23. GAURULAX. 445 



thighs orauge-rufous ; axilluries and under wing-coverts light orange- 

 rufous ; quills duskj' brown below, light rufous along the margin 

 of the inner web ; " bill brown, with the base of the lower mandible 

 whitish ; feet leaden blue, claws whitish ; iris chestnut "' (A. Djvid). 

 Total length 11 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 5-15, tail 5-1, tarsus 1-75. 



The adult female resembles the male, according to Abbe David, 

 who also notices that the ear-coverts are sometimes more or less 

 black, as is usual in this section of the Laughing Thrushes. 



Hah. The well-wooded mountains of the Chinese provinces of 

 Chekiang and Fokicn. 



a. Ad. sk. North China. — Fortune, Esq. [C.]. 



b, c. Ad. sli. Niiigpo. Pi. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



11. Garrulax galbanus. 



GaiTulax galbanus, Gochvin-Austen, P.Z.S. 1874, p. 44, pi. 10; 

 id. J. A. S. Benff.xVni. p. 162 (1874) ; Hume, Str. F. ]87o, p. 394 ; 

 id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 9(3. 



Adult. General colour above olive-brown, with a tinge of ochra- 

 ceous on the mantle and rump ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills 

 brown, externally like the back, the inner secondaries entirelj' of 

 the latter colour, the primaries externally edged with ashy olive ; 

 four centre tail-feathers ashy washed with olive, with a broad 

 blackish-brown band, beyond which is a narrow ashy tip ; all the 

 other feathers broadly tipped with white, before which is a shade of 

 blackish brown, the basal portion being ashy ; head light ashy 

 brown, extending onto the hind neck and sides of neck, the latter 

 washed with ochreous ; forehead and feathers over the eye black, 

 separated from the crown by a narrow line of hoary grej- ; lores, 

 feathers below the eye, ear-coverts, feathers at base of lower man- 

 dible and chin black ; remainder of cheeks, throat, and fore neck 

 ochreous buff ; remainder of under surface of body yellowish buff, 

 becoming paler towards the thighs and under tail-coverts, which 

 are white ; sides of body and flanks ashj' brown ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries like the sides ; quills light brown below, 

 whitish along the basal edge of the inner web; "bill black; legs 

 ash-grej' ; iris red-brown" (Godwin-Austen). Total length 7'7o 

 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 3'6, tail 3"8, tarsus 1-3. 



Hah. Munipur hills. 



a. Ad. sk. Sauting, Munipur. Col. Godwin- Austen [P.]. 



12. Garnilax gularis. 



lantliocincia gulaiis, McC/cH. P. Z.S. isgy, p. lo9. 

 Crateropus gularis, Blyth, J. A. S. Ben;/, xi. p. 179 (184:?). 

 Garrulax gularis, Blyth, J. A. S. Ben';/, xii. p. 949 (184.3) : id. Cat. 



B. Mm. A.^. Soc.,'App. p. .337 (1849) ; Cab. in Ersch ^S- Gruber, 



Ally. Enci/cl. Baud 55, p. (il (1852) ; Homf. S)- Moore, Cat. B. F.I. 



Co. Mus.'i. p. 203(1854); Jcrd. Ibis, 1872, p. 413; Hume, Str. F. 



1875, p. 412, 1879, p. 96. 

 Pterocyclus gularis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 283, uo. 4183 (1869). 



