GARRULA V. 83 



; ,7m/. 7&M, 1 *?:.', p. :!():! ; ('<,<-k ,y M/ /*//. ,V. /'. i. p. :;r>l; 

 //', ^V. .y E. p. L'-Vi: y/ww, CV. no. 411 ; &?i*//y f & F. viii, 

 ]>. -?s ( .); S/uti-pe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 430; Ottfe* m Hume's N. Sf E. 

 '2nd cd. i, p. 52. 



Karreum-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. Forehead fulvous ; lores and feathers over and 

 beneath the eye black ; cheeks, chin, and throat white ; upper 

 plumage rich olive-brown, tinged with fulvous on the crown and 

 ear-coverts and with rusty on the upper tail-coverts ; wings brown, 

 edged with the colour of the back ; tail olive- brown, the four outer 

 pairs of feathers very broadly tipped white ; sides of neck aud a 

 broad pectoral band olive-brown ; remainder of lower plumage 

 bright ferruginous. 



Bill dull black ; legs, feet, and claws pale livid plumbeous ; iris 

 greyish blue ; inside of mouth yellow (Hume}. 



Length about 12 ; tail 5*7 ; wing 5-3; tarsus 1*7; bill from 

 gape 1/2. 



There is great uniformity in the plumage of this bird, the only 

 exception being that specimens from Sikhim and the moister parts 

 of the Himalayas are brighter on the lower parts. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from the Hazara country to Sikhim 

 at all elevations up to 8000 or 9000 feet. Jerdon states that this 

 bird is found in Bhutan and Hume in Assam, but I have seen 

 no specimen from any locality east of Sikhim. It extends into 

 Western China. 



Habits, $c. Breeds from April to June, constructing a shallow 

 cup- shaped nest of grass, moss, and leaves in low branches and in 

 bushes at no great height from the ground. The eggs, usually 

 three in number, are greenish blue and measure 1-22 by "83. 



77. G-arrulax strepitans. TickeUs Laughing-Thrush. 



Garralax strepitans (Ttekett, MS.\ JUyth, J. A. &. xxiv, p. 268 

 (1855) ; Myth, Birds Burm. p. 107 ; Hume Sf Dav. S. F. vi, p. 288 j 

 Hume, Cat. no. 408 bis ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 37. 



Dryonastes strepitans ( Tick.), Sharpe, 'Cat. B. M. vii, p. 457. 



Coloration. Lores, cheeks, anterior portion of the ear-coverts, and 

 round the eyes black ; hinder part of the ear-coverts ferruginous ; 

 forehead, crown, and nape reddish brown ; a spot on each side the 

 neck white ; hind neck, sides of neck, and upper back ashy, paler 

 and whiter in front, darker behind, and blending with the olive- 

 brown of the upper plumage and wings ; tail blackish, washed with 

 olive-brown on the outer webs ; point of chin blackish ; throat and 

 breast chocolate-brown, the latter bordered by ashy blending with 

 the olive-brown of the remainder of the lower plumage. 



Legs and feet very dark brown, sometimes brown-black ; claws 

 paler ; bill black ; iris generally lake-red, sometimes crimson (Hume 

 6f Davisoii). 



Length nearly 12; tail 5-3; wing 5-3; tarsus 1-8 ; bill from 

 gape 1/4. 



Distribution. Confined, so far as is at present known, to Muleyit 



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