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a. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. }3ehar. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



C-. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Gondul, Katiawar, Nov. Major J. Hayes Lloyd [P.J. 

 26, 1871. 



Subsp. o. Buchanga insularis, 

 Buchanga cserulescens, Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 439 (>iec L.). 



Adult male. Similar to B. ccerulescens, but much smaller and 

 darker, especially on the throat and chest, which are slaty brown 

 M'ith a distinct gloss of steel-blue ; " bill and legs black, the edges 

 of the scales on the latter greyish ; iris reddish brown " (Leyge, MS.), 

 Total length 9 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 4-6, tail 3-7, to tip of 

 outer feather 4'5, tarsus 0-75. 



Hab. The whole of the east of Ceylon and central province, eastern 

 district {Legge, MS.). 



u. S ad. Ceylon, Sept. 20, 1875. Capt. W. Vincent Legge, 



R.A. [P.]. 

 b, c. Ad. Uva district. Mr. E. Boate 



d. Juv. sk. Uva district. Mr. E. Boate 



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7. Buchanga leucopygialis. 



Dicrui-us leucopvgialis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 298 ; id. Cut. B. Mita. 



A. S. B. p. 203. 

 Buchanga leucopygialis, Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 439. 



Very similar to B. insularis, if, indeed, really separable, the only 

 differences being that the entire abdomen is brownish, only slightly 

 mixed with white, the under tail-coverts being white : this gives a 

 darker appearance to the bird underneath. " Bill and feet black, 

 iris brown " {Legge, MS.). Total length 9 inches, culmen 0"85, 

 wing 4-7, tail 3-5, to tip of outer feather 4-5, tarsus 0-7. 



Hub. Ceylon. 



ii. (S ad. sk. Ceylon, Jan. 26, 1872. Capt. W. Vincent Legge, 



R.A. [P.]. 



8. Buchanga waldeni. 



Dicrurus waldeni, Schl. X. T. D. 18G5. p. 86 ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 423 ; id. i^- Poll. Faun. Madag. p. 80. pi. 23 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 

 i. p. 280. 



Adult. Above and below glossy greenish black, deeper black on 

 the lores and sides of the face ; c[uills and tail black, externally 

 glossed with green ; bill and feet black ; iris brown. Total length 

 12-6 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 5-6, tail 4-9, outer tail-feathers 7'6, 

 tarsus 1 '05. (J/»s. Mai-quis of Tiuecddale.) 



