. Birds .. . 75. Vernacularnames. Tarma-pho {lie^eha,); Piang-kam {Bhui.). Description. Porehead, the upper part of the cheeks and roundthe eye black; ear-coverts black above, whitish tipped with rufousbelow; upper plumage and sides of neck rufous-brown, brighteron the greater coverts, the outer webs of the quills and on thehead, the feathers of which have narrow edges of black; rump 142 TIMALIID^. tinged with ashy; tail chestnut-brown ; lower parts of cheeksrufous-brown; extreme point of chin black; remainder of chin,throat, the middle of the breast and abdomen and under tail-coverts■white; s
. Birds .. . 75. Vernacularnames. Tarma-pho {lie^eha,); Piang-kam {Bhui.). Description. Porehead, the upper part of the cheeks and roundthe eye black; ear-coverts black above, whitish tipped with rufousbelow; upper plumage and sides of neck rufous-brown, brighteron the greater coverts, the outer webs of the quills and on thehead, the feathers of which have narrow edges of black; rump 142 TIMALIID^. tinged with ashy; tail chestnut-brown ; lower parts of cheeksrufous-brown; extreme point of chin black; remainder of chin,throat, the middle of the breast and abdomen and under tail-coverts■white; sides of breast and abdomen ashy. Colours of soft parts. Iris red or red-brown ; bill horny-black,palor and greyer at the base; legs pale fleshy. Orbital skinlivid (Jerdon). Measurements. Length about 280 mm.; wing 103 to 108 mm.;tail about 120 mm.; tarsus about 35 mm.; culmen about 20 mm. Distribution. Nepal, Sikkim, hills North of the Brahmiiputraand hill-ranges of North Manipur, Naga Hills to Pig. 27.—Head of D, c. cundaius. Nidification. Breeds in Sikkim in May and June and occasion-ally as early as Apri) at between 6,000 and 8,000 feet, making abulky, cup-shaped nest of twigs, bamboo leaves, grass, roots andsteals of plants, lined with finer roots and fern-rachides and placedin small trees or high bushes at any height between 5 and 15 eggs, two or three in number, are pale blue-green, very likethose of Garrulax monUic/er, but the texture is smoother and closerthough not nearly so hard or glossy as those of tlie nificollis eggs average 305 x 22-1 mm. Habits. Similar to those of the rest of the genus. This bird,however, is one of high altitudes, being found principally between3,000 and 5,000 feet, and ascending up to 6,000 feet in summerand descending to about 2,000 in winter. (124) Dryonastes csenilatus subcsenilatns. The Shillong LiUGHiNG-THnnsH. Garrulax subcterulatus Hume, S. F., vii, p. 140 (1878) (Shillong).Dryonastes subceerulatus
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