442 DICRURIDZ. 
rufous and lavender spots. Others have the ground-colour glossy 
dull salmon-pink marked, chiefly over the broad end, with spots, 
blotches and 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. 
. Natal (7. Ayres). 
2. aNatal\(Z:. 24%): 
Crowley Bequest. 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
fT. Ayres, Esq. {/P. |. 
2. Near Fashoda, White Nile, R. M. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 
8th April. 
3. Near Fashoda, 8th April. R. M. Hawker, Esq. [ P. ]. 
. Near Fashoda, 15th Apyil. R. M. Hawker, Esq. [P. |. 
2. Damaraland (C. J. Andersson: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
1. Otjimbinque, Damaraland (C. J. Crowley Bequest. 
A.: Tristram Coll.). 
Buchanga longicaudata (Jerd.). 
(Plate XX. figs. 14-16.) 
Buchanga longicaudata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 249 (1877); 
Legge, Birds Ceylon, 0. 390 (1879); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi. p. 20 
(1899), p. 855 (1910); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 563 ee 
Buchanga pyrrhops, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ui. p. 251 (1877). 
Dicrurus longicaudatus, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Bir is i. p. 314 (1889) ; 
Oates, ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p- 208 (1889). 
The eggs of the Indian Ashy Drongo are typically of a blunt 
oval form. Many are moderately glossy, but some are entirely 
without 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 sparingly. ‘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. 
to 1:05 in length, and from -68 to 
Numerous specimens measure from °85 
‘75 in breadth. 
2. India. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
PA: 
3. India. oli Caio 
2. Kotgarh, Punjab, 22nd May. Hume Col. 
4. Mussoorie (7. Hutton). Hume Coll. 
4. Mussoorie (7’. #.). Hume Coll. 
1. Almorah, 12th May (W. £. Hume Coll. 
Brooks). 
1. Almorah, 16th May (W. £. B.). Hume Coll. 
1. Sikhim. Hume Coll. 
2. Sikhim Terai, 30th April. Crowley Bequest. 
1. Darjiling, 8th June. Hume Coll. 
