Ill 
Mr. R. B, Sharpe on the Genus Orthotomus. 
in the British Museum. It breeds in the Nilghiris, as noticed 
by Miss Cockburn [vide supra). In Ceylon, according to 
Mr. Holdsworth, it is common in all parts of the island, but 
especially frequents gardens and the neighbourhood of habita¬ 
tions. “ It is as abundant at Nuwara Eliya as at Aripo or 
other parts of the low country.” 
Major Godwin-Austen (J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 271) notices it 
from the North Mymensing district in the Garo hills. In 
Burmah Captain Beavan obtained it on the Salween river 
(Ibis, 1867, p. 454); and Dr. Anderson obtained a single spe¬ 
cimen at Bhamo, and on the right bank of the Taping river, 
during the second Yun-nan expedition. According toMr.Blyth 
(B. Burma, p. 120), Mr. Gould has had specimens from 
Tavoy; and Mason states that Tailorbirds are very common 
at Tavoy, though rare at Moulmein. Mr. Blyth includes this 
as a second species under the name of O. edela; but Lord 
Tweeddale (l. c .) says that he does not know which species is 
intended by Mr. Blyth, though it is probable that O. atrigu- 
laris may have been the bird in his mind. The true O. sutorius 
has been procured at Tonghoo and in Karen-nee by Lieut. 
Wardlaw Ramsay. Mr. Oates (S. E. 1875, p. 135) records it 
from Thayet Myo as common in the plains; and Mr. Hume 
states that it was found by Mr. Davison to be diffused and not 
uncommon in Tenasserim (S. F. 1874, p. 478). Mr. Blyth even 
says that it extends as far south as Singapore, in which case 
O. edela from Java may be identical ( vide infra ). He records 
an actual specimen (Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 144) from Ma¬ 
lacca as being in the Indian Museum. 
To the eastward the Indian Tailorbird has been recorded 
from Siam on Mr. Gould’s authority (cf. Blyth, B. Burma, 
p. 120); and Mr. Swinhoe states (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 294) that 
it is an “ abundant resident in South China from Canton to 
Foochow.” It also occurs in Formosa and Hainan (Swinhoe, 
Ibis, 1870, p. 80). At Amoy, writes the same author, it is 
“ found in all the gardens, hedgerows, &c., and is generally 
seen in pairs.” 
