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wings and wing-coverts like the back ; a jet black spot on the 

 primary coverts ; winglet, and the outer margin of the quills, pearl 

 grey ; those of the secondaries and some of the tertiaries greenish 

 yellow ; the rest of the tertiaries and tips of the secondaries 

 slaty grey ; a broad white moustachial spot, and one behind 

 the ears also white ; beneath, the chin is black ; the breast rufous 

 brown, the feathers edged laterally with grej' ; the belly uniform 

 faint rufous brown ; lower tail-coverts the same, but darker. 



Bill black ; feet reddish brown ; irides brown. Length 10£ 

 inches ; wing 4 ; tail 4i ; bill at front nearly §• ; tarsus 1^. 



This rare species of Laughing-thrush may be said in some 

 measure to take the place, in the S. E. Himalayas, of the last. It 

 has been sent from Bootan, Sikhim, and Nepal. I saw it in thick 

 bamboo jungle between 8,000 and 9,000 feet of elevation, on the 

 road from Darjeeling to Tongloo, and I imagine that it only fre- 

 quents the higher mountains. 



420. Trochalopteron squamatum, Gould. 



Ianthocincla, apud Gould, P. Z. S., 1835 — Blyth, Cat. 492 

 — Horsf., Cat. 305 — Jard. and Selby, 111. Orn. 2, pi. 4 — 

 Cinelos. melanura, Hodgson — Tarmal-pho, Lepch. — Nabum, Bhot. 



The Blue-wing lid Laughing-tkrush. 



Descr. — Head, neck, and body above, olive-brown, with black 

 lunules ; rump unspotted dark chesnut ; brows black ; wino-s black 

 internally, visible as such on the tertiaries, but the edges of the 

 first primaries blue ; margins of the other quills, and the coverts, 

 dark castaneous ; tail black, overlaid with glossy green, and 

 obsoletely barred with a terminal band of rusty ; beneath, the 

 chin is black, and the rest of the lower plumage olivaceous in 

 some, in others inclined to rufous or chesnut ; vent and under 

 tail-coverts rufescent or chesnut. 



Bill black ; legs shining fleshy brown; irides red-brown (glaucous 

 according to Hodgson). Length 10^ inches; extent 12; wino- 

 3| ; tail 4^ ; bill at front f ; tarsus lf n . 



This is a common bird in the neighbourhood of Darjeeling, and 

 has similar habits with the others. It has very short and highly 



