48 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



422. Trochalopteron phceniceum, Gould. 



Ianthocincla, apud Gould, Icon. Av., pi. 3 — Blytii, Cat. 

 497 — Horsf., Cat 302 — Crateropus puniceus, Blyth — Tilji- 

 pho, Lepch. — Repcha, Bhot. 



The Crimson-winged Laughing-thrush. 



Descr. — Above, plumage rich olive-brown, rufous on the wings ; 

 tail dusky black above, each feather tipped with bright orange, the 

 lateral ones most broadly so ; the feathers on the sides of the 

 crown, and over the eye, margined laterally with black, form- 

 ing a superciliary streak ; eye-streak, ear-coverts, sides of the 

 neck, outer edge of primaries, of the terminal portions of the 

 secondaries, and of the longest tertiaries, crimson ; the secondaries 

 black internally, and partially margined with light grey ; beneath, 

 as the upper plumage, but paler, and tinged with ruddy ; tail 

 beneath almost entirely dull-orange. 



Bill black ; legs livid brown ; irides red-brown. Length 8^ 

 inches ; extent 10£ ; wing 3^ ; tail 4^ ; bill at front f ; tarsus 1 T 2 ^. 



This richly-plumaged Laughing-thrush is found, in the S. E. 

 Himalayas, and also in the Khasia hills. It is tolerably abundant 

 in Sikhim, and frequents the zone from 4,000 to 6,000 feet or so. 

 A nest and eo^s, said to be of this bird, were brought to me at 

 Darjeelmg, the nest made of roots and grass, and the eggs, three 

 in number, pale blue, with a few narrow and wavy dusky streaks. 



The two next birds belong to a peculiar type, and are the only 

 representatives of the genus found in Southern India, where they, 

 as was to be expected, are confined to the summits of the highest 

 mountain ranges. 



423. Trochalopteron cachinnans, Jerdon. 



Crateropus, apud Jerdon, Cat. 87, with figure — Blyth, Cat. 

 598 — Horsf., Cat. 298 — Crat. Lafresnayii, Delessert — C. Dele- 

 serti, Lafrksnaye. 



The Neilgherry Laughing-thrush. 



Descr. — Above olive-brown ; the head dusky black ; eye-brows, 

 lores, and eyelids, white ; ear-coverts rufous ; beneath, the chin 



