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of the leathers, this shade being almost absent on the outermost ; 

 lores and sides of face deep black ; under surface of body black, 

 glossed with deep metallic green, almost as stronglj- metallic as on 

 the back, the under wing-coverts coloured like the breast ; bill and 

 logs black; iris brown. Total length 10 inches, culnien 1-1, wing 

 5-45, tail 4-1, to tip of outer feather o-15, tarsus 0"75. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the feathers of the under 

 surface edged with greyish white. 



Ohs. The persistence of these white edgings to the feathers, even 

 when the bird is otherwise in fully adult and glossy plumage, is a 

 special characteristic of this species, 



Bab. Xepal, through the Burmese countries to Malacca and 

 Sumatra. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Capt. Stackhouse Piowill [C.]. 

 F. Nightingale, Esq. [P.J. 

 Admiral Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 W. Harvey, Esq. [P.]. 



A. E.Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Dicrurus atripennis. 



Dicrurus atripennis, Siuaim. B. W. Afr. i. p. 256 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 

 p. 287; Bp. Consp. i. p. 352; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 101; id. 

 J. f. 0. 1861, p. 170; Grny, Hand-l. B. i. p. 286; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 481 ; id. Cat. Afr.'B. p. 47'. 



Adult. General colour above glossy greenish black, the head uni- 

 form with the entire back and wing-coverts ; quills and tail-feathers 

 jet-black, extei'nally glossed, with greenish ; lores and frontal 

 plumes velvety black, the latter slightly crested ; cheeks, throat, and 

 breast black, glossed with green, more distinctly on the latter ; 

 belly and abdomen dull greyish black ; under wing-coverts black, 

 the feathers edged with a glossy green lustre ; lower surface! of 

 quills entirely black, of the same shade as the wing-coverts. Total 

 length 8-2 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 4-5, tail 4-1, tarsus 0-7. 



Hob. West Africa. 



5. Dicrurus modestus. 



Dicrurus modestus, Hartl. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1849, p. 495 ; id. 



Bcitr. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 50, Taf. 4 ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 101 ; Dohrn, 



P.Z.S. 1866, p." 327; Graij, Hand-l. B.\. p. 286; Sharpie, Cat. 



Afr. B. p. 47. 

 Dicrurus coracinus, J. d^ E. Verr. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851 , p. 132 ; 



Strickl. Contr. Oin. 1851, p. 132: Bp. C. E. xxxviii. p. 540; 



