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with in the Central Provinces) is a pure glossless white, quite devoid 

 of markings. They are oval in shape, somewhat pointed at one end, 

 measuring about an inch in length by three-quarters in breadth. 



280.— THE LONG-TAILED DRONGO. 

 Buchanga longicauda, Hay. 



The Long-Tailed Drongo occurs on the Sahyadri range, where it 

 is a permanent resident, Mr. Davidson procured it in Khandesh, 

 but I do not think that it breeds in that district ; it is altogether 

 absent from the northern half of the Presidency, or only occurs as 

 a very rare straggler. 



They breed during May and June, making a neat cup-shaped nest 

 of grass and fibres, bound together on the exterior with cobwebs ; 

 it is usually placed in a slender fork in a tree at some height from 

 the ground. The eggs, three or four in number, are similar in shape 

 to those of the Common King Crow, but are usually much more 

 highly coloured, and average rather smaller. 



281.— THE WHITE-BELLIED DRONGO. 



Buchanga ccsrulescens, Midi, 



So far ag I know, Mr. Davidson, C. S., is the only ornithologist that 

 has procured the eggs of this bird, and he has kindly furnished me 

 with the following note : — 



"This bird wanders all over the Presidency in the cold weather, 

 as I have found it everywhere, even in Sholapur at that season. It 

 leaves for the hills early in the hot weather, and breeds, so far as 

 I am able to judge, always in March and April, and not as one would 

 naturally expect, in the rains. According to my experience, it only 

 breeds in thick jungle among the hills. The eggs, three in number, 

 are pinkish, spotted, and blotched at the thicker end with purple. 

 They are rather smaller than those of Buchanga atra, and more 

 resemble those of Buchanga longicauda.''* 



Ahrani, Khandesh, April (fledged yoimg). J. Davidson, C. S. 



W. Kalwan, Nassick, March and April. „ 



W. Bagln, Nassich, May [young). „ 



282.— THE BRONZED DRONGO. 



Ghaptia amea, Vieill. 

 The distribution of the Bronzed Drongo, in the Western Presi- 

 dency, is similar to that of the Long-tailed Drongo, but it appears 



