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Buchaiifra atra, Sharjic, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 240(1877); Lef/ye, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 386 (187!)); Shai^^e, Uand-l. v. p. 562 (lyU9) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiermmvil. p. 3o6 (1910). 



Dicnmis ixtnY, Gates, Faima Brit. Iml, Birds, i. p. 312 (1889); Oates, 

 ed. Hume, Nests ^- Lygs hid. Birds, i. p. 19^ (1889). 



The eggs of the Black Drongo are typically of a pointed oval 

 form, but the small end is sometimes blunt and rounded, and they 

 are generally without gloss. They are of two distinct types. In 

 one the ground is white, often spotless, at times marked with a 

 varying number of specks and spots of black or very dark reddish- 

 brown. In some of these eggs, the markings are few and minute. 

 In others, they are numerous and almost invariably collected 

 together over the broad end. 



In the second type, the ground varies from pinkish-white to rich 

 salmon-pink, and is generally rather profusely marked, chiefly at 

 the broad end where the ground itself is often darker than else- 

 where, with specks and spots of lavender, rich purplish-brown, and 

 black ; the edges of the spots are frequently blurred and they 

 blend with the surrounding pink ground. The eggs measure from 

 •87 to 1"15 in length, and from -7 to 'So in breadth. 



Bombay (J. H. Gould). 



Bombav (J. H. G.). 



Bombay {J. H. G.). 



Lahore, Punjab, lOlb June. 



Lahore, loth June. 



Sultanpur, 9th July. 



Sanibhur, loth June (i?. M. 



Adam). 

 Sambhur, 20th June (R. M. A.). 

 Sambbur, 28tb June (R. M. A.), 

 Sambhur, 6tb July [R. M. A.). 

 Sambhur, 10th July (R. M. A.). 

 Sambhur, lith Jufy (R. M. A.). 

 Sambhur, 12th July (R. M. A.). 

 Delhi, 6tli June {C. T. Biiu/hmi,). 

 Delhi, ]2tli June (C. T. B.). 

 Delhi, 22nd June (C. T. B.). 

 Agra, 16th June (A. O. Hume). 

 Agra, 17th June [A. O. H.). 

 Agra. ]8th June {A. 0. II.). 

 Agra, 19th June {A. O. IL). 

 Agra, 21si June (A. O. H.). 

 Agra. 21st June (A. O. 7/.1. 

 Agrai 24th June (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, loth July (A. O. II.). 

 Agra, 27th July (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 28th JulV {A. 0. H.). 

 Bareillv, Gtli .\iav (A. 0. II.). 

 Bareillv, 11th M"ay {A. O. H.). 

 BareillV, 20th May {A. O. H.) 

 Bareillv, 22nd May [A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, 24th May (A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, 2oth May (A. O. H.). 



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