118 TIMELIID^E. 



Length. 10 inches ; wing 4*1 ; tail 4' 6 ; tarsus 1-65 ; culmen ri. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, extending to Assam and the Naga Hills. Record- 

 ed from Nepal, Darjeeling and Sikkim. In the latter country Jerdon says it is 

 not rare from about 2,000 to 4,000 feet, and records a nest having been 

 brought to him at Darjeeling, containing two pale blue eggs. According to 

 Mr. Gammie, quoted by Hume in " Nests and Eggs," it breeds in Sikkim 

 during May and June, always in forests with a more or less dense under- 

 growth. The nest is cup-shaped, usually rather shallow, composed of dry 

 bamboo leaves and twigs and lined with root fibres. The eggs average 

 in size 1*16 X 0*8. 



576. Dryonastes subcserulatus, Hume, Str. F. 1878, p. 140; 



id, Str. F. 1879, p. 96; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 463. -HUME'S 

 LAUGHING-THRUSH. 



Mr. Hume's description is comparative, and runs thus : " Like G. 

 carula/us, but more olivaceous and less rufescent above, and with the ear 

 coverts, feathers behind the eye and posterior portion of cheeks silvery white, 

 more or less tipped with black, and with the three exterior tail feathers on 

 either side broadly tipped with white. 



Length. loto II inches ; wing 4*2 to 4-6 ; tail 5 to 5 -8; tarsus 1-4810 r6 ; 

 culmen 0-96 to 1-03. 



Hab. Khasia Hills near Shillong. 



Gen. Actinodura. GW</. 



Head crested ; bill moderately long, compressed and slightly curved ; 

 nostrils linear, with a distinct superior membrane; rictal bristles, four on 

 each side, fairly strong and stiff ; wings short and rounded ; 5th, 6th and 7th 

 quills subequal ; tail long ; tarsus moderate ; feet stout ; plumage dense and 

 silky : wings barred ; tail banded. 



577. Actinodura Egertoni, Gould, P. z. S. 1836, p. 18 ; Hodgs. 



Icon. ined. in Br. Mus. Passeres. App. pi. 82 ; Jerd, B. Ind. ii. p. 52, No. 427 ; 

 Hume, Nests and E%gs, Ind. B. p 266; id. Sir. F. 1879, px>7 ; id. Str. F. vii. 

 p. 153 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br Mus. vii. p. 463 The RUFOUS BAR- WING. 



Head strongly crested, ashy brown, with rufous edges to the feathers ; fore- 

 head, nasal plumes, lores, feathers, round the eye and forepart of cheeks chestnut 

 rufous ; ear-coverts and sides of neck ashy brown ; mantle fulvous ; wing 

 coverts bay, the inner ones and bastard wing feathers fulvous brown ; 

 primary coverts brown, rather dusky at the ends, sepia brown on the outer 

 webs of the primaries, which are barred with dusky black near the tips, bright 

 bay at the base; upper tail coverts and tail rufescent brown, with dusky cross- 

 bars ; the tail feathers tipped with white ; thighs earthy brown ; sides of body 

 fulvous brown ; abdomen white ; bill horny ; legs pale brown ; irides brown. 



