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parts light coloured. It makes a cup'shaped nest and lays three or 



(No. 72. G. pectcralis.) 



four light-blue eggs. 



THE NECKLACED LAUfiHING THRUSH- 



This species is very like the last, but is smaller, being 12 inches 

 in length and has not the black cheek stripe. It lays pale-blue eggs 

 in a cup-shaped nest. Both the above are fairly common in suitable 

 localities. They look very like European thrushes as they fly away 

 from one, but these laughing thrushes have nothing in common 

 except their name^ with the true thrushes, which are a distinct 

 familv. 



(No. 73. G, moniliger.) 



THE BLACK-THROATED LAUGHINS THRUSH. 



This is not exactly a common bird in any part of the country 

 except in the hills round Toungoo and at I'handoung where it is 

 plentiful ; it is also found in the Shan Stales, and extends into 

 China. It has a series of fine notes which can hardlv l;>e called a 

 sonor, and is, I believe, one of the favourite cage birds of Southern 

 China. 



Its neck and throat are black ; cheeks and forehead white; head 

 and nape slaty-blue ; upper plumage dark olive-brown, and it is about 

 e'even inches in length. It builds the regular family ty| e of nest 

 and lays pure white eggs. 



(No. 6 j. D. cbinensis.) 



THE WHBTE BROWED LAUSHING THRUSH. 



The White -browed Laughin.g Thrush is a bird of the hills, and is 

 common in the Shan Stat2s, both at Taunggyi and Maymyo, and 

 especi-ihy so at Smlum-Kaba. In size it is a b t smaller than the 

 last, and is a brown bird with a yellowish-white eyebrow. In length 

 it is about ten inches long, and has its cheeks and eye-brow yellow- 

 ish white, head, neck and throat chestnut brown, upper pmmage 

 olive brown, under parts lighter, tail rufous-brown and under the 

 same a bright chestnut. It is extremely noisy at times, but in a 

 complaining sort of way, especially towards evening when they collect 

 togttl.er before going to bed, and from their notes one would think 

 that the day had not been particularly successful ; they have not the 

 joly sort of laughing note like the white-crested gentleman. 



'1 hey bre^d in April and May making a cup-shaped nest and lay 

 three or four pale blue or white eggs. 



Kachine name — y(ojroxi\ and SJiong-shay, 

 (No. 69. P. sannio.J 



