Birds of the Indian Hills 



jeeling. Parties hop about the roads pick- 

 ing up unconsidered trifles. 



The forehead is grey, as is much of the 

 remaining plumage. The back of the head 

 is bright chestnut. The throat is chestnut- 

 brown. The wings are chestnut and bright 

 yellow. 



13. Trocbalopterum squamatum. The blue- 

 winged laughing-thrush. This is another 

 common bird. Like all its clan it goes about 

 in flocks. Its wings are chestnut and blue. 



14. Grammatoptila striata. The striated 

 laughing-thrush. A common bird, but as it 

 keeps to dense foliage it is heard more often 

 than seen. Of its curious cries Jerdon likens 

 one to the clucking of a hen which has just 

 laid an egg. The tail is chestnut. The rest 

 of the plumage is umber brown, but every 

 feather has a white streak along the middle. 

 These white streaks give the bird the striated 

 appearance from which it obtains its name. 



15. Pomatorhinus erythrogenys. The rusty- 

 cheeked scimitar-babbler. 



16. Pomatorhinus schisticeps. The slaty- 

 headed scimitar-babbler. This is easily dis- 

 tinguished from the foregoing species by its 



conspicuous white eyebrow. 

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