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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
Genus GAMPSOEHYNCHUS, BL 
41. GAMPSORHYNCHUS RUFULUS. 
THE WHITE-HEADED SHRIKE-THRUSH. 
Gampsorhynchus rufulus, Bl. J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 371 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 14 ; 
Bl. Sr Wald. B. Burm. p. 109 ; Wald. Ibis, 1875, p. 460 j Hume, S. F. viii. 
pp. 95, 168. 
Description. — Male and female. The whole head^ neck and under 
plumage white ; the abdomen, flanks, vent and under tail-coverts tinged 
with buff; back, scapulars_, rump and upper tail-coverts fulvous brown ; 
tail fulvous brown, tipped paler ; lesser and greater wing-coverts fulvous 
brown ; median coverts white ; primaries and secondaries with the outer 
webs fulvous brown, and the inner webs dark brown edged with buff ; 
tertiaries wholly fulvous brown ; under wing-coverts pale fulvous. 
Young birds have the top of the head, nape, ear-coverts and sides of the 
head chestnut ; the median wing-coverts are the same colour as the other 
coverts^ and the breast is tinged with fulvous. 
Bill dusky horny above,, pale beneath ; legs reddish horny ; irides 
orange-yellow in some, straw-yellow in others. [Jerdon.) 
Length 9 inches^ tail 4*7, wing 3"9, tarsus 1*1, bill from gape 1. 
The White-headed Shrike-Thrush has been recorded from Arrakan by 
Mr. Blyth. I procured one specimen in that division at !Nyoungyo near the 
crest of the hill-range. It has not been observed in any other part of 
Burmah^ the Tenasserim bird being quite a distinct species. 
It is found in Nipal and Sikhim, and also in the hill-tracts of Eastern 
Bengal. 
Very little appears to be known regarding this species. The specimen 
which was brought to me from the Arrakan hills must perforce have been 
shot in forest. Dr. Jerdon was informed by natives in Sikhim that it 
was found in small flocks in thick bushy places. They appear to eat grass- 
hoppers and other insects. 
