254 DICKURID.K. 



6. EDOLIUS. ^yp^ 



Edolius, Cuvier, Rhjn. Anityi. i. p. 3(35 (1829) E. forlicatus. 



Range. Confined to Madagascar. 



1. Edolius forficatus. 



Le Grand Gobe-mouclie noir Iiupi^ de Madagascar, Briss. Oni. ii. 



p. 388, i)\. xxxvii.'fig. 4. 

 Gobe-mouche hup(5 de Madagascar, Bi'ff. PL Enh 189. 

 Lanius forficatus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 134. 

 Fork-tailed Crested Shrike, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 158. 

 Muscicapa galatea, Bodd. Tahl. PI. Enl. p. 11. 

 Le Drougo, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv. pi. 166 ; Stindev. Crit. om Levaill. 



p. 43. 

 Dicrurus lopliorliiuus, Vieill. N. Did. ix. p. 587 ; Gray, Gen. B. . 



p. 286. 

 Dicrurus cristatus, Vieill. N. Diet. ix. p. 587, pi. D. 3. fig. 2 ; id. fit 



0ml. Gal. Ois. i. p. 228, pi. cxli. 

 Edolius forficatus, Cuvier, liegne Anim. i. p. 365. 

 Dicrurus forficatus. Staph. Gen. Zool. xiii. pai-t 2, p. 138 ; Gray, Gen. 



B. i. p. 28G ; Bp. Cons}}, i. p. 351 ; I£artl. Favn. 3Iadag. p. 49 ; 



Roeh S,- E. Newt. Ibis, 1862, p. 274; E. Ketct. Ibis, 1863, p. 348 ; 



Sol. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 163 ; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 834 ; Schl. 



P. Z. S. 1866, p. 423 ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 386 ; 



Schl. (^- Pollen, Faun. Madaq. Ois. p. 79 ; Ch-ay, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 286; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 390; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 47. 



no. 842. 



Adult. Black, ever;\-where glossed "with steel- or blue-black ; quills 

 and tail black, glossed on the outer ■«eb ■with greenish steel-black ; 

 lores glossy black ; on the forehead a vei'j' large erect crest, com- 

 posed of glossy black feathers 1-45 inch long ; under surface of 

 body glossy steel-black, rather diiller on the abdomen and under 

 tail-covens ; bill and legs black. Total length 10-8 inches, culmen 

 1, -wing 5-35, tail 5-55, tarsus 0-9. 



Hah. Madagascar, and Johanna Island in the Comoro group. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. Madagascar. J. Caldwell, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Mohanibo. E. Gerrard, Esq. [C.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Nossi Vola (Crossley). R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



7. DISSEMUROIDES. 



Type. 

 Dissemui'oides, Hvme, S. F. 1873, p. 408 D. dicruriformis. 



Range. Ceylon ; Andaman Islands and Nicobars. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Larger; forehead with a few hairy bristles . . \«^idamanenBis, p. 255. 



"= ' I dicruriformis, p. 2o5. 



b. Smaller ; frontal crest composed of plumes, not 



hairs edoliiformis, p. 256. 



