(ii; A MM. \TOPT 1 1, A. 103 



Key to the Spec! ex. 



a. Feathers of crest not streaked with white ; no 



brown bands on the sides of the crown G. striata, }\ 103. 



b. Feathers of crest streaked with white ; a distinct 



brown band on each side of the crown G, austeni, p. 104. 



101. Grammatoptila striata. The Striated Laughing-Thrush. 



Garrulus striatus, Viuors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 7 ; Gould, Cent. pi. 37. 



Keropia striata ( Vi(/.\ Hodys. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 : Horsf. 

 Sf J/. Cat. i, p. 209. 



Turuagra striata ( Viy.}, Blytli, Cat. p. 95. 



Grammatoptila striata (Viq.), Jerd. B.I.n, p. 11 ; id. Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 298; Hume, N. $ #'p. 237 ; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 234; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 382 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 287 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, 

 p. 450 ; Gates in Humes N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, p. 67. 



The Striated Jay-Thrush, Jerd. ; Nampiok-pho, Lepch. ; Kopiam, Bhut. 



Coloration. Whole upper plumage, sides of the head and Deck, 

 chin, and throat umber-brown (deepest on the crest) shading off 

 into pale brown on the lower plumage ; every feather of the plumage, 



Fig. 28. Head of G. striata. 



both upper and lower, the wing-coverts, and tertiaries with a long 

 median white streak, the streaks larger but less defined on the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts ; quills dark brown, the outer webs 

 of the first few primaries hoary, of the others pale chestnut ; tail 

 chestnut ; the outer feathers with a minute white tip. 



Bill black; legs dusky plumbeous ; iris red-brown (Jerdon}. 



Length about 12 ; tail 5'3 ; wing 5-6 ; tarsus 1'7 ; bill from 

 gape 1*2. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from the Sutlej valley to Bhutan 

 from 6000 to 9000 feet. This species has, no doubt erroneously, 

 been recorded from Birbhum in Bengal. 



Habits, $c. Jerdon states that this bird has some very peculiar 

 calls, one of them resembling the chucking of a hen which has just 

 laid an egg. It breeds from May to July, constructing a cup-shaped 

 nest of grass &c. in a low tree, and apparently laying only two 

 eggs. These are blue, some quite spotless, others marked with a 

 few specks of brownish red. They measure 1 '3 by '9. 





