154 TIMALIID ®. 
(133) Garrulax albogularis whistleri. 
THE WESTERN WHITE-THROATED LAUGHING-THRUSH, 
Garrulax albogularis whistlert Stuart Baker, Bull. B. O. C., xlii, 
p- 29 (1921) (Simla). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Differs from true alboyularis in having the upper 
parts paler, more grey and less red, in having the red of the under 
parts paler and duller, and in being distinctly bigger. 
Colours of soft parts as in the last bird. 
Measurements. Wing 132 (very abraded) to 144, average 139 
mim. ; other measurements in proportion. 
Distribution. Himalayas from the Hazara country to Garhwal. 
Nidification. Breeds at all ranges between 4,000 and 9,000 feet 
in May and June, making a cup-shaped nest of grass, leaves, roots, 
tendrils, etc., rather loosely put together and generally bound with 
reed stems. Sometimes there is no lining, at other times it is well 
lined with moss and fern roots. They are usually built in small, 
fairly thick bushes in dense forest, less often in small trees and 
rarely in scrub or secondary growth. The eggs number three, 
seldom two and even more seldom four, and are of a beautiful 
glossy dark blue, darker than that of any other egg except 
Hodgsonius phonicuroides. In shape they are fairly long ovals, and 
the average of 50 eggs is 29:0 x 21-1 mm. 
Habits. These birds are as gregarious and almost as noisy as 
the White-crested Laughing-Thrushes, remaining in flocks even 
during the breeding season. They are birds of high elevations 
and do not seem to wander down much below 3,000 feet, though 
they may be found a little lower in winter. They keep much to 
forest, feeding on the ground and on low undergrowth. Though 
from their habits difficult to watch, they are not shy birds. 
(139) Garrulax strepitans. 
TIcKELL’s LaucuHine-THRUSH. 
Garrulax strepitans Blyth, J. A. 8. B., xxiv, p. 268 (1858) (Mt. 
Muleyit, Tenasserim) ; Blanf. & Oates, i, v. 83. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Forehead, crown and nape reddish brown ; face 
black ; hinder portion of ear-coverts ferruginous ; a spot on either 
side of the neck white ; hind neck, sides of neck and upper back 
ashy, paler and whiter in front, darker behind, and blending with 
the olive-brown of the upper plumage and wings; tail blackish, 
marked with olive-brown on the outer webs; throat and breast 
chocolate-brown, the latter bordered by ashy blending with the 
olive-brown of the remainder of the plumage. 
