94 CEATEEOPODID^E. 



88. Trochalopterum subunicolor. The Plain-coloured 

 Laughing -Thrush . 



Trochalopteron subunicolor, Hodgs., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 952 

 (1843) ; Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, p. 211 ; Jerd. B. /.ii, p. 44 ; id. Ibis, 

 1872, p. 306 j Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 46 ; Hume, N. # E. 

 p. 259 j id. Cat. no. 417 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 368 ; Gates 

 in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 59. 



Garrulax subunicolor (Hodys.}, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 599 (1845) ; 

 id. Cat. p. 96. 



Tarmal-pho, Lepch. ; Nabom, Bhut. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape dark ashy brown, the 

 forehead tinged with fulvous ; sides of neck and the whole upper 

 plumage olive-brown, each feather margined with black ; middle 

 tail-feathers olive-yellow, the others black with the outer webs 

 suffused with olive-yellow for a great portion of tbeir length, the 

 two median pairs indistinctly, the others distinctly tipped with 

 white ; wing-coverts plain olive-brown ; primary-coverts dark 

 brown ; winglet ashy yellow outside, dusky within ; the exterior 

 webs of the outer primaries grey, the others and the secondaries 

 with a progressively increasing amount of yellow, duller towards 

 the tips ; tertiaries merely tinged with yellow and more or less 

 tipped with white ; ear-coverts brown, the shafts pale ; lores 

 blackish; cheeks, chin, and throat like the back, but darker, 

 similarly margined with black, and a few feathers under the face 

 tipped whitish; remainder of lower plumage olivaceous brown, 

 tinged with fulvous on the abdomen and all the feathers margined 

 with black ; under tail-coverts and thighs plain olivaceous brown. 



The young resemble the adults except that at first the black tips 

 to the feathers are merely indicated. 



Bill dusky ; legs reddish brown ; iris red-brown (Jerdon) ; iris 

 yellowish grey (Stanford). 



Length about 9 ; tail 4'1 ; wing 3'6 ; tarsus 1*35; bill from 

 gape -85. 



Distribution. Nepal and Sikhim up to 11,000 feet. 



Habits. Breeds in Nepal, according to Hodgson, from April to 

 June, constructing its nest of grass and moss lined with leaves in 

 some low branch of a tree. The eggs, three or four in number, are 

 said to be unspotted greenish blue and to measure about 1-07 

 by -7. 



89. Trochalopterum affine. The Blade-faced Laughing-Thrush. 



Garrulax affinis, Hodgs., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 950 (1843 ) : id. 



Cat. p. 97. 



Tterocyclus affinis (Hodgs.), Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 207. 

 Trochalopteron affine (Hodgs.), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 45 ; Blanf. J. A. S. 



B. xli, pt. ii, p. 46 ; Hnme, Cat. no. 419 j Sharpe, Cat. *B. M . vii, 



p. 357. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape dark brown tinged with 



