Birds in and about the Station. 
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all the shelters to facilitate cleaniiifi arranKenients. I may conclude 
hy repeating that niy aviaries and birds liave supplied me with 
unlimited interest and pleasure, and the aviaries have also been 
very successful judfiinfj; from the condition and lenfxth of life of 
their inmates. 
Birds in and about the Station (Bakloh, Punjab). 
By Capt. G. a. Pbrrbau, F.Z.S. 
(coiithiued from page 133). 
LAUGHING-TH RUSHES AND BABBLERS. 
This group is not well represented in the Station itself, but 
there are more not far above and a Babbler or two not far below the 
Station. One cannot recommend them as cage-birds, but in the aviary 
they are most interesting and I wonder they are not more popular at 
home. Of course they want room and they are most certainly not 
safe company for birds smaller than themselves. Mr. Tescliemaker 
found his Wliite crested do a consideral)le amount of damage to oc- 
cupants of an adjoining aviary. 
TuK Himalayan WurrR-CRESTED Laughing-Thrush (Garrulax 
lencolophus). According to the Ijook we are beyond the north-west 
boundary of this bird. About four or five years ago I found them quite 
common in Kajiar in mid-June, the young having just left the nest, 
and most interesting to watcii they were. I have not met it in a wild 
state since. In Marcli 1908 I picked up four at Bombay to take home 
with me They found a temporary home in the Zoo for that summer. 
I took one out in the Autumn to do some mild exhibiting. It's appear- 
ance reflected the greatest credit on the Zoo treatment and I had a 
fair amount of success witli it I believe it is still doing well at Welsh 
shows. It made a charming pet and was a source of nmch amuse- 
ment to visitors owing to his curious postures and cries. I could 
generally set him off laughing by attempting an imitation (a poor one 
at that but it sufficed). His laugh did not really resemble a laugh, 
but it was a nice cheery noise and lots of it. 
I had written some more on the habits of this bird, when I 
came on the following bit in Oates' book about several genera which 
we might lump together as Jay- Thrushes, a very descriptive name 
commonly applied to this species. 
" All are without exception gregarious, and are found in troops of 
" from six to twenty or more individuals. They feed principally on the 
"ground, their strong feet and bills enabling then to turn over leaves, and 
" they are also found on trees, on which they take refuge when disturbed. 
