108 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Orthotomus. 
rather shorter. Eighth and ninth each considerably 
shorter than the preceding. Second equal to about the 
tenth. 
Bastard primary proportionately large, the exposed part mea¬ 
suring '5. 
Two very distinct yellow bars across the wing. 
Length of wing 2*0 to 1*8. 
Length of tail 1*6 to 1*35. 
Legs and claws brown. 
"Very little is known of the geographical distribution of 
this small but beautifully coloured bird. The only skins I 
have seen are from Sikkim or the neighbourhood. Nothing 
is known of its nidification or migration. 
VII.— A Note on the Genus Orthotomus. By R. Bowdler 
Sharpe, M.A., E.L.S., E.Z.S., &c. 
(Plate II.) 
The two beautiful new species of Tailorbird described and 
figured in the present paper were obtained by my excellent 
friend Dr. J. B. Steere during his recent expedition to the 
Philippine Islands; and it seems a fitting occasion to give a 
short review of the geographical distribution of the genus. 
I recognize twelve species of Tailorbirds, of which the fol¬ 
lowing is a synoptical table; but there are still a few species 
which I am unable to determine. These are almost the same 
as those left undetermined by Mr. F. Moore in 1854, when he 
gave a careful revision of the genus Orthotomus (P. Z. S. 
1854, p. 81). The following is my proposed rearrangement 
of the species :— 
a. abdomine albido vel pallide fulvescente. 
a\ mento albido vel fulvescenti-albo. 
a interscapulio viridi. 
a'", macula gutturali nigra nulla. 
a 4 . fronte rufescente: vertice et nucha 
brunnescentibus: pileo interdum om- 
nino rufescente: rectricibus haud nigro 
subterminaliter maculatis .j sutorms. 
I edela. 
