepting that he speaks of it 
as having “ the wing-covers dark green, almost black.” We 
have only seen one specimen of this bird in Labuan. 
7'ribe Dentirostres. 
F’am. LuscinKlos. 
Sub-fam. Malurinse. 
Gen. Ortliotomas. 
Ortbotomus sepium (Temminek) (Horsfield). 
Above ; back, neck, and tail-covers, lead colour, with an oli- 
vaceous tinge. 
Below ; lead colour at the chin, becoming lighter towards the 
belly and tail-covers, which last are dull white. 
Head ; forehead and ears chesnut passing into the colour of the 
back at the hind head. 
Wings ; outer edges, light chesnut ; covers the colour of the 
hack * quills brown, edged on the inner wx'b with lighter brown, 
and on the outer w'^eb with olivaceous green. ^ 
Tail ; brown, the feathers faintly marked with black tow'ards the 
ends, which colour at the extreme tips fades into vihitish browm. 
Thighs ; chesnut. 
Length, 4| inches. 
„ of bill from gape, 7 1 lines. 
„ of bill from front, 7 lines. 
„ of wings, 1 inch 10 lines. 
„ of tail, inch. 
„ of tarsus, 9 lines. 
