THE WHITE-BUOWED SHORT-WINa. 19 
Genus BEACHYPTEEYX, Horsf. 
17. BEACHYPTERYX NIPALENSIS. 
THE WHITE-BELLIED SHORT- WING. 
Brachypteryx nipalensis {Hodys.), Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 74 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. 
p. 494 ; Hume 8f Bav. S. F. vi. p. 236 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 93. 
Description. — Male. Upper plumage^ sides of head and neck dull 
cyaneous ; lores black bordered above by white, which is produced back 
over the eye ; tail duller blue ; wings brown, tinged with bluish on the 
outer webs ; chin and throat white ; breast ashy brown ; abdomen, vent and 
under tail-coverts white ; sides of abdomen and flanks dull blue. 
Female. Upper plumage, wings and tail rusty brown, the inner webs of 
the wing-quills plain brown; lores whitish ; a patch over the lores and eye 
white ; lower plumage whitish, tinged with rusty on the breast, sides of 
body and flanks. 
The young are like the female. 
Bill dark horny ; legs pale brown ; irides light brown. 
Length 4*5 inches, wing 2*5, tail I'4, bill at front '5; another was 5 
inches long and the tail 1:5. {Jerdon.) 
The White-bellied Short-wing was found by Mr. Davison near the 
summit of Mooleyit mountain in Tenasserim, where it was common. 
Strange to say, all the birds procured by him (males) were in the plumage 
of the females, and were probably young. 
It has been found in the Khasia hills and in Sikhim and Nipal. 
According to Mr. Davison, they keep entirely to the ground, hopping 
about amongst dead leaves and moss or on fallen trunks, picking up 
insects. They are found only in dense forests — by preference on the banks 
of streams. 
18. BRACHYPTERYX CRURALIS. 
THE WHITE-BEOWED SHORT- WING. 
Calliope cruralis, Bl. J. A. S. B. xii. p. 933. Brachypteryx cruralis, Jerd. B. 
Ind. i. p. 495; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 219; Wald. in Bl. B. Burm. p. 99; 
Hume, S. F. viii. p. 93. 
Description. — Male. The whole plumage dull blue, the wing-quills being 
mostly dull bluish brown on the outer webs and pale brown on the inner ; 
centre of the abdomen mixed with ashy ; lores black bordered above by 
white, which colour is produced back over the eye. 
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