178 TIMALIID^^. 



abdomen rufous ; sides, thighs and under tail-coverts olivaceous 

 brown, under wing-coverts rufous. 



Colours of soft parts. Bill horny black ; legs, feet and claws 

 light brown or slaty-brown ; iris crimson. 



Measurements. Length about 215 to 230 mm. ; wing 80 to 

 83mm.; tail about 90 mm. ; tarsus about 32 mm.; culmen about 

 18 mm. 



Distribution. The Coorg and Wynaad Hills above 4,000 feet. 

 Mr. Morgan gives the Palghtlt Hills and the Chinua Coonoor 

 Ghat as a part of its range, but these have not been confirmed. 



Nidification. Not recorded. 



Habits. Similar to those of T. c. cachitinans. 



(168) Trochalopterum jerdoni fairbanki. 

 The Teayancorb Laughing-Theush. 



Trochalopterum faxrhanM Blanf. J. A. S. B., xxxvii, 2, p. 175 (1868) 

 (Palni Hills) ; Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 99. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Differs from the Banasore Laughing-Thrush in 

 having the forehead, crown and nape black or nearly so ; the chin 

 and cheeks ashy-grey instead of black and the lower parts a much 

 brighter rufous. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris dark red or red-brown {Fairhanlc). 



Measurements. Length about 225 to 230 mm. ; wing about 87 to 

 90 mm. ; tail about 92 to 95 mm. ; tarsus about 32 mm. ; culmen 

 about 20 mm. 



Distribution. The Palni and AnnamuUi Hills in S. Travancore. 



Nidification. Fairbank took the nest of this bird at Kodai- 

 kanal in the Palni Hills in May, and I have received three clutches 

 fi'omthe collection of the late Rev. Howard Campbell as cachinnans, 

 taken at the same place and evidently those of fairhanlci. They 

 were taken iu Februar}^ April and May, and are indistinguishable 

 from those of the former Laughing-Thrush. They measure about 

 25-8 X 19-3 mm. 



Habits. Similar to those of cachinnans. This Laughing-Thrush 

 is found from 3,000 up to 7,000 feet or rather liigher. 



(169) Trochalopterum jerdoni meridionals. 



Blanfoed's Laughing-Theush. 



TrocJiah pteron meridionale Blanf., Hume, S. F., vii, p. 36 (1878) 

 (Travancore) ; Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 100. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Differs from the Banasore Laughing-Thrush in 

 having a much shorter white supercilium with no black lines 



