12. TROCHALOPTERUM. 3G7 



centres ; primarj'-coverts black, forming a wing-patch ; quills 

 blackish, the primaries cxternalh' lavender-grey, the secondaries 

 externally ashy olive like the back for two thirds of their length, 

 the remaining third blackish like the inner web, witli a terminal 

 border ot' white ; tail-feathers ashy olive tipped with white, before 

 which is a broad subterminal band of black ; crown of head black, 

 forming a cap ; feathers at base of nostrils also black ; lores, feathers 

 round the eye, and a broad eyebrow ashy whitish, separated from 

 the car-coverts by a narrow line of black ; ear-coverts ashy whitish, 

 fringed behind with isabelline feathers having dusky bases ; checks 

 and sides of neck isabelHne brown, spotted with longitudinal black 

 centres, with a black patch below the eye ; under surface of body 

 isabelline buff, whiter on the throat, wliich has a few narrow lines 

 of black ; centre of abdomen paler ; thighs and under tail-coverts 

 ochraceous buff like the lower flanks, axillaries, and under wing- 

 coverts ; lower series of the latter dusky brown, as also the quills 

 below, the latter ashy brown along the inner web. Total length 

 8-5 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-25, tail 3-9, tarsus 1-3. (3Ius. H. H. 

 God win- Austen.) 

 Hah. Munipur. 



11. Trochalopterum squamatum. 



lanthocincla sqnamata, Gould, P. Z.'S. 1835, p. 48; Jard. 8f Selby, 



III. Orn. new series, pi. iv. (183U). 

 Cinclosoma melanurum, Jlodys. Asiat. Research, xix. p. 147 (1836); 



id. Icon. ined. in Brit. Miis., Passi'res, pis. 169, 170. tig. 2 (no. 376). 

 Garrulax squamatus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 951 (1843), xiv. 



p. 599 (1845) ; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 96 (1849). 

 Trochalopteron melanurum, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 



(1844). 

 Trochalopteron squamatum, Grag, Cat. Manun. etc. Nepal pres. 



Hodgs. p. 83 (1846); id. Gen. B. i. p. 226 (184G); Bp. Cons2). i. 



p. 372 (1850); Horsf. c^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mm. i. p. 211 



(1854) ; Jerd. B. Lid. ii. p. 46 (1863) ; Grag, Iland-l. B. i. p. 282, 



no. 4177 (1869); Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 306 ; Iltane, Kests &■ Eggs 



Ind. B. p. 200 (1873) ; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 97. 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-browu, each feather very 

 distinctly edged with black ; the crown rather lighter olive-brown, 

 with narrower black edges, sides of crown bordered by a black 

 stripe ; least and median wing-coverts like the back, and edged 

 with black in the same way ; greater coverts externally ferru- 

 ginous ; bastard-wing feathers black, externally blue-grey ; primary- 

 coverts black ; quills black, externally blue-grey, the secondaries 

 ferruginous on the outer web, the inner ones washed externally 

 with olive-brown ; upper tail-coverts dark chestnut ; tail-feathers 

 black, tipped with ferruginous, extending a little way along the 

 outer web, the centre feathers washed with olive, and dull chestnut 

 near the base ; lores fulvescent ; ear-coverts uniform dusky olive- 

 brown ; cheeks, throat, and under surface of body rufescent brown, 

 more fulvous in the centre of the body, all the feathers margined 

 with black, the flanks rather browner; under tail-coverts chestnut ; 



