Mi*. It. B. Sharpe on the Genus Orthotomus. 109 
b 4 . fronte castaneo ; vertice cinereo : rec- 
tricibus nigro subterminaliter maculatis 
b'". macula gutturali nigra distincta. 
c 4 . minor: pileo castaneo: genis et facie 
laterali albidis, regione parotica supe- 
riore castanea ... 
d 4 . major : pileo cinerascente, capitis la- 
teribus saturatioribus: regione parotica 
conspicue alba. 
b". interscapulio cinereo : capite castaneo. 
c"\ rectricibus oliyascenti-brunneis, flavido 
marginatis et nigro subterminaliter maculatis 
d'". rectricibus castaneis. 
e 4 . remigibus extus olivascenti-viridibus 
f 4 . tectricibus alarum et remigibus ex- 
terne cinereis dorso concoloribus .... 
b'. mento cinnamomeo, faciei lateribus concolori. 
c". dorso cinereo: gutture et corporis lateribus 
etiam cinereis: abdomine medio albo ........ 
d". dorso yiridescente: gula cinerea : corporis la- 
ribus viridescentibus: pectore medio et abdo¬ 
mine flayicantibus . 
b. abdomine lsetissime flayo: gutture cum praepectore et 
pectore summo albis. 
c'. rectrice extima reliquis concolori, aut in pogonio 
interno angustissime albo terminate. 
d'. rectrice extima intus omnino alba . 
atrigularis. 
cinereiceps. 
castaneiceps. 
derbianus. 
rnficeps. 
cineraceus. 
sepium. 
cucidlatus. 
coronatus. 
1. Orthotomus sutorius^. 
Hah . ff The well-known Tailorbird is found throughout 
all India, from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin and Ceylon, 
and extending into the Burmese countries ” (,Jerdon , B. Ind. 
ii. p. 166). Mr. Hume (Nests & Eggs Ind. B. p. 331) states 
that it breeds throughout India and Burmah, alike in the 
plains and in the hills ( e.g . the Himalayas, Nilghiris, and 
Pegu hills) up to an elevation of from 3000 to 4000 feet. 
“ The breeding-season lasts from May to August, both months 
included; but in the plains more nests are to be found in 
July, and in the hills more, I think, in June, than during the 
other months. Captain Hutton states that the birds, though 
common at their bases, do not ascend the hills; but this is a 
* Cf, Lord Tweeddale’s remarks (Walden, B. Burin, p. 120). 
