DRYMOC1IARES. 187 



Key to the Species. 



A. Upper plumage chestnut D. stellatus, p. 187. 



B. Upper plumage blue or brown. 



ff'. Chin and throat chestnut D. hyperythrus, p. 187. 



b'. Chin and throat blue or rufous ashy 



brown D. cruralis, p. 188. 



' c. Chin and throat white D. nepakiisis, p. 183. 



195. Drymochares stellatus. Gould's Short-winy. 



Brachypteryx (Drymochares) stellatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 218. 

 Drymochares stellatus (Gould), Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, j>. 52. 

 Brachypteryx stellatus ( Gould), Hume, S. F, vii, p. 377 ; id. Cat. 

 no. 338 ter; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 30. 



Coloration. Lores black; forehead, a short eyebrow, sides of 

 the head, chin, throat, and breast slaty grey, finely vermiculated 

 with white and black lines ; remainder of the lower parts the same 

 but suffused with rufous, and each feather with a central triangular 

 white patch ; crown, nape, back, scapulars, wing-coverts, upper 

 tail-coverts, and tail bright chestnut ; rump like the lower part of 

 the abdomen ; wings brown, the feathers all margined with chest- 

 nut. 



The young are apparently unknown, but will probably be found 

 to resemble the adults. 



Length rather more than 5 ; tail 1*7 ; wing 3 ; tarsus 1/2 ; bill 

 from gape '7. 



Distribution. Sikhim. Nothing is known about this bird ; but 

 Blanford procured one specimen at 12,000-13,000 feet. 



Brachvpteryx hyperythra, Jerd. fy Blylh, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 201 ; Jerd. 

 B.'L i, p. 495; Hume, ' 



196. Drymochares hyperythrus. The Rusty-bellied Short-winy. 



Jerd. $ Blyth, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 201 ; Jerd 

 S. F. v, p. 499 ; id. Cat. no. 337 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. M . vii, p. 28. 



Coloration. Male. Lores and feathers in front of the eye black ; 

 sides of the head and neck and the whole upper plumage, with the 

 visible portions of the closed wings and tail, deep blue ; a short and 

 partially-concealed eyebrow white ; the entire lower plumage and 

 the under wing-coverts bright chestnut. 



Female. The whole upper plumage, with the visible portions of 

 the closed wings and tail, olive-brown, the shafts of the feathers 

 on the side of the face fulvous ; the entire lower plumage pale 

 chestnut, the abdomen whitish, and the sides of the body suffused 

 with brown ; no eyebrow. 



The young bird is unknown, but it is probably like the female. 



Bill corneous ; legs fleshy ; iris brown (Jerdon). 



Length nearly 5; tail 1-7; wing 2'5; tarsus 1-1; bill from 

 gape -7. 



Distribution. Sikhim. Nothing is known about this bird's habits. 



