168 TIMALIIDÆ.
(155) Trocbalopterum erythrocephalam ramsayi.
The Kaiienni Red-headed Laughing-Thrush.
- Trochalopterum rumsaiji Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. 0., xiv, p. 19 (1904) (Kareimee).
Vernacular names. None recorded.
Description. Differs from the last bird in having the chestnut of the chin and throat continued over the entire breast and belly.
Colours of soft parts. " Iris deep chocolate; bill black; legs pinkish brown."
Measurements. Total lengtli about 254 ram.; wing 101 to 104 ram.; tail about 114 mm.; tarsus about 40 mm.; culmen about 20 ram.
Distribution. Karenni, extending to the pine-forests in the Salween District.
Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. Trochalopterum phceniceum Key to Sabsj^)ecles. A. Tail broadly tipped with oranoe. a. General plumage darker . . . , T. p. plicenicewn, p. 168. h. General pluiuage paler T. p. hakeri, p. 169. B. Tail narrowly edged with ochraceous .... T. p. ripponi, p. 170.
(156) Trochalopterum phceniceum phceniceum.
The Assam Crimson-winged Laughing-Thrush.
- Ianthocinda phaniicea Gould, Icon. Av., pi. 3 (1837) (Nepal).
- Trochalopterum phaniceum. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 93.
Vernacular names. TUji-jjlw (Lepcha); Rejtcha (Bhut.).
Description. Lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, round the eye and a patch on the side of the neck crimson; a short superciliiim black; upper plumage olive-brown, the feathers of the crown with partially concealed black margins; tail black, broadly tipped with orange and outermost feathers washed w^ith orange throughout; wing-coverts olive-brown; primary-coverts dusky edged with olive-brown; winglet suffused with crimson on the outer webs and outermost coverts edged with the same; outer webs of primaries edged v,ith crimson and yellow, the former increasing and latter decreasing in extent inwards; secondaries with centre of outer webs edged blue, the terminal portions suffused with crimson, the bases with olive-green; the whole lower plumage fulvous olive-brown, tinged with ashy on the abdomen; under tail-coverts black, broadly tipped with crimson.
