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CATALOGUE. 
285. GARRULAX CHINENSIS, Scopoli Sp. 
Lanius chinensis, Scopoli. 
Garrulax chinensis, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XIV. 
p. 598 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 95. Bonop., 
C. G. Av. p. 370. 
Corvus auritus, Daudin^ II. p. 250. 
Turdus Shanhu, Gmel, S. iV^. Z. I. p. 814. 
Garrulax Shanhu, G R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, 1. p. 225. 
Turdus melanopis, Gmel., S. iV L. I. p. 829. 
Crateropus leucogenys, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XI. 
p. 180. 
Black-faced Thrush, Lath. 
Shai^hij, China, Lath. 
a. Drawing. From Edward Blyth, Esq. 
The following notice, by Mr. B. "W. G. Erith, of a specimen of 
this bird in confinement, is given by Mr. Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XII. 
p. 179 his. " The bird was excessively tame and familiar, and 
delighted (like a cockatoo) in being caressed and tickled by the 
hand, when it would spread out its wings and assume very singular 
attitudes. It was naturally a fine songster, and a most universal 
imitator. "Whenever chopped meat or other food was put into its 
cage, it always evinced the jiropensity to deposit the bits one by one 
between the wires (a habit in common with the shrikes, and which 
is also strikingly manifested by the Kitta venatorius, and sometimes 
even by JSIynahs) ; and when a bee or wasp was offered, this bird 
would seize it instantly, and invariably turn its tail round and make 
the insect sting this several times successively, before eating it. A 
large beetle it would place before it on the ground, and pierce it with 
a violent downward stroke of the bill ; a small snake (about a foot 
long) it treated in like manner, transfixing the centre of the head, 
it afterwards devoured about half the snake, holding it by one 
foot, while it picked it with the bill, as was its common mode of 
feeding." 
286. GARRULAX ALBOGULARLS, Gould Sp. 
lanthocincla albogularis, Gould, P. Z. S. (1835),^. 187. 
Garrulax albogularis, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XII. 
p. 949 ; XIY . p. 598 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 95. G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, J. p. 225. 
