50 THE FOOD OF BIRDS IN INDIA. 



The Crateropodince comprise Laughing Thrushes, Babblers and 

 Scimitar Babblers. 



"All feed on the ground like Thrushes. They pass a good deal 

 of their time on trees, but they probably derive no portion of then 

 food directly from trees, the fruit they occasionally eat being 

 picked off the ground as they forage for insects." F. I., I, 72. 



Dryonastes. They eat almost every sort of insect and the 

 smaller reptiles, and they no doubt partake of fruit also. 



62. D. ruficollis. Insects and seeds. ...Hamilton "Insects, 

 plantains, &c." Jerd. B. L, II, 38. 



Ganulacince. Laughing Thrushes. Chiefly on the ground. 



Eat insects, berries, and caterpillars Grain, larvae of insects in 



the dung of cattle... On the whole they are more insectivorous 

 than frugivorous or graminivorous, yet they are more capable 

 of a graminivorous diet than the true thrushes. Often kept in 

 Nepal in walled gardens, when they are very useful, destroying 

 Iarv88 and insects. Jerd. B. I., II, 34. 



64. Garrulax chinensis. Black-throated Laughing-Thrush. 

 In captivity on raw meat, bees, wasps and large beetles, and small 

 snakes. Jerd. B. L, II, 34. 



69. Garrulax leucolophus. Himalayan White-crested Laugh- 

 ing-Thrush. Turn over dead leaves for insects, but also eat various 

 berries. Jerd. B. L, II, 35. 



78. lanthocincla ocellata. White-spotted Laughing-Thrush. 

 Various fruits and seeds. Jerd. B. L, II, 42. 



79. /. cineracea. Ashy Laughing-Thrush. Fruits and 

 insects. F. L, I, 86. 



82. Trochalopterum erythrocephalum. Red-headed Laughing- 

 Thrush. Snails. A. S. B., LXIX, 158. 



85. T. nigrimentum. Western Yellow-winged Laughing- 

 Thrush. Insects and grain among dung of cattle. F. L, I, 92. 



86. T. melanostigma. Chestnut-headed Laughing-Thrush. 

 Exclusively on insects. F. I., I, 93. 



