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DICRrRTD.T;. 



Geiuis BHRINGA, Ilothjson. 



Bhringa remifer {Temm.). 



(Plate XX. iig. 21.) 



Bhringa remifer, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 257 (1877) ; Oaf.es, 

 Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. ol'4 (1889); Oates, ed. Hume, Neds S^~ 

 Ht/gs Ind. Birds, i. p. 210 (1881)) ; Nekrk. Kat. Eiersnmml. p. 20 

 (1899), p. 355 (1910) ; Sharpe, lland-l. v. p. 565 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Lesser llacket^tailed Drongo are of a regular 

 oval form and fairly glossy. The ground is of a rich salnion-piiiJi 

 colour. Two speciineus are rather thickly spotted and l^lotched 

 with chestnut and lavender ; the third is smeared with dull 

 chestnut and purplish-grey. In all the markings are chiefly 

 distributed over the broad end of the shell and are more or less 

 confluent. They measure respectively : I'OT by "73 ; 1'07 by "75 ; 

 ■97 by -72. 



2. Darjiling, Sikhim, 15th May Ilunie Coll. 



(./. Gammie). 

 ]. Darjiling, 20th May {J. G.). llame Coll. 



Genus DISSEMURUS, Glorjer. 

 Dissemurus paradiseus {Linn.). 



Dissemurus paradiseus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 258 (1877) ; 

 Lerjge, Birds Ceylon, p. 399 ( 1879) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 i. p. 325 (1889) ; Gates, ed. Hume, Nests !<f E(/(/^ Ind. Birds, i. p. 217 

 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersnmml. p. 21 (1899), p. 355 (1910); 

 Gsmaston, J. Bomh. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 157 (190fi) ; Sharpe, 

 Iland-l. V. p. 566 (1909). 



The eggs of the Larger llacket-tailed Drongo are usually of a 

 blunt oval form, but a few are somewhat pointed. They have a 

 fair amount of gloss. The specimens are of three types. In one, 

 the ground is white, speckled, spotted, and sometimes blotched 

 with darker and paler shades of inky-purple, the markings being 

 most numerous at the larger end. In the second type, the ground 

 is pinkish-white, spotted, blotched, and clouded with two or more 

 shades of chestnut and with pale lilac. In the third type, which 

 is represented by one example only, the ground is ]iale salmon-pink, 

 blotched all over with lavender and very pale rufous. The e2:gs 

 measure from LOS to 1-2 in length, and from -75 to '85 in breadth. 



1. Davjiliiig, Sikhim, May {T. C. Hume Coll. 

 Jerdon). 



1. Daiiiling, 14th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Mysore, 10th April (/. Macpher- Hume Coll. 



son). 



