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abdomen rufous; sides, thighs and under tail-coverts olivaceous 
brown, under wing-coverts rufous. 
Colours of soft parts. Bill horny black; legs, feet and claws 
light brown or slaty-brown ; iris crimson. 
Measurements. Length about 215 to 230mm.; wing 80 to 
83mm.; tail about 90 mm.; tarsus about 32 mm.; culmen about 
18mm. 
Distribution. The Coorg and Wynaad Hills above 4,000 feet. 
Mr. Morgan gives the Palghat Hills and the Chinna Coonoor 
Ghat as a part of its range, but these have not been confirmed. 
Nidification. Not recorded. 
Habits. Similar to those of 7. c. cachinnans. 
(168) Trochalopterum jerdoni fairbanki. 
Tun Travancore LavuGuine-THRUSH. 
Trochalopterum fairbanki Blanf. J. A.S. B., xxxvii, 2, p. 175 (1868) 
(Palni Hills); Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 99. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Differs from the Banasore Laughing-Thrush in 
having the forehead, crown and nape black or nearly so; the chin 
and cheeks ashy-grey instead of black and the lower parts a much 
brighter rufous. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris dark red or red-brown (Fairbank). 
Measurements. Length about 225 to 230 mm. ; wing about 87 to 
90 mm.; tail about 92 to 95 mm.; tarsus about 32mm.; culmen 
about 20 mm. 
Distribution. The Palni and Annamulli Hills in 8S. Travancore. 
Nidification. Fairbank took the nest of this bird at Kodai- 
kanal in the Palni Hills in May, and I have received three clutches 
from the collection of the late Rev. Howard Campbell as cachinnans, 
taken at the same place and evidently those of fairbanki. They 
were taken in February, April and May, and are indistinguishable 
from those of the former Laughing-Thrush. They measure about 
25°8 x 19°3 mm. 
Habits. Similar to those of cachinnans. This Laughing-Thrush 
is found from 3,000 up to 7,000 feet or rather higher. 
(169) Trochalopterum jerdoni meridionale. 
Buanrory’s LaveHine-Turvsu. 
Trochalpteron meridionale Blanf., Hume, 8. F., vii, p. 86 (1878) 
(Travancore) ; Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 100. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Differs from the Banasore Laughing-Thrush in 
having a much shorter white supercilium with no black lines 
