THE PUNJAB, AMD SIND. 475 



512.— Calliope camtschatkensis, Gm. 



I shot one at Darjeeling in December. It came repeatedly 

 to the owrs call. 



514.— Cyanecula suecica, Lin. 



Not uncommon about Sukhur in the Tamarisk jungle. It 

 has a sweet song. 



526.— Horornis fortipes, Eodgs. 



This is common in Sikhim from Darjeeling to Punkabaree, 

 and all over Sikhim, I expect. 



Its habits are very Wren-like, and quite different from Dume- 

 ticola. The note is not unlike the " teack" of a reed-warbler. 

 It affects ground cover entirely. No bird came more readily 

 to the call than this. 



It is quite a distinct bird from my Horornis pallidus of the 

 North-West and Cashmere. I don't see any difference between 

 the genera Horornis and Horeites. These birds are one and 

 all Horornis. I examined Mandelli's example of Horornis Jlavi- 

 ventris ; it is a true Horornis. 



Dumeticola or Schcenicola tnandellii^ Brooks. — I examined 

 this bird again when at Darjeeling — one of the types, and a few 

 others. It is not S. hrunneipectus of Blyth. His bird I take 

 to be unspotted S. affinis, Hodgson. Blyth's original descrip- 

 tion is as follows : — 



" Dumeticola brunneipectus, Sp. Nov. 



Size and form of D. affmis, and the upper parts are of the 

 same uniform dark olive brown color; lores, chin and throat, 

 and middle of the belly pure white ; sides of the throat, breast, 

 flanks, and tibial plumes rufescent brown ; lower tail-coverts 

 brown, with broad pale tips, though considerably less broad 

 than are the white tips to the lower tail-coverts of D, aMnis. 



Hub.—'' Himalaya ?" 



Now it is to be noticed that my bird is a larger bird, with 

 a longer tail. 



It is not of the same " dark olive brown'' above as D. a^nis, 

 but much lighter and redder. It is not a spotless bird, but has 

 small spots on the breast, of a different character from those 

 of £>. ajffinis. In make and colour, it is closer to Tribura luteo- 

 ventris, Hodgson, than to B. affinis. I again contend that it is 

 a good species. I have not the slightest doubt about Blyth's 

 species being the unspotted form of I), affinis. All these birds, 

 except Tribura luteoventris, appear to have a spotted and an 

 unspotted stage. 



