NOTES ON INDIAN TIMELIIDES AND TREIR ALLIES. 69 



Garkulax GULAKis (McClelland). 

 McClelland'' s Laughing Thrush. 



lanthocincla gularis, McClell., P. Z. S., 1839, p. 159. 



Garrulax gularis, Sharpe, Cat. B. M., VII., p. 445 ; Gates, F.B.I,i.,p. 82 ; 

 Baker, Ihis 1895, p. 46. 



Descri])tion as in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — Assam. 



Nesting — Stuart Baker says that this species breeds during April to July 

 in the hills north-east of Cachar. It appears to build the usual type of nest, 

 and lays two, rarely three, eggs. These are either pure white, or pale blue, 

 intermediate shades rarer, and vary from 1"75 to l'22in length, and 0"75 

 to 0-85 in breadth. Average being l'15"x*80". 



Gakrtjlax dblesserti (Jerdon). 

 The Wynaad Laughing Thrush. 



Crateropus delesserti, Jerdon, Madras Journ. L. S. X, p. 356 (1839). 



Garrulax delesserti, Sharpe, Cat. B. M., VII., p. 446 ; Gates, F. B. I., i, p. 82 ; 

 Baker, Ibis 1906, p. 90. 



Description as in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — The Hills of S. India. 



Nesting— See Ibis 1906, p. 90. 



[The eggs are always white and never blue. I have a very fine series of 

 these eggs which I owe to the generosity of Mr. J. Stuart of Travancore. The 

 nest he describes as a bulky deep cup, sometimes almost semi domed, some- 

 times hardly bigger or stouter than that of Molpastes. The eggs, two or 

 three in number, are pure white miniatures of those of Garrulax leucolophus, 

 but are not pitted on the surface or only very slightly so, are finer and softer 

 in texture and closer grained. They average about l'05"x*80". A few eggs 

 may be met with more or less pointed in shape but normally they are broad 

 obtuse ovals— E. C. S. B.] 



Garrulax albigularis (Gould). 

 The White-throated Laughing Thrush. 



lanthocincla albogularis, Gould, P. Z. S., 1835, p. 187. 



Garrulax albogularis, Sharpe, Cat. B. M., VII., p. 439; Gates, F.B. I. i., 

 p. 82. 



Description as in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — North- West Himalayas and Sikhim. As mentioned by Gates, 

 birds from Sikhim and to the North-East are much brighter coloured : also 

 birds from the North-West appear to have a very much shorter and stouter 

 bill, which might be considered sufficient to constitute a well-marked geo- 

 graphical race. 



Garruiax strepitans (Tickell.). 



TickeWs Laughing Thrush, 



Blyth, J. A. S. B., XXIV, p. 268. (1855). 

 Dryonastes strepitans, Sharpe, Cat. B. M., VII., p. 457. 

 Garrulax strepitans, Gates, F. B. I. i., p. 83. 

 Description as in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — So far has been only obtained on Muleyit Mt., Tenasserim. 

 Nothing appears to be known of its niditication, or the colour of its eggs. 



