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bamboo and was of the usual type, being made entirely of bamboo leaves lined 

 with finje grass ard measured G" Kb" outside and 3^"x'2i" inside. 



Egga.—k bright glo=sy blue, rather long and pointed, measuring r26x'84. 



* (G7) Dkyonastes sannio, (Swinh.)— (The White- browed Laughing 

 Thrush.) 

 Kacliin 7ii7ne. — Shong-shay, and Wo-Frow. 



Is the commonest bird of its family in the Hills, and very noisy in the 

 mornings and the evenings with its harsh complaining notes. 



Nesting. — It is an early breeder ; many nests found in April had young 

 birds. All the nests found by me in the Kachin Hills were placed near the 

 ground, either in bramble bushes or in thick grass, and not in saplings as those 

 found in the Southern Shan States. 



It lays two types of eggs, the commonest being a pale blue-green, the other 

 which seems to be laid later in the season, a pure glossy white. 



Eggs. — Of two types, one a glossy pale blue-green, the oiher a very glossy 

 white. Average of ten eggs 1*04 x*75, largest 1-08, smallest -97 x *7U. The 

 eggs have an unmistakable shape, being rather blunted at the small end. 



rey) Gaurulax leucolophus, (Hardw.) — (The Himalayan White-crested 



Laughing Thrush.) 

 Recorded by Col. Rippon. 

 (70) Garrulax belangeri, Lsss. — (The Burmese White-crested Laugh- 

 ing Thrush.) 

 Recorded by Mr. Gates. 



I saw several birds of one or other of the above in the low hills when out 

 after pheasants but did not collect any specimens. They do not seem to 

 extend up the hills to any height. 



(72) Garrulax fectobalis, (Gould.) — (The Black-gorgeted Laughing 



Thrush.) 

 Only found in the lower hills. 



(73) Garrulax moniliger, (Hodgs.) — (The Necklaced Laughing Thiush.) 

 Recorded by S ilvadori. Have since procured it near Bhamo Station. 



\81c) Bai'.ax yunnanensis, Rif.p.. Bull. B. O. C. Vol XII, page 96. 



(7Vans.) '' Like B. lanceolate, but cheek-stripe at the base of the bill chestnut, 

 not blank. Total kngth about 10-3, culmen 1*1, wing 3*6, tail 4*35, tarsus 

 1-35." 



Tliis is decidedly a rare bird, the Kachins not having any name for it. It 

 seems to prefer more or less open hill-sides covered with brambles and grass. 

 I found three nests, that on the 23id April containing four eggs, the 1st May 

 three eggs, the 7th May four eggs, securing the parent bird on each occasion. 



The nes's were all similarly placed near the gipund in bramble bushes on a 

 more or less open hill-side, and were of the usual babbler type. 



Egqs. — A rich blue matching in colour some eggs of T. sqvawatum I have 

 from Asiarn. Average of nine eggs 1-06 x "8, largest 1-14 xS"), smallest 1-04 x '75, 

 Babax lanceolatus, (Verr.) — Cat. Birds, Vol. VII, p. 352. 



