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Distribution and nidification — 



For Breeding notes see ''Ibis " Jan. 1906, p. 89. 



Note. — This is the same type of bird as D. chinensis, only differing from it 

 in having a chestnut collar, and is most likely only a geographical race 

 of that species. I should not be surprised if a connecting link was found 

 in the Chin Hills. 



Gakrulax, Lesson. 

 Type — G. belangeri, Lesson. 



Gates, F. B. I. i., p. 77. 



" The genus Garrulax differs from Dryonastes in having fewer bristles and 

 hairs covering the nostrils, the number being so reduced that the nostrils 

 are clearly visible. The species of Garrulax are on the whole much larger 

 birds, and some of them have very ample crests" — (Gates). 



This genus falls into two natural groups and I think should be sub- 

 divided : (T) Those having a large ample crest as G. leucolophus, belangeri, and 

 diardi which are only geographical races of the first species, and (II) The 

 remainder ivhich have no real crest. Both groups have the following charac- 

 teristics. The usual round wing, with the first four primaries graduated; 

 wing and tail about equal in length, nostrils oval, exposed and overhung 

 by a few hairs. The first group lay white eggs, the second both white and 

 blue. 



[The texture of the eggs of the two groups is absolutely different, that 

 of the egg of the crested leucolophus group is intensely hard and glossy, 

 the surface pitted and the shell unusually stout. That of the moniliger 

 group have the surface fine and smooth, not so highly glossed and never 

 pitted, and the shell is not nearly so stout. In shape also they differ, the 

 eggs of the former group being very round and blunt, whilst those of the 

 latter are generally long and pointed. Garrulax delesserti appears to be a 

 connecting link between the two genus. — E. C. S. B.] 



Gakkulax LEtJCOLOPHUS LEXJCOLOPHtJS (Hardwick). 

 The Himalayan White-crested Laughing Thrush. 



Corvus leucolophus, Hardw. Trans. Lim. Soc. XI, p. 208 (1815). 



Garrulax leucolophus, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. VII, p. 77, p. 435 ; Gates, F. B. 

 I. i, p. 77. 



Description, etc., as in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — From Garwal in the Himalayas to the extreme east of 

 Assam, the Chin Hills, and Chindwin basin on the west of Burma. Yunnan 

 and the Bhamo Hills, its exact distribution on the east and west of 

 Burma not yet determined, probably restricted to the north of the " Dry- 

 Zone " of Burma. 



Gakrulax letjcolophus belangeri. Lesson. 



The Burmese White-crested Laughing Thrush. 



Lesson Tr. d'Grn. p. 648 (1831) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. VII., p. 436; Gates, 

 F. B. I., i, p. 79. 



Descrip)tion as in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — The Hills of Lower Burma and Tenasserim, the Southern 

 Shan States, the exact locality where this species meets the last, both on 

 the eastern and western sides of Burma, has not yet been determined. 



