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The White-throated Laughing-thrush. 



JOescr. — Above dull olive-brown, with some fulvous on the fore- 

 head and near the eyes; lores, and under the eyes, black ; termi- 

 nal third of the lateral tail feathers white ; beneath, the chin 

 and throat white ; breast the same colour as the back ; abdomen, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts, rusty, darker on the flanks and under 

 tail-coverts. 



Bill dusky ; legs plumbeous grey ; hides glaucous ; orbitar skin 

 greenish. Length 12 inches ; extent 15 ; wing 5^ ; tail of ; bill 

 at front nearly 1 ; tarsus 1^. 



The White-throated Laughing-thrush is found throughout the 

 Himalayas, from Bootan to Simla, more common in the 

 North-west, than in the eastern portion of the range. It 

 prefers rather high elevations, from 6,000 to 9,000 feet and 

 upwards ; lives in large flocks, feeding mostly on the ground, 

 among bamboos and brush-wood, and every now and then scream- 

 ing and chattering, but not so loudly or discordantly as some of 

 the others. Hutton, who says that it is very common at Mussooree, 

 found the nest "about seven or eight feet from the ground, of woody 

 tendrils, twigs, fibres, or at times of grass and leaves, and with 

 three beautiful shining green eggs." It is not very common at 

 Darjeeling, and is not found below 6,000 or 7,000 feet. 



412. Garrulax pectoralis, Gould. 



Ianthocincla, apud Gould, P. Z. S., 1835 — Blyth, Cat. 485 

 — Horse., Cat. 288 — Cinclos. grisaure, Hodgson — G. melanotis, 

 Blyth — G. uropygialis, Cabanis — Ol-pJw, Lepch. 



The Black-gorgeted Laughing-thrush. 

 Descr. — Plumage above light olivaceous brown, with a rusty 

 tinge on the back and rump, and the nape and hind neck bright 

 rusty ; quills edged whitish, or pale cinereous, and the terminal 

 third of all the lateral tail-feathers with a double band of black and 

 white ; a narrow white supercilium ; cheeks, lores, and ear-coverts 

 silvery grey or white (in some, however, pure black), enclosed by 

 two narrow black lines, which originate at the base of the bill, 

 and circling round the eyes and ears, unite into a broad band, 

 which descends on the sides of the neck, and thence form a gorget 



