THE GREY WOOD-SHMKE. 257 
Hodgson's Wood-Shrike is found very commonly over the whole of Pegu, 
where it appears to be a constant resident. Mr. Davison found it very 
generally distributed over Tenasserim, and my men procured numerous 
specimens at Malewoon. It probably does not go far down the Malay 
peninsula ; but its limit in a southerly direction is not known. Mr. Blyth 
states that it occurs in Arrakan, where it will probably be found to be 
generally diffused. Messrs. David and Oustalet record it from Laos and 
Cambodia, and Mr. Swinhoe found it in Hainan. It is probably scattered 
over the whole of South China and the Indo-Burmese countries ; it has 
been procured in Tipperah and Cachar, and it extends along the Himalayas 
from Bhootan to Nipal. 
This Wood-Shrike frequents thick evergreen forests in preference to 
other localities ; but it is also found in most parts of the country which 
are well wooded. On the Pegu hills it was remarkably abundant, flying 
about the trees in small troops and uttering all the time they were feeding 
a rather loud and melodious call. It was very confiding and not easily 
frightened. Its food consists of insects of various kinds, and they diligently 
search the leaves for them. 
Genus MUSCITREA, Blyth. 
244. MUSCITREA GRISOLA. 
THE GREY WOOD-SHRIKE. 
Tephrodomis grisola, Bl. J. A. S. B. xii. p. 180* ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 411 ; Bl. Ihisj 
1865, p. 43 ; Wald. Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 179. Hyloterpe grisola, Wald. Ibis, 1874, 
p. 141 ; Salvad. Uce. Born. p. 157. Muscitrea cinerea, Bl. J. A. S. B. xvi. 
p. ]21; Bl. B. Burm, p. Ill; Hume, S. F. v. p. 101. Hyloterpe philomela 
(Miill.), Cab. Arch. f. Nat. 1847, p. 322 ; Bl. 8f Wald. B. Burm. p. 122. Pa- 
chycephala grisola, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 217. Hylocharis philomela, 
Hume, S.F. ii. p. 201. Hylocharis occipitalis, Hume, S.F. ii. p. 201. Hy- 
loterpe grisola, Hume, S. F. v. p. 102. Muscitrea grisola, Hume 8f Dav. 
S. F. vi. p. 206 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 91. 
Description. — Male and female. Lores and the head from the forehead 
to the nape dull earthy brown ; back, rump^ scapulars, upper tail-coverts 
and upper wing-coverts rufous-brown ; tail and wings hair-brown, the 
quills of the latter margined exteriorly with the same colour as the back 
but brighter ; chin, throat, breast and flanks pale brown ; abdomen, vent, 
under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts pure white. 
The tint of the upper plumage varies much according to the freshness of 
the feathers. 
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