This laughingthrush from China was discovered by Père Armand David in western Szechwan. It was similar to the Himalayan Ianthocincla ocellata of the previous illustration, (see Asia, III, pl.44) but had slight differences in plumage. These were the blacker colouring of the head, throat and round the eye, and the broader, yellower body spots, each spot with narrower black bars.
The illustration was made from a specimen lent to Gould by the zoologist, D.G. Elliot.
A. David, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1871, 4th series, VII, p.256
R. Swinhoe, Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1871, p.372
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Asia: northern India, southeastern Tibet, northeastern Burma and central and southwestern China.
The birds depicted belong to the subspecies Garrulax ocellatus artemisiae from China