76 CRATEKOPODID.E. 



Habits, fyc. Breeds in Sikhim in May and June, constructing its 

 nest in trees at from six to twelve feet from the ground, and laying 

 two or three eggs, which are greenish-blue arid measure 1'18 by "82. 



66. Dryonastes subcaerulatus. The Shillony Laughing -Thrush. 



Garrulax subcaerulatus, Hume, S. F. vii, p. 140 (1878) ; id. Cat. 



no. 408 A. 

 Dryonastes subcaerulatus (Hume), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 462. 



Coloration. Eesembles D. ccerulatus. Differs in having the ear- 

 coverts, lower part of cheeks, and feathers above the ear-coverts 

 white, slightly tipped with black here and there ; the three exterior 

 pairs of tail-feathers broadly tipped with white, and the whole 

 upper plumage of a paler rufous. Some of the feathers of the nape 

 are sometimes white in the middle. 



Nude space round the eye dark grey (Godwin- Austen). 



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

 gape 1-2. 



Distribution. Shillong in the Khasi hills. 



67. Dryonastes sannio. The White-broived Laughing -Thrush. 



Garrulax sannio, Sivinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 403; id. P.Z.S. 1871, 



p. 371 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 627 ; Hume, Cat. no. 409 



quint. ; id. S. F. xi, p. 157. 

 Garrulax albosuperciliaris, Godwin- Austen, P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 45 ; id. 



J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 161, pi. vi ; id. A. M. N. H. (4) xvii, 



p. 34 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 393, iv. p. 502. 

 Dryonastes sannio (Sivinh.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 459. 



Coloration. Lores, cheeks, lower part of the ear-coverts, aud a 

 supercilium to the nape yellowish white ; remainder of the ear- 

 coverts, forehead, crown, nape, sides of the neck, chin, and throat 

 chestnut-brown ; upper plumage and exposed parts of wings olive- 

 brown ; tail rufous-brown ; centre of breast and abdomen pale 

 ochraceous; sides of breast and abdomen rufous olive-brown; 

 under tail-coverts bright ochraceous. 



Legs and feet pale brown with a faint purplish-fleshy tinge ; 

 claws darker ; bill blackish ; orbital skin pale fleshy-grey ; iris dull 

 brownish maroon, liver-brown, light brown (Hume). 



Length about 10 ; tail 4 ; wing 3*8 ; tarsus 1*4 ; bill from 

 gape 1. 



Distribution. Manipur above 4500 feet; the Muangla Sanda 

 valley, east of Bhamo ; extending into China. 



68. Dryonastes galbanus. Austen's Laughing- Thrush. 



Garrulax galbanus, Godwin- Austen, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 44, pi. 10 ; id. 

 J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 161 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 394 ; id. Cat. 

 no. 409 quat. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 445 ; Hume, S. F. xi, 

 p. 155. 



Coloration. Forehead, lores, tipper part of the cheeks, round the 



