372 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED ON THE NILGHIRIS 
fulvous (might be more so in other specimens); central 
portion of the throat, and all but quite the lower part of the 
breast a rich rusty red; extreme lower breast, abdomen, vent, 
lower tail-coverts and axillaries white ; the bases of the feathers 
dusky, which showing through on the lower breast, and ex- 
treme upper abdomen, give a greyish tinge to these parts; 
wing-lining brownish white, margined with white; back 
slightly rufescent olive brown, most so on the rump ; upper tail- 
coverts intense ferruginous; tail feathers ferruginous, duller, 
and somewhat brown on the inner webs, and at the tips ; visible 
portion of coverts, except greater primary coverts, somewhat 
olivaceous rufescent ; quills and primary greater coverts rather 
dark hair brown ; the outer webs more or less suffused with 
the colours of the coverts. 
[323dis.—Erythrosterna parva, Bechst. The White- | 
tailed Robin Flycatcher. 
Occurs in Southern Mysore, at the foot of the Nilghiris on the 
Bangalore road, and probably all round the bases of the hills 
and on their lower slopes.—A. O. H.] 
339.—Callene rufiventris, Bly. The Rufous-bellied 
Short-wing. 
Inhabits the Nilghiris, Bramagherries, and other ranges 
in South India. It does not, I believe, go much below about 
6,000 feet elevation. It has much the habits of Brachypteryz, 
but even more than that species keeping to the denser 
portion of the undergrowth in evergreen forest. I can- 
not recall ever having seen it in the open. It keeps 
almost entirely to the ground, occasionally, however, when 
alarmed fiving up into a tree, but soon returning to the 
ground. Found in pairs usually, sometimes singly, and is very 
partial to densely-wooded ravines, especially if they are moist. 
The male has a very pleasing little song, but consisting only 
of a few notes. 
I measured a good many specimens. The followingis a 
resumé of the measurements :— 
Males.—Length, 6°6 to 6:8; expanse, 9°8 to 10:2; tail, 
2°4 to 2°6 ; wing, 3:0 to 3:2; tarsus, 1:15 to 1:2; bill from 
gape, 0°81 to 0°9 ; weight, 0°8 to 1:0 oz. 
Females.—Length, 6°35 to 6°» ; expanse, 9°4 to 9-9 ; tail, 
2°15 to 2°33; wings, 3:0 to 3:2; tarsus, 1°05 to 1°2; bill from 
gape, 0°8 to 0°82; weight, 0°8 to 0°82 oz. 
In both sexes the legs, feet, and claws pale fleshy brown ; 
bill black ; irides dark wood brown. 
The bird is of course a permanent resident where it occurs. 
