3. CALLENE. 15 



b'. No patch of bright feathers on the wing ; 

 abdomen white. 

 a". Sides of body blue-grev like the breast ; 

 under tail-eoverts white ; a perceptible 

 band of light silvery blue across the fore- 

 head extending over the eye albioentris, p. 15. 



b". Sides of body reddish buff; front paler 

 than tlie crown, but not forming a con- 

 spicuous band rxjiventris, p. 16. 



b. Throat orange rufous like the rest of the under 



surl'ace isabellee, p. 17. 



1. Callene frontalis. 



Cinclidium frontale, B/i/tli, J. A. S. Beng. xi. p. 181 (1842), xii. 



p. 954, cum. Jig. (1843) ; Bp. Cottsp. i. p. 301 (1850). 

 Callene frontalis, Blgth, J. A. .S'. Be7u/. xvi. p. 13(3 (1847) ; id. Cat. B. 



Mas. As. Soc. p. 178 (1849): Moore, P. Z. S. 18.54, p. 75; Horsf. 



^- Moore, Cut. B.E.I. Co. Mug. i. p. .396 (1854) ; Jt-rd. B. hid. i. 



p. 496 (1862) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 373 ; Blunf. P. Z S. 1867, 



p. 833 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 132 ; Iliiine, Nests 4" J^ggs Ind. B. 



p. 220 (1873) ; id. Sfr. F. 1879, p. 93. 

 Ruticilla frontalis. Gray, Hcaui-l. B. i. p. 222, no. 3179 (1809). 



Adult male. General colour above dull blue ; lesser and median 

 wing-coverts brighter and more cobalt-blue, forming a wing-patch ; 

 greater coverts, bastard-wing feathers, primarv-coverts and quills 

 blackish, externally edged with dull blue like the back ; tail-feathers 

 blackish, externally washed with dull blue ; crown of head like the 

 back, with a distinct frontal band of cobalt-blue extending over the 

 eye ; lores, base of forehead, and feathers in front of the eye black ; 

 ear-coverts, sides of face, throat, and breast dull blue, the chin 

 blackish ; abdomen rather more ashy ; sides of body, flanks, and 

 thighs duU blue, shaded with ashy ; under tail-coverts dull ashy 

 blue, with whitish tips and margins : under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries like the breast, with a large patch of white near the outer 

 edge formed by the outer greater coverts ; quills dusky below, 

 browner along the inner edge. Total length 7 inches, eulmen 0-65, 

 wing 3-35, tail 3-4, tarsus 1'4. 



Younij. Browner than the adult, and mottled with whitish streaks 

 or subterminal spots on the feathers. The species, when immature, 

 however, is easily recognized by the white patch on the under wing- 

 coverts. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas from Xepal to Sikhim. 



a. Ad. ; b. Juv. sk. Nepal [Hodgson). India Museum. 



c. Ad. sk. DaijiHng (Pearson). India Museum. 



2. Callene albiventris. 



Ctdlene albiventris, Blanford, P. Z. S. 18(17, p. 833, pi. 39 (e.v Fairb. 

 MSS.); Gould, B. Asia, pt. xx. (1868); Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 1-32; 

 Hume, Xe<fs S,- Eggs Ind. B. p. 220 (1873); Fairb. Sir. F. 1877, 

 p. 402; Hume, Utr. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 35; id. Str. F. I.'579, 

 p. 93; Butler, Cat. B. S. Bombay Pres. p. 101 (1880). 



Ruticilla albiventris. Gray, Haiid-l. B. i. p. 222, no. 3l6l (1869). 



