114 TIMELIID^. 



569. Grammatoptila striata ( Vigors), Retchenb, Syst. Av Nat. 



pi. Ixxxv. fig. 8; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. II. ; id., Ibis, 1872, p. 298; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs, Ind B. p. 237 ; Godw.-Aust., J. A. S. B., xlvii. p. 15 ; Ball, 

 Str. F. 1878, p. 234; Scully, Sir. F. 1879, p. 287; Hume. Sir. F. 1879, 

 p. 95 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 449. Garrulus striatus, Vigors, 

 P. Z. S. 1830, p. 7; Gould, Cent. Him. B. pi. 37. The STRIATED JAY 

 THRUSH. 



Above rufous brown, with a slight olive wash on the rump and upper tail 

 coverts, each feather with a mesial white streak ; wing coverts rufescent, with 

 fulvous shaft-streaks ; the primary coverts reddish brown tipped with 

 dusky ; quills the same but rufous brown externally ; innermost secondaries 

 washed with olivaceous and white shafted ; tail reddish brown, margined with 

 rufous brown on their outer webs, except the outermost on each side which 

 are margined with pale ashy. Head with a large crest ; crown and nape 

 brighter rufous than the back, the feathers with white shaft-streaks ; ear 

 coverts, cheeks and throat dark rufous brown, also with white shaft-streaks ; 

 lores rufous buff ; under surface of body light ashy brown, all the feathers 

 streaked with white, the streaks margined with dusky ; abdomen more 

 uniform pale ashy, the streaks being obscure. Under tail coverts light ashy 

 brown, streaked with dull white ; under wing coverts deep fawn colour with 

 paler shaft-streaks. Bill black ; legs dusky plumbeous ; irides red brown. 



Length. \ 1-5 to 12 inches; wing 5*25 to 5 8 ; tail 5*4 ; tarsus r8. 



Hab. -The Himalayas from Simla to Bhootan extending into the hill-ranges 

 of Eastern Bengal. The British Museum specimens are from near Simla, 

 Kumaon, Nepaul, Darjeeling and Bhootan. About Darjeeling, Jerdon says 

 it is a very common bird from about6,ooo, to 9,000 feet, but is more often 

 heard than seen. It frequents the densest thickets and are always in pairs or 

 in small and scattered parties. One of its calls, he says, is not unlike the 

 clucking of a hen which has just laid an egg. It feeds both on fruit and 

 insects. 



Gen. DryonasteS Sharpe. 



General characters as in Garrulax. Nostrils hidden by plumes; bill 

 moderately long ; rictal bristles strong ; tail moderate, very slightly exceeding 

 the wing in length. 



570. DryonasteS ruficollis (Jard. and Selby), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. vii. p. 454. lanthocincla ruficollis, J. and S. III. Orn. 2nd Ser. 

 pi. 2. Garrulax ruficollis, Blyth, J- A. S. B. xii. p. 950; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 38, No. 410; Hume, Nests and Eggs. Ind. B. p. 254; id., Str.F. 1879, 

 p. 96; id., Sir. F. 1879, p. 96. The RUFOUS-NECKED LAUGHING-THRUSH. 



Head and nape dark slaty grey ; a broad frontal band, nasal plumes, lores, 

 orbital region, cheeks, ear coverts, throat and foreneck deep black ; sides of 



