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reddish ochre, and the crown of the head is of a uniform colour 
with the back. In other respects it has a strong resemblance 
to our bird. 
43. Garrulax pcecilorhynchus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, 
p. 281 . 
This is a commoner bird than the last in the forest-ranges near 
Tamsuy, but, like it, never descends to the lower unsheltered 
hills. It is a noisy, chattering species, assembling several together 
in the underwood, and keeping up an incessant jabbering, with 
frequent loud, discordant cries interspersed. It is sly and vigi¬ 
lant, and tries to elude observation, generally escaping from the 
opposite side of the bush it is in, with short flights to the next, 
and so retreating from approach. In the Cinclosoma caruleatum , 
Hodgs. As. Res. xix. p. 147, from Nepal, we have a close repre¬ 
sentative of this species, with similar brown upper plumage and 
scaly head; but that species is easily distinguished from ours by 
the white on its under parts. 
Length 10|in.; wing 5; tail 5^; tarsi 1J. Wing having 
the 6th feather rather the longest, the 7th slightly shorter, 
and the 5th rather shorter again. Bill: not quite the entire 
apical half bright ochre-yellow with a greenish tinge; basal 
portion greyish black. Legs brownish grey, with light-brownish 
soles and brown nails. Sexes alike. General plumage a 
bright reddish brown, redder on the head, tertiary edges, and 
tail. There are some black bristles about the bill, and the ear 
is covered by coarse, bristly, black feathers. The feathers of 
the head are narrowly margined with black; the primary and 
secondary quills deep brown on the inner webs and shafts, 
their margins, especially those of the former, being paler than 
the general colour. Tail obscurely barred with a shade of brown, 
more distinctly when the feathers are new, but the bars almost 
entirely fading away with wear; the two outer feathers termina¬ 
ting with pale, almost whitish spots; outermost feather 1-^ in. 
shorter than central. Belly and flanks deep smoke-grey, 
brownish on the tibiae; vent buff-white. Under wings brown ; 
under shafts of wings and tail whitish. 
