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Kei/ to Species a ad Subspecies . 



A. Crown and crest white. . 



a. Upper breast white, distinctl}' defined 



from rufous of lower breast and 



abdomen G.l. hitcolophus, p. 146. 



b. Breast white, merging into rufous of 



abdomen G. I. helawjeri, p. 1 48. 



c. Breast and entire abdomen white G.l. diardi, p. 148. 



B. Crest not present, crown not white. 



d. A well-marked black pectoral band. 

 a' . A black cheek-stripe. 



a" . Tips to tail white G.p. pecturalis, p. 150. 



}/'. Tips to tail bull' G.j}. semitorquaia, p. 151. 



h' . No black cheek-stripe. 



c" . Tips to tail wliite G. m. moniliger, p. 151. 



d'. Tips to tail buff G. m. fuscnta, p. 152. 



e. No pectoral band. 



c'. Chin and throat yellow G. (/t/laris, p. 152. 



d'. Chin and throat white. 



e". Tail entirely black G. delesserti, p. 149. 



/'. Tail tipped with white. 



«'". Darker G. a. albof/ularis, p. 153. 



h'". I'aler G. a. tvhistleri, p. 154. 



e'. Chin and tliroat chocolate-brown .. G. strepitans, -p. irA. 



(128) Garrulax leucolophus leucolophns. 



The Himalayan White-crested Lauuhing-Tueush. 



CorvMS leucolophus Hardw., Trans. Linn. See, xi, p. 208 (1815) 



(Mt. above Hardwar). 

 Garndax leucolopJms. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 77. 



Vernacularnames. Raivil- Kaliy (KiwAi iuN.W.P.); Karrio-pho 

 (Lepcha) ; Karria-fjoha (Bhiitau) ; Naga-dhaopoolelca (Assam) ; 

 Dao-flantu (Cachari). 



Description. Lores, ear-coverts and round the eye black ; the 

 rest of the head to nape and to lower breast pure white, the 

 longest feathers of the crest dark ashy-grey; a ferruginous collar 

 below upper breast merging into the olive-bro\^ n of the rest of 

 upper and lower plumage ; wings brown, the outer webs of the 

 feathers like the back ; tail brown washed with olive-brown ; 

 flanks, lower breast and abdomen like the back, but with a tinge of 

 rufous throughout. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris red or red-brown ; bill horny-black 

 to black ; legs and feet slate to fleshy-grey, the soles paler and 

 claws darker ; orbital skin dull slate. 



Measurements. Length about 300 mm. ; wing 132 to 137 mm. ; 

 tail about 130 to 135 mm.; tarsus about 45 mm.; culmen about 

 28 to 30 mm. 



Distribution. Himalayas from Simla to North Chin Hills, 

 Kachin Hills and North and Central Burma. 



