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quills tipped with white, the earlier primaries black on the outer 

 webs, becoming progressively ashy and then chestnut ; middle tail- 

 feathers chestnut tipped white ; the others rufous at base, then 

 ashy and finally black with white tips ; centre of throat black with 

 narro\v rufous edges ; sides of the throat rufous, barred with black ; 

 breast fulvous buff, broadly barred with black ; remainder of lower 

 plumage the same colour as the breast, but not barred ; the flanks 

 more olivaceous, with a few paler fulvous bars. 



Bill yellowish, dusky on the ridge and tip ; legs dull yellow ; iris 

 yellow-brown (Jerdori). 



Length about 13 ; tail 6'5 ; wing 5'2 ; tarsus 1'8 ; bill from 

 gape 1*5. 



Distribution. Nepal and Sikhim at elevations from 8000 to 10,000 

 feet. 



Habits, Sfc. Our knowledge of the nidincation of this bird is un- 

 satisfactory. A nest and two eggs, taken in Sikhim in May, and 

 sent to Hume, are described, the former as being composed of fern, 

 moss, grass, and roots, and the latter as pale blue, one of the two 

 eggs being spotted with brown at the thicker end. The two eggs 

 measured 1-18 by -86 and 1-25 by -85. 



79. lanthocincla cineracea. The Ashy Laughing-Thrush. 



Trochalopteron cineraceum, Godwin- Austen, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 45, 

 pi. xi ; id. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 162 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 395 ; 

 id. Cat. no. 418 ter ; Sharpe, Cat. JB. M. vii, p. 366 ; Hume, S. F. 

 xi, p. 165. 



Lehu of the Angami Nagas. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape, extending to a point on 

 the hind neck, black ; lores, a broad supercilium, the ear-coverts, 

 and under the eye dull white ; a narrow line over the ear-coverts 

 and a broader moustachial streak black, the latter terminating in 

 streaks on the sides of the upper neck ; upper plumage and wing- 

 coverts olivaceous ashy, tinged with rufous on the upper tail-coverts ; 

 secondaries, tertiaries, and tail like the back, each feather with a 

 subterminal black band and a white tip ; primaries ashy on the 

 outer webs ; primary-coverts black ; winglet ashy on the outer 

 webs, dusky on the inner ; chin and throat pale fulvous, with the 

 shafts black ; whole remaining lower plumage fulvous, tinged with 

 olive on the sides and albescent on the abdomen. 



Legs and feet pale fleshy pink ; basal two-thirds of upper man- 

 dible pale brown to dusky ; rest of upper and entire lower man- 

 dible horny yellow, dirty yellowish horny, or sullied ivory ; iris 

 pale orange-yellow, pale orange-buff, very pale yellow or pale buff ; 

 edges of lids and bare skin dusky ; lids pale lavender (Hume). 



Length about 9 ; tail 4 ; wing 3'3 ; tarsus 1-3 ; bill from gape 1. 



Distribution. The Naga hills and the Eastern hills of Manipur. 



Habits, $c. Hume describes this bird as being found in pairs, 

 keeping to the densest brushwood and feeding a good deal on the 



