168 TIMALIID^E. 



(155) Trochalopterum erythrocephalam ramsayi. 

 THE KAHENNI RKD-HEADED LAUGHING-THRUSH. 



Trochalopterum ramsayi Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C., xiv, p. 19 

 (1904) (Karennee). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Differs from the last bird in having the chestnut 

 of the chin and throat continued over the entire breast and belly. 



Colours of soft parts. " Iris deep chocolate ; bill black ; legs 

 pinkish brosvn." 



Measurements. Total length about 254 ram. ; wing 101 to 

 104 mm. ; tail about 114mm.; tarsus about 40 mm.; oilmen 

 about 20 mm. 



Distribution. Karenni, extending to the pine-forests in the 

 Salween District. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 



Trochalopterum phceniceum 



Key to Subspecies. 



A. Tail broadly tipped with orange. 

 ~ " plums 



General plumage darker T. p. phceniceum^ p. 168. 



b. General plumage paler T. p. bakeri, p. 169. 



B. Tail narrowly edged with ochraceous .... T. p. ripponi, p. 170. 



(156) Trochalopterum phceniceum phceniceum. 

 THE ASSAM CRIMSON-WINGED LAUGHING-THRUSH. 



lanthocincla phcenicea Gould, Icon. Av., pi. 3 (1837) (Nepal). 

 Trochalopterum phceniceum. lilanf. Gates, i, p. 93. 



Vernacular names. Tilji-pho (Lepcha) ; Repclia (Bhut.). 



Description. Lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, round the eye and a 

 patch on the side of the neck crimson ; a short supercilium black ; 

 upper plumage olive-brown, the feathers of the crown with 

 partially concealed black margins ; tail black, broadly tipped with 

 orange and outermost feathers washed with orange throughout ; 

 wing-coverts olive-brown ; primary-coverts dusky edged with 

 olive-brown ; winglet suffused with crimson on the outer webs 

 and outermost coverts edged with the same ; outer webs of 

 primaries edged w,ith crimson and yellow, the former increasing 

 and latter decreasing in extent inwards ; secondaries with centre 

 of outer webs edged blue, the terminal portions suffused with 

 crimson, the bases with olive-green ; the whole lower plumage 

 fulvous olive-brown, tinged with ashy on the abdomen; under 

 tail-coverts black, broadly tipped with crimson. 



