188 CKATEKOPODID^E. 



197. Drymochares cruralis. The White-browed Short-wing. 



Calliope cruralis, Blyth,J. A. S. B. xii, p. 933 (1843). 



Brachypteryx cruralis (Bl.\Cat. p. 178; Horsf. $ M. Cut. i, p. 397 ; 

 Jerd. B. I. i, p. 495 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 102 ; 

 Blanf. JA. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 160 ; Hume, N. 8f E. p. 219 ; Ward- 

 law Ramsay, Ibis, 1875, p. 352 ; Wald. in Bl. Birds Burm. p. 99 ; 

 Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi, p. 236 ; Hume, Cat. no. 338 ; Gates, B. B. 

 i, p. 19 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 26. 



Brachypteryx rufifrons, Je>d. $ Bl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 201. 



Brachypteryx hyperythra, Jerd. fy Bl. apud Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. 

 xxxix, pt. ii, p. 102. 



Drymocharee cruralis (Blyth}, Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, 

 p. 129. 



Fig. 56. Head of D. cruralis. 



Coloration. Male. Whole plumage slaty blue, the exposed por- 

 tions of the quills duller ; middle of the abdomen tinged with ashy ; 

 lores and a frontal band black bordered above by white produced 

 backwards over the eye. 



Female. Lores, forehead, and round the eye bright ferruginous ; 

 sides of the head rufous-brown ; upper plumage rufescent olive- 

 brown ; tail and the outer webs of the wings chestnut-brown ; 

 lower plumage ashy brown tinged witb rufous, especially on the 

 under tail-coverts ; a broad but partially concealed supercilium 

 white. 



The young resemble the female, but at first they have no trace of 

 the white supercilium. 



Iris brown; bill brown; legs greyish brown (Wardlaw Ramsay}. 



Length about 5-2; tail 1-9; wing 2-6; tarsus 1-2; bill from 

 gape -7. 



Distribution. Nepal ; Sikhim ; the Khasi hills ; Karennee at 

 5200 feet. This species occurs up to 8000 feet or higher. 



Habits, fyc. But little is known of the habits of this bird. It 

 appears to breed from April to June. The nest according to 

 Hodgson is a globular structure of moss and roots. Hume describes 

 several nests found by Mandelli's men as massive, shallow cups 

 composed of fine black roots with a few leaves and a little moss. 

 Both authorities agree in stating that the nest is built a short 

 distance off the ground in brushwood. The eggs are described as 

 being white and measuring about '88 by *63. 



198. Drymochares nepalensis. The Nepal Short-wing. 



Brachypteryx nipalensis, Hod gs., Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 74; Horsf. 

 $ M. Cat. i, p, 397 ; Jerd. fy Blyth, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 201 ; Jerd. B. Z 



