. Birds. Birds. GEAMMATOPTILA. 103 Key to the Species. a. Feathers of crest not streaked with white; no brown hands on the sides uf the crown G. striata, \\ 103. b. Feathers of crest streaked with white; a distinct brown band on each side of the crown O. austeni, p. 104. 101. Grammatoptila striata. The Striated Laughing-Thrush. Garrulus striatus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 7 ; Gould, Cent. pi. 37. Keropia striata ( Via.), Sodus. in â Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 ; Horsf. ^ M. Cat. i, p. 209. Turnagra striata (Vig.), Blyth, Cat. p. 95. Grammatoptila striata {Vig.), Ja-d. B. I. ii, p. 11; id. Ibis, 1
. Birds. Birds. GEAMMATOPTILA. 103 Key to the Species. a. Feathers of crest not streaked with white; no brown hands on the sides uf the crown G. striata, \\ 103. b. Feathers of crest streaked with white; a distinct brown band on each side of the crown O. austeni, p. 104. 101. Grammatoptila striata. The Striated Laughing-Thrush. Garrulus striatus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 7 ; Gould, Cent. pi. 37. Keropia striata ( Via.), Sodus. in â Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 ; Horsf. ^ M. Cat. i, p. 209. Turnagra striata (Vig.), Blyth, Cat. p. 95. Grammatoptila striata {Vig.), Ja-d. B. I. ii, p. 11; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 298; Sunie, N. ^ H. p. 237 ; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 234; Hume, Cat. no. 382; Scully, 8. F. viii, p. 287 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. yii, p. 460 ; Gates in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 67. The Striated Jay-Thrush, Jerd.; JViiwipio/c-p/io, Lepch.; Kopiam, Bhut. Coloration. "Whole upper plumage, sides of the head and neck, chin, and throat umber-brown (deepest on the crest) shading off into pale brown on the lower plumage; every feather of the Fig. 28.âHead of G. striata. both upper and lower, the wing-coverts, and tertiaries with a long median white streak, the streaks larger but less defined on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; quills dark brown, the outer webs of the first few primaries hoary, of the others pale chestnut; tail chestnut; the outer feathers with a minute white tip. Bill black; legs dusky plumbeous ; iris red-brown (Jerdon). Length about 12; tail 5-3; wing 5-6; tarsus 1-7; bill from gape 1-2. Distribution. The Himalayas from the Sutlej valley to Bhutan from 6000 to 9000 feet. This species has, no doubt erroneously, been recorded from Birbhum in Bengal. Habits, Sj-e. Jerdon states that this bird has some very peculiar calls, one of them resembling the chucking of a hen which has just laid an egg. It breeds from May to July, constructing a cup-shaped nest of grass &c. in a low tree, and apparently laying only two eggs. These are blue, some quit
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