CHELLDOKin N \. 51 



Genus CHELIDORHYNX, Hodgs., 1844. 



The genus CTididorhynx contains only one species of Flycatcher 

 remarkable for the shape of its bill, which is short and pointed, 

 and \\hen viewed from above forms a perfect equilateral triangle. 



Fig. 21. Bill of C. hypoxanthum, 



The rictal bristles are extremely numerous and long. The tail is 

 of about the same length as the wing, rounded, and with the shafts 

 thickened and white. The sexes are quite alike. 



603. Chelidorhynx hypoxanthum. The Yellow-bellied 

 Flycatcher. 



Rhipidura liypoxanllia, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 936 (1843); id. 

 Cat. p. 205. 



Chelidorhynx hypoxantlia (Bl.~), Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 147 ; Jerd. 

 B. I. i, p. 455; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 47; Hume, N. $ 

 E. p. 204 ; Hume, Cat. no. 294 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 275 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. M. iv, p. 279/Oates, B. B. i, p. 269; id. in Hume's N. 

 $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 30. 



The Yellow-bellied I 1 ant ail, Jerd. ; Sitte kleotn, Lepch. 



Coloration. A broad band on the forehead, continued back as a 

 broad supercilium, and the whole lower plumage bright yellow ; 

 lores, feathers round the eye, cheeks, and ear-coverts dark brown, 

 tinged with green, the shafts of the latter part whitish ; tail brown, 

 with conspicuous white shafts and all the feathers except the 

 middle pair tipped white ; upper plumage and wing-coverts olive- 

 brown, the greater coverts tipped with white; wings brown, edged 

 with the colour of the back. 



I have not been able to examine a young bird. 



Bill black above, the lower mandible yellow; iris brown; gape 

 orange; feet brownish (Scull 11). 



Length about 4-7; tail 2-3; wing 2*1; tarsus *6; bill from 

 gape -4. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Simla to Assam up to 12,000 

 feet; the Khasi hills; Manipur; the hills east of Toungngoo in 

 IVini. This species appears to be a permanent resident wherever 

 it is found. 



llnl/it*, ijj-c. According to Blanf ord this Flycatcher is usually 

 seen in small flocks hunting about trees. The nest appears to be 

 a deep cup made of moss, hair, wool, &c., built on the branch of a 

 trt.v, and the eggs white without spots. 



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