98 CRATEROPODID/E. 



Pterocyclus cachinnans (Jerd.), Horsf. $ M. Cat. \, p. 208. 

 Trochalopteron cachianans (Jerd.), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 48 ; Blanf. J. 



A. 8. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 175 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 306 ; Hume, N. 



$ E. p. 263 ; id. Cat. no. 423 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii. p. 373 ; 



Davison, S. F. x, p. 377 ; Gates in Humes N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 62. 



Coloration. Point of the forehead black ; sides of the forehead 

 white produced back as a broad superciliurn to the ear-coverts ; 

 crown and nape slaty brown, the feathers very narrowly margined 

 with black, the lateral feathers of the crown and forehead black on 

 their inner, white on their outer, edges, forming a black line above, 

 and next to, the supercilium ; lores, chin and a streak behind the 

 eye black ; feathers of the eyelids white ; ear-coverts pale rufous ; 

 the sides of the nape at the end of the supercilia ashy, which colour 

 suffuses the whole nape ; upper plumage, sides of neck, wings, and 

 tail olive-brown ; throat and breast bright rufous extending to the 

 abdomen, which, however, is much duller ; thighs, vent, under tail- 

 coverts, and sides of the body rufescent olive-brown ; under wing- 

 coverts rufous. 



Legs and feet black ; bill black ; iris red (Miss Cockburri) ; iris 

 crimson (Davison). 



Length about 9; tail 4; wing 37; tarsus 1*25; bill from 

 gape -9. 



Distribution. Occurs over the whole of the Nilgiris from 4500 

 feet to the summit of the hills. 



Habits, <Sfc. Jerdon describes this bird as being noisy and abundant 

 in all the woods on the summit of the Nilgiris, and, like others of 

 the genus, living in small scattered flocks foraging about the thick 

 brushwood. 



It breeds from February to June, building a deep nest, which is 

 frequently lined with fur and feathers, in bushes. The eggs are 

 three to five in number, blue marked with red and brown, and 

 measure 1*0 by 76. 



94. Trochalopterum cinnamomeum. Davison s Laughing-Thrush. 

 Trochalopterum cinnamomeum, Davison, Ibis, 1886, p. 204. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape hair-brown, the nape 

 tinged with ashy, the lateral feathers of the crown white on their 

 outer webs, forming part of a broad creamy white supercilium 

 extending to the end of the ear-coverts ; upper plumage, wings, and 

 tail olive-brown, with a greenish tinge ; lores rusty-brown ; sides 

 of the head pale ochraceous ; chin, and lower part of cheeks, dark 

 cinnamon-brown ; remainder of lower plumage deep rufous, tinged 

 with olivaceous on the sides, vent, and under tail-coverts ; under 

 wing-coverts rufous. 



The colour of the bill &c. has not been recorded. 



Length about 8; tail 37; wing 3'5; tarsus 1*3; bill from 

 gape -9. 



Distribution. Unknown; but probably, as suggested by Davison, 



