TItOCIIALOPTERUM. 99 



the Ptilghafc hills in Southern India. Apparently a very local and 

 rare bird. 



95. Trochalopterum jerdoni. The Banasore Lauyhing -Thrush. 



( Jarrulax jerdoni, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xx, p. 522 (1851). 



Trochalopteron jerdoni (Blyth), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 49 ; id. Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 306 ; Morgan, S. F. ii, p. 532 ; Hume, Cat. no. 424 j Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. M. vii, p. 373, pi. x ; Davison, S. F. x, p. 378. 



Coloration. Point of forehead black ; crown and nape slaty brown, 

 the edges of the feathers narrowly darker ; a broad white super- 

 cilinm, the feathers of which, next the crown, Have the inner webs 

 black, forming a narrow black band above the supercilium ; lores 

 and a line behind the eye black ; ear-coverts greyish white ; sides 

 of neck ashy brown, continued back and meeting round the neck ; 

 upper plumage, wings, and tail olive-brown, tinged with rufous on 

 the tail ; chin and cheeks black ; throat and breast streaked with 

 dark ashy and white ; abdomen rufous ; sides, thighs, and under 

 tail-coverts olivaceous brown ; under wing-coverts rufous. 



Bill dull black ; iris crimson-lake ; legs, feet, and claws plum- 

 beous brown (Davison). 



Length about 8'5 ; tail 35; wing 3'2 ; tarsus 1*3 ; bill from 

 gape -9. 



Distribution. The Brahmagiri hills in Coorg ; the Banasore Peak, 

 Wynaad, at 5000 to 6000 feet, and, according to Mr. Morgan, the 

 Palghat hills and the Chinnacoonoor Grhat, Nilgiris. The species 

 seen in the last two localities may, however, have been different, 

 possibly T. fairlanki. 



96. Trochalopterum fairhanki. The Palni Laughing-Thrush. 



Trochalopterum fairbauki, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 175, 

 pi. xvii a (1868) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 306 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 413 ; 

 Fairbank, 8. F. v, p. 404 ; Hume, S. F. vii, p. 36 ; id. Cat. no. 423 

 bis ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 374 ; Davison, S. F. x, p. 379 ; 

 Gates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 64. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape black, or intensely dark 

 brown ; a broad white supercilium extending to the nape ; lores 

 and a band behind the eye black ; ear-coverts and sides of head 

 grey ; sides of neck ashy ; upper plumage, wings, and tail olive- 

 brown tinged with rusty, especially on the upper tail-coverts ; chin, 

 throat, and breast ashy, streaked with white ; remainder of lower 

 plumage bright rufous. 



Iris dark red, red-brown (Fairbanlc}. 



Length about 8*5 ; tail 3'7 ; wing 3*5 ; tarsus 1*3 ; bill from 

 gape '95. 



Distribution. The Palni and Anamulli hills in South Travancore 

 above 3000 feet. 



Habits, 6fc. Breeds on the Palnis in May. A nest found in this 

 month, at an elevation of 6500 feet, was placed in a crotch of a tree 

 at about ten feet from the -ground. The eggs are blue, marked in 

 various ways with red and brown. One egg measured I'O by *8. 



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