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in tlie Cullrction is of a pinkish \^hite or cream-colour : one is 

 j)rofuseIy speckled all over with hrownish pink and grey, with a 

 zone of darker tint round the broad end ; the other is more sparingly 

 freckled with brownish pink and lilac and has, in addition, a faint 

 but well-defined wreath of lilac round the larger end and a few 

 larger spots, irregularly distributed all over the shell, of reddish 

 brown. These examples measure respectively: 1-16 by "82; 1-18 

 by -81. 



-'. Pundalova, Ceylon, 80th April. E. W. Antram, Esq. [F'.]. 



Genus BRACHYPTERYX, llon^f. 



Bracliypteryx albiventris {Blauf.). 



Callene albiventris, S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 15 (1883K 

 Brachypteryx albiventris, Gates, Fumia Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 185 (1880) ; 



id. ed. Hume, JSests l^- Eyys Ind. Birds, i. p. 128 (1889); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 56 (1903). 



Until closely examined, the eggs of the White-bellied Short-wing 

 appear to be of a nearly uniform rich olive-brown tint, but the 

 ground-colour is greyish green, so densely mottled and clouded with 

 warm brown that it is hardly distinguishable. The three specimens 

 in the Collection have a slight darkening of the brown colour in the 

 form of a zone at the larger end. They are of a rather long oval 

 form, not very glossy, and measure respectively ; '9 by '63 ; 

 •U by -63 ; and -9 by -64. 



2. Paini Tlill-s S. India. Could Coll. 



1. Paini Hills, Apiil {S. B. Fairhml;). Hume Coll. 



Brachypteryx ntfiventris (Jerd.). 



Callene rutiventris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. IG (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Hierscanml. p. 50 (1899). 

 Urachypteryx ruliventris, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 185 (1889) ; 



id. ed.Hume, Nests S,- Bi/qs Ind. Birds, i. p. 129 (^1889j; Skarjx', 



JIand-l. iv. p. 5(3 (1903). 



Of the three eggs of the llufous-bellied Short-wing in the 

 Collection, two resemble closely those of the preceding species, 

 B. aVnventris, but the third is much less heavily coated with brown, 

 and shows a good deal of the greyish-green ground ; it also has 

 several black hair-lines at the broad end. These eggs are longer 

 in shape than those of the last-mentioned species, measuring re- 

 spectively : -95 by -61 ; -97 by -06 ; and -99 by -63. 



2. Nilghiri Hills, S. India, 18th June. Hume Coll. 

 1. Counoor, Is'ilghiri Hills. Hume Coll. 



