110 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Orthotomus. 
mistake; for I have repeatedly taken nests at elevations of 
over 3000 feet, and Mr. Gammie, writing from Sikkim, says, 
f We often find nests of this species near my house at Mong- 
phoo 9 (which is at an elevation of about 3000 feet). Again, 
writing from the Nilghiris, Miss Cockburn remarks, f The 
Tailorbird is seldom met with on the highest ranges, but 
appears to prefer the warmer climates enjoyed at the elevation 
of about 3500 to 4700 feet/ 99 Mr. Hume also writes (S. F. 
1873, p. 194) :—“ I never met with this species myself in 
Sindh; but Captain Malden informed me that he had killed a 
specimen at Jacobabad in March, and since my return I have 
had a specimen sent me from the neighbourhood of Kur- 
rachee.” Major J. Hayes Lloyd (Ibis, 1873, p. 412) records 
it as common in Itattiawar; and Dr. Stoliczka (J. A. S. B. 
1872, p. 240) speaks of his shooting “ a specimen while hunt¬ 
ing for insects between large stones of an old embankment at 
the Sir-talao, in the south-western part of Cachh.” Captain 
Butler (S. F. 1875, p. 479) gives it as plentiful on the hills 
and plains near Mount Aboo and in Northern Guzerat; 
and Mr. Hume (/. c.) adds that it is common throughout 
Sindh, Cutch, Kattiawar, and Jodhpoor. Mr. Adam (S. F. 
1873, p. 381) says the same of the bird near the Sambhur 
lake. We have in the British Museum numerous specimens 
from Nepal, collected by Mr. Hodgson; and Mr. Blyth men¬ 
tions examples obtained near Calcutta (Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. 
p. 144). The late Captain Beavan, in his Notes (Ibis, 1867, 
p. 454), states that he found it common near Barrackpore, 
but rare in Maunbhoom. Mr. Y. Ball (S. F. 1874, p. 414) 
writes :—The Indian Tailorbird occurs in the more open 
parts of the division, but is not common, as far as my obser¬ 
vation has gone, in any part of Chota Nagpur.” It is in¬ 
cluded in Mr. W. T. Blanford^s List of Birds obtained in the 
Wardha Yalley (J. A. S. B. 1871, p. 273). Dr. Leith Adams 
(cf. Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 488) states that it is found fre¬ 
quenting the mango and other trees in the Deccan; and it 
was there that the late Colonel Sykes obtained his types of 
O. bennetti and O. lingoo (P. Z. S. 1832, p. 90). 
Madras specimens of this bird, presented by Dr. Jerdon, are 
