116 TIMELIID^E. 



572- Dryonastes nUChaliS (Godw.-Aust.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 JWus. vii. p. 456. Garrulax nuchalis, Godwin- Aust., Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist, xviii. p. 411 ; id., J. A. S. B. xlvii. p. 17, pl.x.; Hume, Str. F. v. 

 p. 58 ; id., Sir. F. 1879, p. 96. The BROWN-XAPED LAUGHING-THRUSH. 



Crown of head and nape slaty grey ; lores, nasal plumes, feathers in front of 

 and round the eye black ; base of forehead black ; separated from the crown 

 by a narrow line of white ; cheeks, ear coverts, sides of throat also of the 

 neck white ; base of cheeks, chin and middle of throat black ; chest light 

 ashy ; abdomen, flanks, thighs and under tail coverts olive brown, also the 

 under wing coverts and axillaries ; hind neck, mantle and wing coverts rufescent 

 olive brown; bastard wing feathers ashy; primary coverts washed with 

 rufescent, also the outer webs of the quills, the primaries rather ashy ; tail 

 dusky brown, blackish towards the tips and washed with olive brown on both 

 webs. Bill black ; legs dusky. 



Length. 10 to 10*5 inches; wing 4-2 to 4-5; tail 4-3 to 4-6; tarsus 

 i'55 ; culmen 1-05. 

 Hal. Lhota Naga Hills in North Eastern Bengal. (Sharpe.) 



573. Dryonastes strepitans (Tickeii), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 



vii. p. 457. Garrulax strepitans, Blyth, J . A. S. B. xxiv. p. 268.; id. B. Br , 

 Burm.^. 107; Hume and Dav., Str. F. 1878, p. 288; Hume, Str. F. 

 1879 ; p. 96 ; Oates B. Br. ~Bur?n. p. 37. TICKELL'S LAUGHING-THRUSH. 



Forehead and nasal plumes, also the lores black, paling into chocolate brown 

 on the forepart of the crown, and reddish brown on the crown of the head 

 and nape ; feathers over and round the eye, cheeks and fore part of the 

 ear-coverts black ; hinder ear coverts chestnut ; chin and edge of the throat 

 black ; centre of the latter and foreneck blackish chocolate, the feathers 

 tipped with reddish brown. Upper parts olive brown ; wing coverts the 

 same ; mantle slaty grey ; a hoary grey collar on the neck, on the sides of 

 which is a white spot ; primary coverts and quills blackish brown; their outer 

 webs edged with olive brown, rather broader on the secondaries ; rump and upper 

 tail coverts olive brown ; tail blackish, washed with olive brown on the edge, 

 find obscurely barred with dusky under certain lights ; breast and middle of 

 abdomen slaty grey, inclining to hoary white ; sides of body, flanks, thighs, 

 under wing and under tail coverts olive brown. Bill black ; legs and feet dark 

 brown ; iris lake red to crimson. 



Length. 11-5 to I r8 inches ; wing 5-3 to 5-5 ; tail $' 3 to 5-5 ; tarsus r8 ; 

 culmen i'i5. 



Hab. The Mooleyit Mountain in Tenasserim, at elevations of from 3,000 to 

 5,000 feet. Davison says it is by no means uncommon, occurring in small 

 flocks of twenty or more, and keeping entirely to the forest, especially to the 

 ravines, .where this is densest. He adds that it is very shy and beats a rapid 

 retreat at the approach of anybody. 



