490 BIKDS OF INDIA. 



Other recorded species of Brachypteryx are B. Palisseri, 

 Kelaart, from Ceylon ; B. tnontana, of Java, already alluded to ; 

 and B. albifrons, Boie, apud Bon., also from Java. B. leiicopJirys, 

 T., B. leptura, Kuhl, B. superciliaris, Verreaux, apud Bonaparte, 

 and perhaps several of the Myiotherm of Temminck, may perhaps 

 belong to this group, rather than to the Timaline series. Mnscicapa 

 longipes of Lesson, Voyage de Coquille, pi. 19, appears, both from 

 form and coloration, to be a Brachypteryx. 



Gen. Callene, Blyth. 



Syn. Cinclidium, olim, Blyth. 



Char. — Bill shorter than the head, straight, slender, higher than 

 broad, with the ridge acute ; lower gonys ascending ; nares par- 

 tially impended by some short half-reflected feathers ; gape with 

 a few small setce ; wings and tail rounded ; the 4tli, 5th, and 6th 

 quills equal and longest; legs and feet slender; tarsus long; middle 

 toe long ; claws not much curved. 



This genus differs from Brachypteryx, to which it is nearly allied, 

 in its larger and stronger bill, more developed tail, and the some- 

 what scale-like character of the plumage. 



339. Callene rufiventris, Blyth. 



Phrenicura major, Jerdon, Suppl. Cat. 109 bis. — Blyth, Cat. 

 1054. 



The Rufous-bellied Short-wing. 



Descr. — Plumage generally dark slaty-cinereous; belly, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts ochrey-yellow, passing into white. 



Bill black ; legs dirty reddish ; irides brown. Length 7 inches ; 

 wing Sy^y; tail 2y^^; bill at front l^; tarsus 1/^,. 



I first described this bird as a PhcBnicura, and Blyth afterwards 

 transferred it to Brachypteryx ; but it certainly belongs to the 

 same genus as the next bird, as since placed by Mr. Blyth, who 

 found it necessary to change the specific name given by myself, 

 as it is not so large as the next species. Inhabits the Ncilgherries. 



340. Callene frontalis, Blyth. 



Cinclidium apud Blyth, J. A. S., XL, 181 andXIL, 954, with 

 figure— Blyth, Cat. 1053— Horsf., Cat. App. 644. 



