112 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Orthotomus. 
2. Orthotomus edela. 
Hah. Java. 
This is the Javan representative of O. sutorius ; but, not 
having seen a specimen, I am unable to state whether it 
is really distinct. Lord Tweeddale (Walden, B. Burma, 
p. 120) writes :—“ The Javan 0. edela and the Indian O. su¬ 
torius are barely separable, the Javan bird being chiefly distin¬ 
guished by having the lores and superciliary stripe pale fer¬ 
ruginous, and not greyish white.” 
3. Orthotomus frontalis, sp. n. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 
Adult male. General colour above olive-green,, the wing- 
coverts coloured like the back; the quills dark brown, ex¬ 
ternally edged with the same green as the back, the inner¬ 
most secondaries exactly like the latter; tail olive-brown, 
with dusky undulations in certain lights, the feathers edged 
with bright olive-yellow, and tipped with whity brown, 
before which is an indistinct subterminal shade of darker 
brown ; forehead and a narrow superciliary line bright chest¬ 
nut ; crown, nape, and sides of neck ashy grey; lores fulves- 
cent; sides of face whitish, the ear-coverts shaded with ashy 
grey; cheeks and entire throat silky white; rest*of under 
surface of body creamy white, the flanks pale greenish yellow; 
thighs tawny; bill dark horn-brown in skin, the lower man¬ 
dible yellowish; legs fleshy brown: “iris light hazel” [Steere). 
Total length 3*7 inches, culmen 055, wing 1*6, tail 1*5, 
tarsus 0*75. 
Young female. Differs from the male in wanting the parti¬ 
coloured head, which is only a shade darker olive-green than 
the back, the subterminal mark on the tail is very much more 
pronounced than in the adult male; entire under surface of 
body silky white. Total length 3*7 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 
1*75, tail 1*6, tarsus 0*75. 
Hah. Islands of Basilan and Mindanao, Philippines. 
The types of this species are in Dr. Steered collection. 
The species is a very distinct one, its nearest ally being 0. 
sutorius , from which it is at once distinguished by its grey 
head and chestnut forehead, and also by its having a dark 
subterminal spot to the tail-feathers. 
