378 NOTES*ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED ON THE NILGHIRIS 
In both sexes the legs and feet are greenish plumbeous ; the 
claws and bill black; and the irides crimson lake in the adult, 
dark reddish brown in the immature. 
424.—Trochalopterum jerdoni, Bly. The Banasore 
Laughing Thrush. 
The habits of this bird are much the same as those of 
cachinnans, but it isa much more shy and wary ; at least I found 
it so, but I had not the opportunity for an extended observation. 
The voice is also similar, but, as observed by Jerdon, more sub- 
dued. I procured twelve specimens of jerdoni on the Brama- 
gherries, a range of hills in Coorg within sight of Banasore or 
Balasore (it is called as frequently by one name as by the other), 
the locality where Jerdon procured the type. Banasore is 
separated from the Bramagherries in a direct line by a distance 
of only about twenty miles, 
Jerdon’s description of this species is imperfect and unsatis- 
factory. Blyth’s original description, J. A. S. B., 1851, Vol. 
XX, p. 522 (which is given below as a note”), is far better but 
hardly full enough, and as three other closely allied species 
are already known, there cannot be a too detailed description. 
I may here mention that Mr. Rhodes Morgan informs me 
that thereis onthe higher ranges of the Animullays a Trochalop- 
terum similar to jerdoni, and having the grey throat and 
breast of that species. Mr. Morgan did not procure any 
specimens of the bird, but from what he saw of it he inclines 
to the belief that it is identical with jerdoni; it would be very 
interesting to know that this really is the case. Ishould think 
the probabilities are that it will prove a distinct species. 
The following is a detailed description of the species :—~ 
Chin, upper throat, feathers at base of lower mandible, lores, 
a streak behind the eye, forehead, and a narrow line above the 
white supercilium, dull black ; supercilium white, as far as pos- 
terior angle of eye, from whence it gradually becomes tinged 
with ashy until it merges and _ is lost in the dark ashy of the 
nape. The supercilium and the narrow black streak above it 
are the same length, and extend to 0°5 beyond the posterior angle 
of the eye; crown and occiput (occupying the space within the 
supercilia) dark slaty brown; feathers of the crown, in most 
specimens, margined somewhat darker, so as to produce a some- 
* Norgk:—Blyth’s original description of 7. jerdoni is as follows: — 
**GARRULAX (P) JERDONI, nobis, resembles G. (?) CACHINNANS, Jerdon, except 
that there is no trace of rufous on the cheeks, foreneck, and breast; the black of 
the chin is also less developed, and the nape is of a dull ashy hue: foreneck and 
breast paler ashy, passing to whitish on the ear-coverts. The medial abdominal 
feathers only are rufous; those of the flanks, back wings, and tail are olive as in 
G. (?) cacHinNans, and the head, lores, and supercilia are likewise similar.” 
