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rounded winj^s, and was placed by Horsfieid as a restricted Trodia- 

 lopteron. It has hitherto only been found in Nepal and Sikhini, but 

 I quite recently obtained it in the Khasia hills, where not un- 

 common. 



421. Trochalopteron rufogulare, Gould. 



Tanthocincla, apud GoL'ld, P. Z. S., 18H1 — Blytit, Cat. 482 

 — HoKSF., Cat. 303 — Cinclos. rufimenta, Wo'DG^O'H —Narbigivan- 

 pho, Lepch. 



The Rufous-chinned Laughing-thrush. 



Descr. — Above olive-brown, broadly lunated with black ; the 

 entire cap black ; tail dark rufcscent olivaceous, unspotted, but 

 with a doul)le baud of black and rusty at the tip ; winolet, and 

 outer edges of the primaries, bluish, the last white tipped ; the 

 long coverts of the wings tipped with black, barwise ; a pale white 

 roundish spot before the eyes, and a broad lonixitudinal black patch 

 behind the gape, extending under and behind the ear-coverts, 

 which are olive rufcscent; beneath, the chin is rusty; the throat 

 white (rusty in some individuals, the females?) ; breast and belly 

 pale smoky grey, with black drops ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 rusty ; the lower part of the flanks and thighs olive-brown. 



Bill horny yellow ; legs fleshy brown ; orbitar skin blue. Length 

 10 inches; extent 10|; wing 3^; tail 4|- ; bill at front not | ; 

 tarsus If. The bill is somewhat straighter than in the others, and 

 very indistinctly notched. 



This bird is found throughout the whulc extent of the Hima- 

 layas, from Bootan to Cashmere, and also in the Khasia hills. 

 It is not common at Darjeeling, and I found it at from 5,000 to 

 8,000 feet. Ilutton obtained the nest and eggs at Mussooree in 

 May. The eggs are white ; a color rare, but not unknown, in this 

 group, vide p. 35. Adams states that it is common in the dense 

 jungles of the lower Himalayan ranges in the N. W., and around 

 the vale of Cashmere. It is generally seen in flocks, and its call 

 is loud and harsh. 



The next bird stands alone in its coloration, and is perhaps the 

 richest colored in the family. 



