58 TIMELIID^E. 



484. Callene frontalis, Biyth, J. A. S. JB. xvi. p. 136; Moore, 



P. Z. S. 1854, p. 75 ; Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 49 6 5 Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 373; 

 Plan/., P. Z. S. 1867, p. 833 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. p. 220; id., 

 Sir. F. 1879, p. 93; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br, Mus. vii. p. 15. The BLUE- 

 FRONTED SHORT- WING. 



Above dull fusco-cyaneus ; the rump dusky ; crown of the head like the back; 

 forehead black, with a distinct band of cobalt blue extending on each side over 

 the eye ; ear coverts, sides of the face, throat and breast dull fusco-cyaneus ; 

 the abdomen, sides of the body, flanks and thighs the same, but washed 

 with ashy ; lesser and median wing coverts brighter than the back, and more 

 cobalt blue, forming a wing patch ; quills and their coverts, bastard wing 

 feathers and greater coverts blackish, edged externally with fusco-cyaneus ; 

 tail the ame; 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. Bill black ; legs 

 brown. 



Length. 7 to 7-4 inches ; wing 3-35 to 3-5 ; tail 3-4 to 3-5 ; tarsus 1-4; 

 culmen 0-65. 



Eab. The Eastern Himalayas from Nepaul to Sikkim. Recorded from 

 Darjeeling. It is said to be very rare, and the British Museum has three 

 specimens only. 



485. Calleno albiventris, Bianford, P. z. S. 1867, p. 833, pi. 39 



(ex Fairbank MSS.) ; Gould, B. Ana, pi. xx., 1868 ; Hume, Nests and &ggs> 

 Indian Birds, p. 220 ; Fairbank, Sir. F. 1877, p. 402 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1878, 

 p. 35; id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 93; JBut'er, Cat. B. Bombay Pres. p. 101 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 15. The WHITE-BELLIED SHORT-WING. 



Crown of the head slaty blue ; the base of the forehead black, followed 

 by a narrow frontal band of bluish white continued on each side over the 

 eye- lores an 1 feathers round the eye black; ear covert*, sides of the face, 

 throat, breast, back and rump slaty blue, the sides of the rump with long siiky 

 white plumes ; lesser and median wing coverts slaty blue ; greater and 

 primary coverts and quills, also the tail feathers, blackish, margined externally 

 with slaty blue; abdomen ashy white; sides of the body, flanks and thigha 

 slaty blue ; under tail coverts white; under wing coverts and axillaries slaty 

 blue e:lgeJ with whits. Bi 1 and feet d.irk brown ; irides brown. 



The female is like the male in colour, but has the lower flanks, thighs and 

 under tail coverts tinged with rufous brown. 



Length. 6 to 6'5 inches; wing 3-1 ; tail 2-4 to 2-6; tarsus ri ; culmen 

 0-65. 



.7703. Southern India ; Palani Hills extending to Travancore. 



There is no account of the habits of this species in any of the books available 

 to me. Mr. Hume, however, quotas the Rev. S. Fairbanks account of its 



