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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 BLACK-THROATED LAUGHING-THRUSH. 



Crateropus leucogenys Blyth, J. A.S.B., xi, p. 180 (1842) (Upper 



Bengal, in errore). 

 Dryonastes chinensis. Blanf. & Dates, 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 

 railed 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 S.W. China is probably Robinson and Kloss's 

 new subspecies germaini. 



I designate the type locality of leucogenys as Meetau, Pegu. 



(123) Dryonastes caerulatus caerulatus. 



THE GrREY-SIDED LAUGHING-THRUSH. 



Cinclosoma ccernlatus Hodgs., As. Res., xix, p. 147 (1836) (Nepal). 

 Dryonastes ccerulatus. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 75. 



Vernacular names. Tarma-pho (Lepcha) ; Piang-kam (Bhut.). 



Description. Forehead, the upper part of the cheeks and round 1 

 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. 



