Descriptive List of Birds 



cheek. Grey ring round eye. Rest of upper 

 plumage olive-brown. Narrow white bar near 

 edge of wing. Chin and upper throat red ; 

 lower throat white. Rest of lower parts ashy- 

 brown. Gregarious. Mussoorie is the only 

 hill station at which I have found it common. 

 It occurs in the vicinity of Darjeeling and in 

 the dense woods of the lower hills of Kashmir. 



20. Trochalopterum erythrocephalum : The 

 Red-headed Laughing-Thrush. F. 82, J. 415, 

 + III. W. Top of head chestnut. Lower 

 part of cheeks, chin and upper throat dark 

 chocolate — almost black. Rest of plumage 

 olive-brown, with some bright golden-yellow 

 in the wing. 



This gregarious bird has a curious plaintive 

 call, which sounds like -poor-wee-wee. The 

 second wee is very high-pitched. 



In summer this bird is not often seen below 

 7000 feet. I have noticed it on Lariakanta at 

 Naini Tal. It occurs in the higher woods 

 near Simla and Dharmsala. A great skulker. 



21. Trochalopterum nigrimentum : The 

 Western Yellow-winged Laughing-Thrush. 

 F. 85, J. 416, III. E. 



Feathers of forehead reddish with black 

 shafts ; those of rest of head grey with black 

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