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crown and nape slaty-blue, anterior part of crown streaked with 

 white ; upper plumage and exposed part of wings rich olive-brown, 

 except the outer webs of the iirst few primaries, which are silvery- 

 grey ; tail olive-brown with the last quarter black ; breast, sides of 

 neckj and upper portion of abdomen ashy grey ; remainder of 

 lower surface olive-brown. 



Iris red ; bill black ; mouth and eyelids plumbeous ; legs fleshy 

 brown ; claws horn-colour. 



Length about 11'5; tail 4-7; wing 4'5 ; tarsus 1*6; bill from, 

 gape 1-2. 



Distribution. Tenasseriin from Toungngoo down to Meetan and 

 the Thoungyeen valley ; the southern half of Pegu. The range 

 extends into China. 



65. Dryonastes caerulatus. The Grey -sided Lauyhiny -Thrush. 



Cinclosoma cserulatus, Hodys. As. Res. xix, p. 147 (1836). 

 Garrulax caerulatus (Hodgs.*), Blytli, Cat. p. 96 j Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, 



p. 205; Jerd. B. 1. ii, p. 36; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 302; Godw.-Aust. 



J. A S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 160; Hume, N. $ E. p. 254; id. Cat. 



no. 408. 

 Dryonastes cserulatus (Hbdgs.). Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 461; Gates 



in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 46. 



Tarmol-pho, Lepch. ; Piang-kam, Bhut. 



Fig. '25. Head of JD. ccerulatus. 



Coloration. Forehead, the upper part of the cheeks, and round 

 the eye black ; ear-coverts black above, whitish tipped with rufous 

 below ; upper plumage and sides of neck rufous -brown, brighter 

 on the greater coverts, the outer webs of the quills, and on the 

 head, the feathers of which are terminally margined very narrowly 

 with black ; rump tinged with ashy ; tail chestnut-brown ; lower 

 part of cheeks rufous-brown ; extreme point of chin black ; re- 

 mainder of chin, throat, the middle of the breast, and abdomen and 

 the under tail-coverts white ; sides of breast and abdomen ashy. 



Bill dusky, livid at the base ; legs fleshy-white ; iris red-brown ; 

 orbital skin livid (Jerdon}. 



Length about 11; tail 4'8; wing 4'2 ; tarsus 1*4; bill from 

 gape 1-2. 



Distribution. Nepal and Sikhim. Godwin- Austen procured this 

 species in the hills of Northern Manipur. His specimens are all 

 typical D. cwrulatus, and not the next species. 



