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black ; a black frontal zone reaching through the lores to the 

 ears ; wings and tibial feathers dull blue or ashy grey. 



Bill dusky, livid at the base ; legs fleshy white ; irides red 

 brown; orbitar skin livid. Length 11 inches; extent 13 ; wing 

 41 ; tail 5 ; bill at front § ; tarsus If. 



This Laughing-thrush is found in the S. E. Himalayas. It is 

 not rare in Sikhim, from about 2,000 to 4,000 feet or so. A 

 nest and eggs, said to be of this bird, were brought to me at 

 Darjeeling, the nest loosely made with roots and grass, and 

 containing two pale-blue eggs. 



409. Garrulax Belesserti, Jeedon. 



Crateropus, apud Jeedon, Cat. 88 — Jeedon, 111. Ind. Orn., 

 pi. 13 — C. griseiceps, Delessert. 



The Wynaad Laughing-theush. 



Descr, — Head and nape dusky blackish grey ; the rest of the 

 plumage above dark brownish rufous, lighter and ferruginous 

 on the rump and tail-coverts, and darker on the wings and 

 tail ; chin, throat, neck, and breast, white ; the sides of the 

 breast shaded with dull cinereous, belly and vent light reddish 

 brown. 



Bill dusky, yellow at the base beneath ; legs fleshy ; irides dull 

 red. Length 1 1 inches ; wing 4 T 3 n ; tail 4f ; tarsus 1^. 



This is a somewhat rare bird. I first saw it in possession of 

 M. Delessert, who got it in the slopes of the Neilgherries ; and I 

 afterwards procured it in the same locality, at about 3,000 feet of 

 elevation. I also saw it several times in the Wynaad, associating in 

 large flocks, wandering about among the under-wood and bamboos, 

 and occasionally bringing out a chorus of peculiar, but clear, 

 chattering; notes. 



A nearly allied species is found in Ceylon, G. cinereifrons, 

 Blyth ; another in Assam, G. gidaris, McLelland, which last I 

 lately procured in the Khasia hills. 



The next bird noticed differs in some points : the bill is shorter 

 and more arched, the frontal plumes are bristly ; the tarsus is 

 distinctly scutated, and the coloration is peculiar. 



