10. DISSEMURUS. 250 



Edolius nialabaricus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 351 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 437. 

 Edolius paradiseus, Bji. Consp. i. p. 351 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 435. 

 Edolius brachyphorus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 351 (ex Temm. MS. in Mus. 



Lvqd.) ; ScU. Handl. Dierk. p. 479, pi. 2. fig. 4 ; Sd. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 218. 

 Disseniurus paradiseus, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 112. 

 Dissemurus malabaricus, Cah. t. c. p. 112, note; Holdsic. P. Z. S. 



1872, p. 439. 

 Dissemurus graudis. Cab. t. c. p. 112, note. 

 Dissemiu'us brachyphorus, Cab. t. c. p. 112; Salvad. Ucc. Born. 



p. 154. 

 Dissemurus formosus, Cab. t. c. p. Ill ; Bp). C. R. xxxviii. p. 539. 

 Dissemurus setifer. Cab. t. c. p. 111. 



Edolius brachyptorus, Schl. Handl. Dierk. i. p. 287 (lapsti). 

 Dierurus nialayeusis, " B/i/th,'' Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 438. 

 Edolius formosus, Jerd. t. c. p. 438. 

 Dierurus brachyphorus, Pelz. Peis. Norara, Vor/. p. 83. 

 Dierurus .'setifer, Pek. t. c. p. 83. 

 Edolius atfinis, Ti/fler S,- Bear. Ibis, 1867, p. 323. 

 Dierurus malabaroides, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 286. 

 Dierurus formosus. Gray, t. c. p. 286. 

 Dierurus singularis, Gi'ay, <. e. p. 287. 

 Dissemurus affinis, Wald. Ibis, 1873, p. 310, 



Adult. General colour above blue-black, with steel-colom-ed re- 

 flections at the ends of the feathers, the plumes of the sides of the 

 neck elongated and lanceolate ; the metallic gloss on the wings 

 rather brighter than on the back ; primaries black, slightly glossed 

 externally on the outer web, the secondaries metallic like the 

 coverts ; tail black, the feathers glossed with steel-colour on the 

 outer webs, the two outermost elongated and furnished with a 

 spatula, which takes half a turn at the end ; head blue-black, with 

 an enormous crest, the frontal plumes erect and attenuated, the next 

 ones broader and curved backward, the hindermost very broad and 

 recurved over the nape ; lores, sides of face, and under surface of 

 body blue-black, with a steel gloss, somewhat of a greenish tinge, 

 confined to a spot at the extremity of the breast-feathers ; bill and 

 feet black ; iris red. Total length 14 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 6-6, 

 tail 7, outer tail-feathers 13, tarsus 1"15. {Nejjol.) 



Younger birds seem to have the crest less strongly developed, and 

 have the under wing-coverts tipped with white. 



The following is a description of a typical D. brachi/phonis. 



Adult male. Black ; the upper surface with metallic steel lustre, 

 less pronounced on the rump, where there is somewhat of a greyer 

 shade, the feathers being grey washed with steel-green ; wings 

 metallic steel-black like the back, the primaries black slightly 

 washed with metallic steel reflections, the secondaries externally 

 metallic steel-black like the back ; tail black, with metallic steel 

 reflections on both webs, the outer feather with a small elongate 

 racket, slightly twisted and recurved ; lores, sides of face, and 

 underparts blue-black, with a gloss of steely purple on the fore neck 

 and breast, rather shaded with greenish on the abdomen, the ground- 



