50 ceateeopodidjE. 



the bird. It is a very broad, slightly pyriforin oval, of a uniform 

 pale greenish-blue tint, and very fairly glossy. It measures 1-05 

 by 0-87. 



This- egg appears to me to be an abnormally small one. A nest 

 sent me from Sikhiin, where it was found in July, contained much 

 larger eggs, and more in proportion to the size of the bird. The 

 nest I refer to was placed in a clump of bamboos about 5 feet from 

 the ground. It was a tolerably compact, moderately deep, saucer- 

 shaped nest, between 6 and 7 inches in diameter, composed of dead 

 bamboo-sheaths and leaves bound together with creepers and her- 

 baceous stems, and thinly lined with roots. It contained two 

 eggs. These are rather broad ovals, somewhat pointed towards 

 one end, of a uniform pale greenish blue, and are fairly glossy. 



These eggs measured 1-33 and 1-30 in length, and 0-98 in 

 breadth. 



Mr. Mandelli sent me two nests of this species, both taken in 

 Native Sikhiin, the one on the 4th, the other on the 20th July. 

 Each contained two fresh eggs. One was placed in a small tree 

 in heavy jungle, at a height of about 6 feet from the ground, 

 the other in a clump of bamboos a foot lower. Both are large, 

 coarse, saucer-shaped nests, 7 to 8 inches in diameter, and 3*5 to 4 

 in height externally ; the cavities are about 4 - 5 inches in diameter, 

 and less than 2 in depth ; the basal portion of the nests is com- 

 posed entirely of dry leaves, chiefly those of the bamboo, loosely 

 held together by a few stems of creepers ; the sides of the nest are 

 stems of creepers wound round and round and loosely intertwined, 

 and the cavity is lined with rather coarse rootlets, and in one case 

 with fine twigs. 



73. Garrulax moniliger (Hodgs.). The Necklaced Laughiutj- 



Thrusli. 



Garrulax moniliger (Hodgs.), Jerd. B. Lid. ii, p. 40 ; Hume, Bough 

 Draft JV. §• E. no. 413. 



Of the Necklaced Laughing-Thrush Dr. Jerdon says : — " I pro- 

 cured both this and the last (the Black-gorgeted Laughing-Thrush) 

 at Darjeeling, and have also seen one or both in Sylhet, Cachar, 

 and Upper Burmah. They both associate in large flocks, and fre- 

 quent more open forest than most of the previous species. The 

 eggs are greenish blue." 



From Sikhim, Mr. Gammie writes : — " In the first week of June 

 I found a nest in low jungle, at 2000 feet, containing four greenish- 

 blue eggs, but, as I did not see the bird, left it until my return a 

 week later. I then saw the female, but in the interval the young 

 had been hatched. The nest closely resembled that of D. ccerulatus 

 [p. 46], both in shape and composition, and was similarly situated 

 between several upright slender shoots to which it was firmly 

 attached. It was, however, within five feet of the ground, which 

 is lower by 5 feet or so than D. ccerulatus generally builds. 



" I have found this species breeding from April to June, up to 



