Description. Similar to T. e. erythrolæma, but has a conspicuous grey supercilium and the forehead also much greyer.
Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in erythrolæma.
Distribution. The high ranges between Cachar, the Naga Hills and N.W. Manipur.
Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded.
(152) Trochalopterum erythrocephalum woodi.
Wood's Red-headed Laughing-Thrush.
- Trochalopterum erythrocephalum woodi Stuart Baker, Bull. B. O. C, xxxv, p. 17 (1914) (Loi-Sing, N. Shan States).
Vernacular names. None recorded.
Description. Differs from T. e. godwini in having the upper back unmarked with black as in melanostigma. The chin and throat are blackish instead of rufous and the ear-coverts are grey. From erythrolæma it differs in having grey ear-coverts and a broad grey supercilium. From chrysopterum it differs in having black not rufous-brown edges to the breast-feathers, and the upper parts are rufous-brown rather than olive-green.
Colours of soft parts. Bill dark horny-brown; legs apparently dark fleshy-brown.
Measurements. "Wing 107 mm.; tail 122 mm.; culmen 20 mm.; tarsus 37 mm." (Harington).
Distribution. Shan States.
Nidification and Habits not recorded.
(153) Trochalopterum erythrocephalum chrysopterum.
The Shillong Yellow-winged Laughing-Thrush.
- Ianthocincln chrysoptera Gould, V. Z. S., 1835, p. 48 (Khasia Hills).
- Trochalopterum chrysopterum. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 90.
Vernacular names. None recorded.
Description. Differs from all the other races in having brown oval spots instead of black round spots on back and breast. It has a broad grey supercilium and the ear-coverts are rufous more or less tinged with grey. The chin and throat are dark chestnut.
Colours of soft parts. Iris yellowish or greyish brown, sometimes quite grey; legs fleshy or yellowish brown; bill dark horny-brown.
Measurements. Total length about 260 to 270 mm.; wing 101 to 106 mm.; tail about 110 to 115 mm.; culmen about 20 to 21 mm.; tarsus about 38 mm.
