to ' The Birds of India.' 131 



margined with black ; the wings and tail are dull rufous brown. 

 Length 4| inches, wing 2, tail 2, tarsus -f^, bill (front) ^. 



Stoliczka mentions that a species somewhat allied to this 

 occurs in "Western Thibet, but of the same size as P. squamata. 

 The lower plumage is yellowish white, or cinereous. 



333. Troglodytes nipalensis. Figured by Gould, B. Asia, 

 pt. iv. pi. 6. 



Length of one in the flesh 3| inches, extent 5|, wing If, 

 tail 1, bill (front) §, tarsus W, foot l^i;-- Legs pale reddish 

 brown. 



I found this Wren far more abundant in the N.W. Himalayas 

 than in Sikkim, extending as far as Kashmir. In summer 

 it frequents both forests and rocky hills at from 9000 to 

 12,000 feet. 



338. Brachypteryx cruralis. 



One measured in the flesh 5| inches, extent 7\, wing 2^, 

 tail 1|-, tarsus 1|, foot 1^. Legs livid brown. One female was 

 somewhat larger, wing 2f inches, extent 8^. The lower parts 

 pale olivaceous, paler on the belly and vent ; a short concealed 

 white supercilium. 



338 bis. Drymochares stellatus, Gould. 



Brachypteryx {Drymochares) stellatus, Gould, P. Z, S. 1868, 

 p. 218. Figured by Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxi. 



The Chestnut-backed Shortwing. 



Forehead, ear -coverts, breast, chest, and abdomen grey, crossed 

 by numerous narrow wavy lines of black ; at the tip of each of 

 the feathers of the abdomen, flanks, under (and some few of the 

 upper) tail-coverts an irregular arrowhead-shaped mark of white ; 

 lores black ; all the upper surface, wings, and tail chestnut-red ; 

 bill black ; feet brown. 



Total length 4^ inches, bill |, wing 2|, tail 2, tarsi 1|. 



This very interesting bird was procured by Lieut. Eccles on 

 the frontier of Nepal and Sikkim, at a height of about 10,000 

 feet. It is possible that Brachypteryx hyperythra, no, 337, 

 mav be the female of this bird. 



