442 



dicruridjj:. 



rufous aud lavender spots. Others have the ground-colour glossy 

 dull salmon-pink marked, chiefly over the broad end, with spots, 

 blotches aud confluent clouds of very pale chestnut and underlying 

 lavender. They measure from '9 to 1-02 in length, and from 

 •69 to -75 in breadth. 



3. South Africa. 



4. ^stsil (T. Ay res). 

 2. Natal (T.^'.j. 



2. Near Fashoda, White Nile, 



8th April. 



3. Near Fashoda, 8th April. 



1. Near Fashoda, loth April. 



2. Daniaraland {C. J. Auders/<on: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Otjimbiiique, Uauiaraland yC J. 

 A.: Tristram Coll.). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salviu-Godmau Coll. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [P.]. 

 11. Al. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 



R. M. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 

 R. M. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest, 



Crowley Bequest. 



Buchanga longicaudata (Jerd.). 

 (Plate XX. figs. 14-lG.) 



Buchanga longicaudata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 249 (1877) ; 

 Leqr/e, Birds Ceylon, x>. 390 (1879) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 20 

 (l«y9), p. 355 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 563 (1909). 



Buchauga pyrrbops, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 251 (1877). 



Dicrurus longicaudatus. Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 314 (1889) ; 

 Gates, ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eyys Ind. Birds, i. p. 203 (1889). 



The eggs of the Indian Ashy Drongo are typically of a blunt 

 oval form. Many are moderately glossy, but some are entirely 

 Avithout gloss. The colour is very variable. The ground ranges 

 from pure -white to pinkish-white, pale pink, and rich salmon- 

 pink, and is speckled, spotted, and blotched with black, deep 

 reddish-brown or chestnut. The underlying markings are pale 

 grey or lavender and are usually very conspicuous. As a rule the 

 broader half of the egg is densely marked and the smaller half 

 more sparinglv. Those eggs in which the ground is white gene- 

 rally have the markings small and separate ; those in which the 

 ground-colour is of some shade of pink have them large, undefined, 

 and frequently confluent. Numerous specimens measure from "85 

 to I'Oo in length, and from -08 to -75 in breadth. 



2. India. 



3. India. 



2. Kotgarh, Punjab, •22nd 3Iay. 



4. Mussoorie {T. Hutton). 

 4. jMussoorie (r. //.). 



1. Almorah, 12th Mny ( TF. E. 



Broohs). 



1. Almorah, 16th May (If". E. B.). 



1. Sikhim. 



2. Sikhini Terai, 30th April. 

 1. Darjiling, 8th June. 



W. IJadcliS'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. . 

 C)ld Collectiou. 

 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Iliune Coll. 



