/ 8 CBATEROPODID^l. 



Garrulax leucolophus (Hardw.), Bh/th, Cat. p. 95 ; Horsf. fy M. Cat. 

 i, p. 201 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 35 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 253 ; 'Blyth, Birds 

 Burm. p. 107 ; Hume, Cat. no. 407 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 289 ; 

 Oates, B. B. i, p. 34 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 435 ; Hume, S. F. 

 xi, p. 153 ; Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, p. 47. 

 The White-crested Lauyhing- Thrush, Jerd. ; llawil-Kahy ', Hind, in 

 N. W. P. ; Karrio-pho, Lepch. ; Karria-goka, Bhut. ; Naaa-dhoopooleka 

 Assam. 



Fig. 26. Head of G. leucolophus. 



Coloration. Lores, ear-coverts, and round the eye black ; the 

 whole head and crest, sides of the neck, cheeks, chin, throat, and 

 breast pure white, the hindmost feathers of the crest dark ashy, 

 forming a small collar on the nape ; the white of the head and breast- 

 abruptly denned all round by a ferruginous collar which gradually 

 merges posteriorly into the olive-brown of the remaining upper and 

 lower plumage ; wings brown, with the outer webs of the colour 

 of the back; tail brown, washed with olive-brown; the lower 

 plumage with a decided tinge of rufous throughout. 



Bill horny-black ; iris red-brown ; orbital skin slaty ; feet livid 

 plumbeous ; claws dusky grey (Scully). 



Length about 11 ; tail 5-2 ; wing 5-3 ; tarsus 1-8 ; bill from 

 gape 1-4. 



This species, which does not vary at all, may be distinguished 

 from the next two by the abrupt definition of the white of the 

 breast and by the olive-brown upper plumage. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Gurwhal to the extreme east 

 of Assam ; thence down through the hill-tracts of Eastern Bengal 

 to Bhamo on the one hand and to Arrakan on the other. A specimen 

 procured by Blanford at Bassein proves to belong to this species. 

 It is found from the plains to an elevation of about 6000 feet. 



Habits, fyc. This species and indeed all of the genus have remark- 

 ably loud cries and they are, if anything, rather more gregarious than 

 the Laughing-Thrushes of the other genera. The present species 

 breeds from April to June, constructing its nest in shrubs and 

 bushes within reach of the hand, and laying from two to five eggs, 

 which are pure white and measure 1*1 by '9. 



