KDOLIUS. DTSSE:\rUR0rT1KS. 445 



Germs EDOLIUS, CuvJer. 

 Edolius forficatus (Linn.). 



Dicrnras fovficafns, E. Xeicfnn, Ihix, 18<i3, p. ?4S, pi. xiii. fip:. 7 : Coiraii, 

 Froc. E. P/m. Sor. E'Unb. yi\. p. 148 (1882); M/lnr- Edwards S,- 

 Gvandidier, Hisf. Naf. Madar/., Oh. ii. p. 899, pi. 304. fi.o-. 2 (188o). 



KJoliiis forfloatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 2-54 (1877): Nehrh. 

 Kat EirrsainmJ. p. 20 (1899), p. 3o5 (1910) ; Sharps, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 06.5 (1909). 



Eggs of the Madagascar Drongo are of a broad oval form 

 wiEhout-- gloss. They are white or pinkish-white, sparingly marked 

 with specks and small spots of very dark nraber-brown or reddish- 

 ])rown and underlying lavender. The markings are almost entirely 

 onfincd to the broad end. Six specimens measure from "91 to 

 1-14 in length, and from '71 to -Ti) in breadth. 



2. Madagascar (Gerrnrd : Trisfrain Crowlev Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



0. Betsileo, Eastern Madaga'^cav. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



1. Near Ampasimaventz, Eastern Crowle}^ Bequest. 



Madagascar, 4th Oct. {E. New- 

 ton : Tristram Coll.). 



Genus DISSEMUROIDES, ffume. 



Dissemuroides andamanensis (Tj/tler 4- Beavan). 



(Plate XX. fig. 20.) 



Dissemuroides andamanensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 255 (1877) ; 

 Ontes, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. .321 (1889) ; Os>?mston. J. Bomb. 

 I Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 156 (1906) ; Shurpv, Hand-l. v. p. 565 



I (1909). 



Eggs of the Small Andaraanese Drongo are of a regular oval 

 shape and without gloss. They vary considerably in colour and 

 markings. One set is white, rather sparingly marked all over with 

 small spots and dots of dark purplish-brown and lavender-grey, 

 the markings in two specimens being most numerous towards the 

 larger end and forming an ill-defined zone. In a second set the 

 ground is pinkish-white, with irregular marks, short dashes, and 

 small blotches of light red and with larger blotches and markings 

 of lilac-grey. A third set has the ground dull greyish-salmon-pink 

 marked all over, but especially towards the larger end, with light 

 umber-brown and lilac-grey spots which are mostlv rather small. 

 They vary in length from -98 to l-Qo, and in breadth from -7 to 

 •7(5. 



3. Tort Bhiir, S. Andamans, 25th B. B. Osmaston, Esq. [O.J. 



April. 



?,. Port Bialr, 1st I^fav. B. B. Osmaston, Esq. [0.1. 



3. Port Blair, :iva .Miiy. B. ]'.. Osmaston, Es(i. [C.]. 



