160 TIMALIID ®. 
Distribution. From Kumaon westwards through Kashmir and 
the N.W. Himalayas. 
Nidification. Breeds in Garhwal and the Simla Hills in May 
and June between 6,000 and 8,000 feet elevation. Nest and eggs 
are like those of the Sikkim bird, but the former are made more 
of twigs, and tendrils are not so invariably or plentifully used. 
Six eggs average 26°3 x 18°7 mm. 
Habits. Like those of the other subspecies. Hutton found in 
the stomach of a bird he examined “‘ sand, seeds and the remains 
of wasps.” 
(146) Ianthocincla austeni austeni. 
Tun CacHar LAavGHine-THRUSH. 
Trochalopteron austent Godw.-Aust., J. A.S.B., xxxix, il, p. 105 
(1870) (Hengdang Peak, N. Cachar Hills). 
Tanthocincla austent. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 87. 
Vernacular names. Dao-gajao-i-ba (Cachar1). 
Description. Forehead, crown, nape, hind neck and sides, and 
the whole neck reddish brown with pale streaks; rump paler, 
without pale shafts; upper tail-coverts and middle pair of tail- 
feathers rufous ; other feathers black with white tips and with the 
bases suffused with rufous on the outer webs ; wing-coverts and 
inner secondaries reddish brown, the latter and the longer coverts 
tipped with white and with subterminal dusky marks; outer webs 
ot the earlier primaries grey, those of the other quills reddish 
brown; lores dusky; ear-coverts dark rufous-brown with pale 
shafts ; chin, throat and breast rufous-brown, indistinetly barred 
with dusky and whitish; remainder of lower plumage rufous- 
brown, with broad and distinct white bars preceded by a dusky 
line; under tail-coverts narrowly tipped with white. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris brown or lake-brown; bill dark horny, 
blackish at the tip, paler on lower mandible; legs dull fleshy- or 
livid-brown. 
Measurements. Total length about 250 mm.; wing 100 to 
105 mm.; tail about 120 mm.; tarsus about 385 mm,; culmen 
20 mm. 
Distribution. Khasia, Cachar and Naga Hills. Hengdang Peak 
is on the watershed between the Cachar Hills and Manipur, and 
doubtless it will be found also in the higher hills of the latter 
state. 
Nidification. This rare Laughing-Thrush breeds throughout its 
range between 4,000 and 8,000 feet, principally about 6,000 feet, 
but it is not very uncommon on the higher hills about Cherrapunji 
in the breeding season at little over 4,000 feet. It breeds in the 
end of April and May, and possibly sometimes has a second laying 
as I have a nest taken in August with fresh eggs. The nest is 
