440 DICRURID 4. 
Buchanga atra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 246 (1877); Legge, 
Birds Ce eylon, p. 886 (1879); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 562 (1909) ; 
Nehrk: Kat. enn p-. 896 (1910). 
Dicrurus ater, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 312 (1889); Oates, 
ed. Hume, Nests &§ Lggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 198 (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 aud 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 trom ‘7 to ‘85 in breadth. 
4. Bombay (J. HZ. Gould). Gould Coll. 
3. Bombay (J. H. G.). Gould Coll. 
1. Bombay (J. H. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
1. Lahore, Punjab, 10th June. Hume Coll. 
1. Lahore, 15th June. Hume Coll. 
1. Sultanpur, 9th July. Hume Coll, 
2. Sambhur, 15th June (2R. M. Hume Coll. 
Adam). 
4. Sambhur, 20th June (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 
3. Sambhur, 28th June (&. VM. A.), Hume Coll. 
1. Sambhur, 6th July (2. M. A.). Hume Coll. 
il. Sambhur, 10th July (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 
2. Sambhur, lith July (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 
3, Sambhur, 12th July (R. MW. A.). Hume Coll. 
3. Dalla 6th June (C. LT. Binghan). Hume Coll, 
hs Delhi, 12th June (C. 7. B.). Hume Coll. 
3. Delhi, 22nd June (C. T. B.). Hume Coll, 
5. Agra, 16th June (A. O, Hume). Hume Coll. 
2, Agra, 17th June (A, O. ZZ). Hume Coll. 
2. Agra, 18th June (4. O. #.). Hume Coll. 
4, Agra, 19th June (4. O. #.). Hume Coll. 
4. Ara, 21st June (4. O. H.). Hume Coll. 
5. Agra, 21st June (A. O. #.). Hume Coll, 
6. Agra, 24th June (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 
I, Agra, loth July (450.777), Hume Coll. 
2. Agra, 27th July (A. 0. 7). Hume Coll. 
1. Agra, 28th July (A. O. #.). Hume Coll, 
3. Bareilly, 6th May (A. O. #.). Hume Coll. 
dis Bareilly, llth May (A. O. H.). Hume Coll, 
2, Bareilly, 20th May le A. A IS) Hume Coll, 
2. Bareilly, 22nd May (ANON): Hume Coll. 
il. Bareilly, 24th May (A. O. Jab). Hume Coll. 
8. Bareilly, 25th May (A. O. H.) Hume Coll. 

