THE NECKLACED LAUGHING-THRUSH. 
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rufous-grey ; back_, scapulars and lesser wing-coverts bright ferruginous ; 
median and greater coverts^ tertiaries^ rump and upper tail-coverts rufous - 
brown ; primaries and secondaries dark brown edged with rufous-brown ; 
tail dark brown ; lores, feathers round the eyes and ear-coverts, forming a 
broad band, black ; cheeks, sides of the neck and whole lower plumage 
white tinged with fulvous ; flanks and under tail-coverts dull ferruginous. 
Length about 11*5 inches, tail 4'6, wing 5*2, tarsus 1'9, bill from gape 
1-35. 
This species is allied to G. belangeri and differs principally in having 
the abdomen and vent white instead of deep ferruginous ; the hinder crest 
and nape grey instead of white. The description is taken from the type 
of G. leucogaster in Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay^s museum. There can 
be no doubt that this bird is identical with G. diardi redescribed by 
Dr. Pucheran. 
The Siamese White-crested Laughing-Thrush appears to have occurred 
in Tenasserim, on the frontier hills between Tavoy and Siam, where some 
specimens are said to have been collected by a gentleman in Capt. HilFs 
survey party. These birds, which were in the Mandelli collection, have ' 
been examined by Mr. Hume. 
Lord Walden described this bird from a specimen procured in Siam. 
Dr. Tiraud states that G. belangeri occurs in Cochin China ; but he pro- 
bably has mistaken that bird for the present species. 
There is nothing on record about its habits which, however, are not 
likely to difi'er in any respect from its congeners. 
36. GARRULAX MONILIGER. 
THE NECKLACED LAUGHING-THRUSH. 
Cinclosoma moniligera, Hodgs. As. Res. xix. p. 147. Garrulax moniliger, Jerd. 
B. Ind. p. 40 ; Hutne, Nests and Eggs, p. 257 ; Hume, S. F. iii. p. 123 ; Bl. B. 
Burm. p. 108 ; Oates, S. F. v. p. 156 ; Anders. Yunnan Fxjjed. p. 627 ; Hume 
^ Dav. S. F. vi. pp. 291, 515 ; Hume, S. F. viii. pp. 96, 169 ; Bingham, S. F. ix. 
p. 181 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 208. 
Description. — Male and female. Forehead and crown olive-brown, the 
shafts darker ; a broad collar round the back of the neck bright rusty ; 
back, scapulars, rump, upper wing- and tail-coverts olive-brown tinged 
with ferruginous ; a superciliary streak extending to the nape white ; the 
lores, feathers round the eye, a line from the eye passing over the ear- 
coverts and widening to form a broad collar across the breast, black ; ear- 
coverts generally white or grey, sometimes black ; chin, throat, cheeks and 
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