178 TIMALIID^E. 



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 230 mni. ; wing 80 to 

 83mm.; tail about 90 mm. ; tarsus about 32 mm. ; culmeu 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 T. c. cachinnans. 



(168) Trochalopternm jerdoni fairbanki. 

 THE TEAYANCOEE LAUGHING-THBUSH. 



Trochalopterum fairbanki Blanf. J. A. S. B., xxxvii, 2, p. 175 (1868) 

 (Palni Hills) ; Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 99. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Differs from the Banasore Laughing-Thrush in 

 having the forehead, crowu 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 32 mm. ; cultnen 

 about 20 mm. 



Distribution. The Palni and Annamulli Hills in S. 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 

 25-8x19-3 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. 



BLANFOBD'S LAUGHING-THKUSH. 



Trochalipteron meridionale Blanf., Hume, S. F., vii, p. 36 (1878) 

 (Travancore) ; Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 100. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Differs from the Banasore Laughing-Thrush in 

 having a much shorter white superciliurn with no black lines 



