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2. Sikhim Terai, 26th May. Hume Coll. 
3. Sikhim Terai, 26th May. Hume Coll. 
4. Sikhim Terai, 4th June. Hume Coll. 
3. Sikhim Terai, 7th June. Hume Coll. 
2. Dibrughur, Assam, 15th May Hume Coll. 
(J. 2. Cripps). 

1. Dibrughur, 17th May (J. R. C.). Hume Coll. 
Ie Dibrughur, 5th June (J. R. C.). Hume Coll. 
2. Aracan, Burmah, 35rd June. Crowley Bequest. 
33. <Amoy, ‘China (kt. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coli. 
3. Aimoy (2. S.: Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
2, Fohkien, Chinas l)th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. | P.] 
3. Fohkien, ist Mi ay. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. | 
4, Fohlkien, 21st May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. | P. | 
3. Fohkien, 24th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. | P.|. 
2. Fohkien, 26th May. C. B. Rickett, sq. | P. |. 
1. Foochow, 15th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. | P.|. 
2. Foochow, 21st May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. |. 
5. Foochow, 26th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. }. 
7. Foochow, 27th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. | P. |}. 
2. Foochow, Ist June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 
Genus DICRUROPSIS, Salvad. 
Dicruropsis bracteata (Gould). 
(Plate XX. figs. 4 & 5.) 
Chibia bracteata, Gould, ee Birds Austr, i. p. 235 (1865) ; Sharpe, 
Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 236 (1877); Nehrk. Kat. Fiersammi. p. 20 
(1899) ; Robinson Pas Ibis, 1900, p. 624; Campbell, Nests 
& Eggs Austr. hee 1. p. 85, pl. 6 (1901) ; North, Nests § Eyys 
Birds Austr. i. p. 85 (1902). 
Dicruropsis bracteata, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 558 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 
Thersammi. p. 394 (1910). 
The eggs of the Australian Drongo resemble some of the eggs of 
Chibia hoitentotta. ‘They are witnout gloss. In some the ground- 
colour is creamy-white, speckled and spotted with pale reddish- 
brown and purple. In others, the ground is white or pinkish- white, 
boldly blotched and streaked with umber-brown or chestnut and 
pale lavender. Others again are white, with scattered rounded 
spots of purplish-black and small blotches of lilac-grey. In most 
of the clutches the markings are more frequent at the larger end 
than elsewhere, and in one example they form a well-defined cap 
or zone. Specimens measure trom 1-07 to 1:24 in length, and 
from *76 to °83 in breadth. 
1. Queensland, Ist Nov. Crowley Bequest. 
1. Queensland, July. W. Radclitie Saunders, Esq. 
rP.), 7 
9. North Queensland, 16th Dee. W. Badelitte Saunders, sq. 
[P.l. 
