50 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



This Laughing-thrush is very closely allied to the last, differing 

 chiefly by the ashy breast, and some few other particulars. I 

 procured it near the top of the Banasore peak, a high hill at the 

 edge of the Ghats separating Malabar from the Wynaad, at an 

 elevation of from 5,000 to 6,000 feet. Its voice is very like that of 

 its Neilgherry congener, but more subdued. I did not hear it 

 in Coorg, nor in any other part of the Wynaad, but 1 have no 

 doubt that it will be found on some of the higher elevations along 

 the range of Western Ghats. 



The two next species also differ from all in their mode of colora- 

 tion, and, to a small extent, structurally, and they exhibit some 

 affinity for Actinodura, and also, though more distantly, to the 

 Malacocircus group. 



425. Trochalopteron lineatum, Vigoes. 



Cinclosoma, apud Vigors, P. Z. S., 1831 — Blytii, Cat. 599 — 

 Horsf., Cat. 300. 



The Streaked Laughing-thrush. 



Descr. — Head and back olivaceous ashy, the feathers of the 

 head and neck centred with reddish brown ; wings chesnut ; tail 

 the same, more or less olivaceous, and with a broad ashy-white tip, 

 preceded by a narrow dark band, and obsoletely barred (most dis- 

 tinctly seen beneath) ; ear-coverts rufescent ; lores, and over the 

 eyes, whitish ; beneath the plumage is mixed ashy and rufescent, 

 lighter and more ashy on the chin and throat ; lower abdomen, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts, olivaceous ; the feathers of the back 

 and of the neck and breast white-shafted ; and the feathers of the 

 breast and lower parts are all edged with olive ashy. 



Length 8^ inches ; wing 3j ; tail 3| ; bill at front -^ ; tarsus 1^. 



This species has not been found in the Sikhim Himalayas, but 

 extends from Nepal to Cashmere, where Adams says that it is not 

 rare. He found it living in flocks, very tame, and with a low 

 chattering note. Hutton says that it is seen in pairs, or four 

 or five together. He found the nest, either in a low bush, or the 

 sides of a bank, loosely constructed of grass, stalks, and roots, 

 and with usually three eggs, whose color he does not mention. 



