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white ; the rest of the bodv briii;ht rufous, olivaceous on the flanks 

 and lower tall-coverts. 



Bill black ; legs dusky greenish ; irides fine red. Length 9^ 

 inches ; wing oj^j ; tail 4 ; bill at front ~ ; tarsus 1§. 



This noisy bird is abundant in all the woods on the summit of 

 the Neilgherries, and its loud laughing call is often heard when 

 the bird itself remains unseen. I have found it nowhere else than 

 on the Neilgherries, but it very probably will be found on the top 

 of the Pulneys, Animalies, and other high ranges of Southern India. 



Like others of the genus, it lives in small scattered Hocks, forag- 

 ing about the thick brushwood. It often wanders apparently 

 alone, though at no great distance from tlie flock, with whom it 

 keeps up a communication as a signal of the direction it is going, 

 or, perhaps, of the abundance of food obtained. On being 

 watched they hop and climb up tlie stems and thick branches of 

 the nearest tree, never however ascending to the tops of trees. 

 They feed partly on the ground, and partly on bushes ; and their 

 chief food appears to be fruit, especially that of the Physalis 

 peruviana, so perfectly acclimatized on the Neilgherries ; but they 

 occasionally eat caterpillars and other insects. The nest is made of 

 roots and moss, and the eggs are blue, with a few brownish spots. 



I was in error in stating in my Illustrations of Indian Ornithology 

 that the eggs were white, for, on the occasion alluded to, I mistook 

 the bird (of which I had only a hurried glance) ; it was the 

 Pomatorhinus Horsjieldii whose nest I then obtained, as I had 

 afterwards several opportunities of confirming. 



424. Trochalopteron Jerdoni, Blyth. 



Garrulax, apud Blyth, J. A S., XX. 522. 



The Banasore Laughing-thrush. 



Descr. — Above olivaceous ; the head bluish, passing to dull ashy 

 on the nape ; white supercilia ; lores black, less developed tlian in 

 cacliinnans ; fore-neck and breast pale ashy, passing to whitish on 

 the ear-coverts ; middle of the abdomen rufous ; flanks and under 

 tail-coverts olivaceous. 



Bill black; legs horny; irides red. Length 8| inches; wing 

 3-"jj ; tail 3| ; tarsus l^j^. 



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