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reddish ochre, and the crown of the head is of a uniform colour 

 with the back. In other respects it has a strong resemblance 

 to our bird. 



43. Garrulax p(ecilorhynchus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, 

 p. 281. 



This is a commoner bird than the last in the forest-ranges near 

 Tamsuy, but, like it, never descends to the lower unsheltered 

 hills. It is a noisy, chattering species, assembling several together 

 in the underwood, and keeping up an incessant jabbering, with 

 frequent loud, discordant cries interspersed. It is sly and vigi- 

 lant, and tries to elude observation, generally escaping from the 

 opposite side of the bush it is in, with short flights to the next, 

 and so retreating from approach. In the Cinclosoma caruleatiim, 

 Hodgs. As. Res. xix. p. 147, from Nepal, we have a close repre- 

 sentative of this species, with similar brown upper plumage and 

 scaly head ; but that species is easily distinguished from ours by 

 the white on its under parts. 



Length 10| in. ; wing 5; tail 5^; tarsi 1^. Wing having 

 the 6th feather rather the longest, the 7th slightly shorter, 

 and the 5th rather shorter again. Bill : not quite the entire 

 apical half bright ochre-yellow with a greenish tinge; basal 

 portion greyish black. Legs brownish grey, with light-browuish 

 soles and brown nails. Sexes alike. General plumage a 

 bright reddish brown, redder on the head, tertiary edges, and 

 tail. There are some black bristles about the bill, and the ear 

 is covered by coarse, bristly, black feathers. The feathers of 

 the head are narrowly margined with black ; the primary and 

 secondary quills deep brown on the inner webs and shafts, 

 their margins, especially those of the former, being paler than 

 the general colour. Tail obscurely barred with a shade of brown, 

 more distinctly when the feathers are new, but the bars almost 

 entirely fading away with wear ; the two outer feathers termina- 

 ting with pale, almost whitish spots ; outermost feather \-^ in. 

 shorter than central. Belly and flanks deep smoke-grey, 

 brownish on the tibiae ; vent bufi"-white. Under wings brown ; 

 under shafts of wings and tail whitish. 



