TIMALINiE. 
Garrulax Less.* 
Bill moderate, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is entire ; the 
lateral margins nearly straight, and the gonys long and ascending ; the nostrils basal, and sunk in a 
short groove, with the opening placed in front, rounded, and hidden by the projecting plumes and 
bristles. Wings moderate and rounded, with the fifth and sixth quills equal and longest. Tail long, 
broad, and rounded. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, robust, and covered in front with very broad 
scales. Toes rather long and strong, with the outer toe longer than the inner, and united at its base ; 
the hind toe very long and- strong : the claws moderate, compressed, curved, and acute. 
These birds inhabit the mountainous portions of India and China, where they live in jungles and shady ravines, and 
<lT e Usua Hy observed in large flocks, making a noise closely resembling many persons laughing together. Their food 
consists of fruits and insects. The nest is formed in hollows, on the sides of the shady ravines and gullies, and is 
composed of small sticks and fine grasses. The eggs are usually four in number. 
G. perspicillatus (Gmel.) PI. enl. 604. 
2. G. sharihu (Gmel.) Le Vaill. Hist. Nat. Rolliers, &c. t. 43 
arclu S melanopus Gmel. ; Corvus auritus Baud. Sonn. Voy. t. 107. ; 
rateropus leucogenys Blyth. 
■h G. sinensis (Linn.) Briss. Orn. ii. t. 23. f. 1 Turdus ca- 
llorus et Lanius faustus Linn. Edwards's Birds, pi. 184. 
G. leucocephalus (Hardw.) Linn. Trans. Gould, Cent, of B. 
Pk 18 . 
G. Belangeri Less. Voy. dans Ind. Orient, t. 4. — Ianthocin- 
c ia leucocephalus var. Blyth. 
G. ocellatus (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1831. p. 55., Gould, Cent. 
of B - 1>1. 15. 
G. ulbogularis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1835. p. 187. — Cinclosoma 
a!b 'gula Hodys. As. Res. xi. p. 14b’. 
8. G . pectoralis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1835. p. 186. — Cinclosoma 
grisauris Hodgs. 
9- G. melanotis Blyth, Journ. A. S. B. 1843. p. 949. 
10. G. Me Clellandii Blyth, Journ. A. S. B. 1843. p. 949. 
Ianthocincla pectoralis Me CUM. ^ Hors/. 
11. G. moniliger (Hodgs.) As. Res. xix p. 147. 
12. G. rufifrons Less. Voy. dans Ind. Orient. Ois. t. 5. 
13. G. ccerulatus (Hodgs.) As. Res. xix. p. 147. 
14. G. bicolor (Miill.) Rev. Zool. 1844. p. 402. 
15. G. mitratus (Miill.). 
lb. G. ruficollis (Jard. & Selby), 111. Orn. n. s. pi. 21. 
17- G. lunaris (Me Clell. & Horsf.) Proc. Z. S. 1839. p. 160. 
Trochalopteron Hodgs. f 
Bill moderate, with the culmen much curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is strongly 
ciRarginated ; the lateral margin slightly curved, and the gonys short and ascending ; the gape furnished 
^ith a few long bristles ; the nostrils lateral, basal, sunk in a groove, with the opening anterior, 
ex posed, and rounded. Wings moderate and rounded, with the seventh and eighth quills the longest. 
^ a -d moderate, and much rounded on the sides. Tarsi much longer than the middle toe, and covered 
front with very broad scales. Toes long, with the outer toe rather longer than the inner, and united 
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lts base ; the hind toe very long, and armed with a long strong claw. 
These birds are found in the mountainous parts of India. 
Ifin.i ^ablishcd by M. Lesson in 1831 ( Traite d' Ornithologie, p. 6'47.). 
ocincla of Mr. Gould (1835) is synonymous. 
Published by Mr. Hodgson in 1844 ( List of the Birds of Nepal ). 
M. Lafresnaye has changed this word into Garrularix (1840). 
