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Key to Species and Subspecies. 
A. Crown and crest white. 
a. Upper breast white, distinctly defined 
from rufous of lower breast and 
abdomen ameieile tec os feelers G, 1. leucolophus, p. 146. 
b. Breast white, merging into rufous of 
AVAOMEM oe ees esi c's oe) omens G. l. belangeri, p. 148. 
c. Breast and entire abdomen white...... G. 1. diardi, p. 148. 
B. Crest not present, crown not white. 
d. A well-marked black pectoral band. 
a’. A black cheek-stripe. 
Gio LAPS LOUbadleWIILe.., 5)... aicte pilin G. p. pectoralis, p. 150. 
G15 MUGS aba IO UTILS, ie. -io oc iere eee G. p. semitorquata, p. 151. 
b'. No black cheek-stripe. 
Gln Tips to hall wit 250i.) ssc G. m. moniliger, p. 151. 
Gi ea pSaLOvallDUE (co. %. Gs patetele eee G. m. fuscata, p. 152. 
e. No pectoral band. 
ce’. Chin and throat yellow .......... G. gularis, p. 102. 
d', Chin and throat white. 
el sRanentirely. black.) cjaeeneeler G. delesserti, p. 149. 
f'. Tail tipped with white. 
Pr oky d UEy oc) dae aM RR PERS erence 3 G. a. albogularis, p. 153. 
Bee aller... tot, sch eek octane G. a. whistleri, p. 154. 
e’. Shin and throat chocolate-brown ..  G. strepitans, p. 154. 
(128) Garrulax leucolophus leucolophus. 
Tue HIMALAYAN WHITE-CRESTED LAUGHING-THRUSH. 
Corvus leucolophus Hardw., Trans. Linn. Soc., xi, p. 208 (1815) 
(Mt. above Hardwar). 
Garrulax leucolophus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 77. 
Vernacular names. Rawil-Kahy (Hindi in N.W.P.); Karrio-pho 
(Lepcha) ; Karria-goka (Bhutan) ; Naga-dhaopooleka (Assam) ; 
Dao-flantu (Cachari). 
Description. Lores, ear-coverts and round the eye black; the 
rest of the head to nape and to lower breast pure white, the 
longest feathers of the crest dark ashy-grey ; a ferruginous collar 
below upper breast merging into the olive-brown of the rest of 
upper and lower plumage; wings brown, the outer webs of the 
feathers like the back; tail brown washed with olive-brown ; 
flanks, lower breast and abdomen like the back, but with a tinge of 
rufous throughout. 
Colours of soft parts. Ivis red or red-brown; bill horny-black 
to black; legs and feet slate to fleshy-grey, the soles paler and 
claws darker; orbital skin dull slate. 
Measurements. Length about 300 mm.; wing 132 to 137 mm. ; 
tail about 130 to 135 mm.; tarsus about 45 mm.; culmen about 
28 to 30 mm. 
Distribution. Himalayas from Simla to North Chin Hills, 
Kachin Hills and North and Central Burma. 
