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m the Collection is of a pinkish white or cream-colour : one is 

 profusely speckl-ed all over with brownish pink and grey, with a 

 zone of darker tint round the broad end ; the other is more sparingly 

 freckled with brownish pink and lilac and has, in addition, a faint 

 but well-defined wreath of lilac round the larger end and a f«w 

 larger spots, irregularly distributed all over the shell, of reddish 

 brown. These examples measure respectively: 1-16 by -82; 1-18 

 by -81. 



2. Pundaloya, Ceylon, 30th April. E. W. Antrim, Esij. [P.]. 



Genus BEACHYPTERYX, Horsf, 



Brachypteryx albiventris (Blanf.). 



Callene albiventris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. IS (1883). 

 Brachypteryx albiventris, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 185 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, A'ests ^ Bc/ffs Ind. Birds, i. p. 128 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 65 (1903). 



Until closely examined, the eggs of the White-bellied Short-wing 

 appear to be of a nearly uniform rich olive-brown tint, but the 

 ground-colour is greyish green, so densely mottled and clouded with 

 warm brown that it is hardly distinguishable. The three specimens 

 in the Collection have a slight darkening of the brown colour in the 

 form of a zone at the larger end. They are of a rather long oval 

 form, not very glossy, and measure respectively; '9 by •63; 

 -9 by -63 ; and -9 by -64. 



2. Palni Hills, S. India. Gould Coll. 



1. Palni Hills, April {S. B. Fairbanh). Hume Coll. 



Brachypteryx rufiventris (Jerd.). 



Callene rufiventris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 16 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat, Eiersamml. p. 50 (1899). 

 Eiachypteryx rufiventris, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 185 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Rume, Xests ^ Eygs Ind. Birds, i. p, 129 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-L iv. p. 56 (1903). 



Of the three eggs of the Eufous-bellied Short- wing in the 

 Collection, two resemble closely those of the preceding species, 

 B. albiventris, but the third is much less heavily coated with brown, 

 and shows a good deal of the greyish-green ground ; it also has 

 -several black hair-lines at the broad end. These eggs are long 

 in shape than those of the last-mentioned species, meaccJln^ 

 spectively : -95 by -61 ; -97 by -66 ; and -99 by -63. 



2. Nilghiri Hills, S.India, 18th June. Hume Coll. 



1. Csonoor, Nilghiri Hills. Hume Coll. 



