Common Birds of Eastern Himalayas 



THE CRATEROPODID.E OR BABBLER 

 FAMILY 



Since most species of babblers are notoriously 

 birds of limited distribution, it is not surprising 

 that the kinds common in the Eastern Hima- 

 layas should not be the same as those that are 

 abundant west of Nepal. 



10. Garrulax leucolopbus. The Himalayan 

 white-crested laughing-thrush. This is the 

 Eastern counterpart of the white-throated 

 laughing-thrush (Garrulax albigularis). This 

 species has a large white crest. It goes about 

 in flocks of about a score. The members of the 

 flock scream and chatter and make discordant 

 sounds which some might deem to resemble 

 laughter. 



1 1. Iantbocincla ocellata. The white-spotted 

 laughing-thrush. This is the Eastern counter- 

 part of Iantbocincla rufigularis. It has no 

 white in the throat, and the upper plumage is 

 spotted with white. It is found only at high 

 elevations in summer. 



12. Trochalopterum cbrysopterum. The east- 

 ern yellow-winged laughing-thrush. This is 



perhaps the most common bird about Dar- 

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