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In Himalayan birds the flanks are chestnut, in those from 

 Tenasserim buff; and in birds from the latter locality the rufous 

 nuchal collar is also less clearly indicated. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Nepal to Assam and thence 

 through the hill-tracts south of the Brahmaputra to Burma, where 

 it is found in Arrakan, Pegu, Karennee, and a considerable portion 

 of Tenasserim down to the foot of Muleyit mountain and the 

 Thoungyeen valley. To the east it is replaced by G. picticollis and 

 other allied species. 



Habits, <Sfc. Breeds from April to July, building its nest in small 

 trees or in a bamboo clump not far above the ground. The eggs 

 are pale greenish blue and measure T31 by -98. 



73. G-arrulax moniliger. The Necklaced Laughing-Thrush. 



Cinclosoma moniligera, Hodgs. As. Res. xix, p. 147 (1836). 



Garrulax macclellandi, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 949 (1843). 



Garrulax moniliger (Hodgs.}, Blyth, Cat. p. 96 ; Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, 

 p. 204 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 40 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 257 ; id. S. F. iii, 

 p. 123 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aces, p. 627 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. 

 vi, pp. 291, 515 ; Hume, Cat. no. 413 ; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 181 ; 

 Gates, S. F. x, p. 208; id. B. B. i, p. 35; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, 

 p. 442 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 160 ; Gates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. 

 f, p. 50. 

 Ol-pho, Lepch. ; Piang-kam, Bhut. ; Poreri or Purirhi, Daphla. 



Coloration. Resembles G. pectoralis. Differs in wanting the black 

 cheek-stripe and in having the primary-coverts of the same colour 

 as the other wing-coverts. The ear-coverts vary from pure white 

 to black with a white patch in the middle. The former type prevails 

 throughout Burma and the latter in the Himalayas. The tail is 

 tipped with white in all specimens procured north of a line drawn 

 from Thayetmyo to Toungngoo ; south of this line the tips are almost 

 invariably buff, and the only exception I have met with is a bird 

 shot at Kollidoo in Tenasserim. 



Iris bright yellow ; eyelids dull purple ; bill dark horn, the tip 

 and margins pale brown ; legs light plumbeous ; claws pale horn- 

 colour. In young birds the iris appears to be greenish yellow. 



Length about 12 ; tail 4-9 ; wing 5 ; tarsus 1'7 ; bill from 

 gape 1*3. 



Distribution. Nearly the same as that of G. pectoralis, but found 

 in Tenasserim as far south as Tavoy, and apparently absent from 

 Karennee. 



Habits, $c. Breeds from March to June, constructing a nest in 

 bushes and seedling bamboos within easy reach of the hand, and 

 laying from three to five blue eggs, which measure 1*07 by '85. 



74. Garrulax gularis. McClelland' s Laughing-Thrush. 



lanthocincla gularis. McClett. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 159. 

 Garrulax gularis (McClell.\ Blyth, Cat. p. 337; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, 

 p. 203 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt, ii, p. 269 ; Jerd. Ibis, 

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