1 92 CRATEKOPODID^E. 



closely as is usual in the other genera of CrateropocUdce. The 

 plumage of the young, however, is perfectly plain and bears no 

 signs of spots, streaks, or bars. 



201. Tesia cyaniventris. The Slaty-bellied Short-winy. 



Tesia cyaniventer, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. vi, p. 101 (1837) ; Blyth, Cat 

 p. 178 ; Horsf. $ Moore, Cat. i, p. 179 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 487; Godw.- 

 Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 101 ; Hume, Cat. no. 328 ; Brooks, 

 S. F. viii, p. 470 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 118 ; Oates in Hume's N. SfE. 

 2nd ed. i, p. 131. 



Tesia auriceps, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 137 (1847). 



Oligura cyaniventris (Hodgs.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 604. 



The Slaty-lellied Wren, Jerd.; Tt-si, Nepal ; Samfit-tammong, Lepch. 



Fig. 57. Head of T. cyaniventris. 



Coloration. Male. The forehead, crown, and nape glistening 

 golden brown ; the rest of the upper plumage and the visible por- 

 tions of the closed wings and tail olive-green ; lores and a broad 

 stripe from the eye to the nape black ; sides of the head and the 

 whole lower plumage slaty blue. 



Female. The entire upper plumage and the exposed parts of the 

 wiogs and tail olive-green, the crown somewhat brighter than the 

 other parts ; lores and a stripe from the eye to the nape black, with 

 a yellowish supercilium above ; sides of head and lower plumage 

 dark ashy, suffused with white in places. 



The young bird has the whole upper plumage green with a ru- 

 fescent tinge ; the sides of the head and the whole lower plumage 

 dull olive- green. The black lores and postocular stripe with the 

 pale supercilium make their appearance very soon after the bird is 

 fledged. 



From the series of birds sexed by Hume in Manipur, it would 

 appear that young males assume the full plumage of the adult 

 female before the final change to that of the adult male. 



Legs, feet, and claws dull brown to pale, rather fleshy, brown ; 

 upper mandible and tip of lower deep to blackish brown ; rest of 

 lower mandible and gape dull wax-yellow to orange-horny : iris 

 deep brown (Hume) ; iris vermilion (Cripps). 



Length nearly 4 ; tail '8; wing 1*8 ; tarsus '95 ; bill from gape '6. 



Distribution. Nepal ; Sikhim ; Dibrugarh in Assam ; the Khasi 

 hills ; Manipur. This species appears to be found at comparatively 

 low levels, but no exact information on this point is available. 



