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Calliope cruralis, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 934 (1843) ; Gray, Cat. 



Mainni. etc. Nepal pres. Hoclgs. p. 70 (1846). 

 Larvivora cruralis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 301 (1850). 

 Brach-v-ptervx rutifrons, Jerd. ^- Bh/th, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 201 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 312, no. 4665 (1869). 

 Bracliypteryx aurifions, Jerd. B. Ltd. i. p. 495 (1862, err. in syn.). 

 Braehypteryx hyperythra, Godivin-Aiisten ( nee Jerd. ^ Blyth) ,J. A. S. 



Beng. xxxix. p. 192 (1870, teste G.-A. in litt.). 



Male. General colour above deep indigo-blue, the rump -with a 

 half-concealed band of greyish white ; wing-coTerts like the back ; 

 quills dusky blackish, externally indigo-blue like the back ; upper 

 tail-coverts indigo-blue ; tail-feathers dusky blackish, washed with 

 indigo-blue on the edges ; crown of head like the back ; lores and 

 base of forehead black, surmounted by a large spot of silvery white 

 extending backwards over the eye ; ear-coverts blackish, shaded 

 with indigo ; sides of neck and under surface of body dull indigo, 

 somewhat shaded with ashy violet ; centre of breast ashy grey, 

 becoming whiter on the abdomen ; sides of body and flanks indigo- 

 blue ; thighs dusky brown, tinged with blue ; under tail-coverts 

 ashy blue, with whitish margins ; under wing-coverts ashy brown, 

 tinged with blue ; axillaries lighter ashy, tinged with blue ; quills 

 below dusky, inner edge of quills ashy brown. Total length 5 inches, 

 culmen 0-6, wing 2-7, tail 1*95, tarsus 1-2. 



Female. General colour above olivaceous brown ; lesser and me- 

 dian wing-coverts like the back ; greater coverts, bastard wing, and 

 primary-coverts dusky brown, rufous -brown externally ; quills 

 dusky brown, rufescent externally ; upper tail-coverts a little more 

 fulvous than the back ; tail-feathers rufescent brown ; crown of 

 head like back, fore part tinged with rufous ; lores pale rufous, 

 extending over the eye ; feathers round eye pale rufous ; ear-coverts 

 olive-brown, with fulvous shaft-lines ; cheeks and throat pale 

 rufescent buff ; chest and remainder of under surface light ashy ; 

 sides of body fulvous brown ; flanks and thighs more fulvous ; under 

 tail-coverts brighter fulvous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 fulvous ; quills below pale brown, inner edge of quills ashy fulvous. 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen O'oo, wing 2-4, tail l-So, tarsus 1-2. 



Young male. Similar to adult female, but with black lores and a 

 concealed silky white spot over the eye ; underneath deeper olive. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas, extending into the Burmese and 

 Tenasserim hills. 



a,h. cf $ ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Types of B. cruralis and B. homochroa.) 

 c, d. (S juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



^}f' cJ ; fft h- ? fid sk. Nepal {Hodgson^. India Museum. 

 t. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J 



3. Braehypteryx saturata. 



Braehypteryx saturata, Sahad. Ann. Mas. Civic. Genov. xiv. p. 225 

 (18^9). 



Adult male (Mount Dempo, Sumatra ; H. 0. Forbes). General 



