258 ORNITHOLOGY. 



DRONGO SHRIKE. 



A species of drongo shrike inhabits Arracan, and per* 

 haps these Provinces. 



Tephrodornis pelvica. 



Tenthaca Hodgson. 



PARADISE EDOLIUS. 



The loud, flute-toned edolius might be termed the Ten- 

 asserim nightingale, for it is considered by the Karens as 

 the sweetest singer of their forests, and it seems to de- 

 light in cheering them at eventide. There was an old 

 friend that used to come at sunset every evening, and 

 perch upon a guava bough near my dwelling in Dong- 

 yan ; and there it would sit and pour forth one incessant 

 stream of melody for a half hour at a time. This bird 

 has a glossy, jet black dress, with two remarkably long 

 shafts to its tail-feathers, " broadly barbed on the 

 inner side towards the extremity ; the stem however, giv- 

 ing one twist, so that the inner part appears to be the 

 outer one." 



Edolius paradiseus. 



" retifer, Temm. 



cristatcllus > Blyth. 



intermedius, Lesson. 



Dicrurus platurus, Vieillot. 



Cuculus paradiseus, Linn. 



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MALABAR EDOLIUS. 



A second species from the Provinces is thus distinguish- 

 ed : " In this species, the frontal plumes attain a length 

 of two inches and a half, and flow backward over and be- 

 yond the occiput. The hackles of the neck are also 

 decidedly more elongated than in the others." 

 Chibia malabaroides, Hodgson. 



Edolius " 



grandis, Blyth. 



Lanius malabaricus, Latham, not Sonnerat. 



ARRACAN EDOLIUS. 



Capt Phayre found another species of edolius in Arra- 



