DRYONASTES. 14f 
a chorus from the rest urging each to do his best. They are not 
very shy, but from their habit of feeding on the ground in thick 
scrub are more often heard than seen. ‘They appear never to be 
found in the plains and probably never over about 3,000 feet. 
(122) Dryonastes chinensis leucogenys. 
THE Brack-THROoATED LAauGHine-THrRUuUSH. 
Crateropus leucogenys Blyth, J. A.S.B., xi, p. 180 (1842) (Upper 
Bengal, in errore), 
Dryonastes chinensis. Blant. & Oates, i, p. 74. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Crown and nape slaty-blue, the anterior portion of 
the crown streaked with white; cheeks and ear-coverts white ; 
remainder of head to upper breast black; upper plumage and 
exposed parts of the wings rich olive-brown, outer webs of first 
primaries silvery-grey; tail olive-brown, the terminal quarter 
black; breast, sides of neck and upper abdomen ashy-grey ; 
remainder of lower surface olive-brown. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris red; bill black; mouth and eyelids 
plumbeous ; legs fleshy-brown ; claws horn-colour. 
Measurements. Total length about 280 to 290 mm.; wing 110 
to 115 mm.; tail about 115 to 120 mm.; culmen about 22 mm. 
Distribution. The Southern Shan States, Tounghoo to the. 
southern half of Pegu, Yunnan, ? South-West China. 
Nidification unknown. Harington’s eggs are very doubtful. 
Habits. Harington says that this is a very common bird at 
Tounghoo. It has a series of fine notes which can hardly be 
called a song as well as many of the harsher notes of the genus. 
In general its habits are much those of the rest of the family. 
It is a favourite cage-bird in China. 
The bird from 8.W. China is probably Robinson and Kloss’s 
new subspecies germaint. 
I designate the type locality of lewcogenys as Meetan, Pegu. 
(123) Dryonastes cerulatus cerulatus. 
Tur GReEY-sIDED LAuGHING-THRUSH. 
Cinclosoma cerulatus Hodgs., As. Res., xix, p. 147 (1836) (Nepal). 
Dryonastes cerulatus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 75. 
Vernacular names. V’arma-pho (Lepcha); Piang-kam (Bhut.). 
Description. Forehead, the upper part of the cheeks and round 
the eye black; ear-coverts black above, whitish tipped with rufous 
below ; upper plumage and sides of neck rufous-brown, brighter 
on the greater coverts, the outer webs of the quills and on the 
head, the feathers of which have narrow edges of black; rump 
