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Genus EDOLIUS, Cuvier. 
Edolius forficatus (Linn.). 
Dicrurus forficatus, Z. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 248, pl. xiii. fiz. 7: Cowan, 
Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882) ; Milne- Edwards Ss 
Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madaq., Ois. ii. p. 399, pl. 3804. fig. 2 (1885). 
Edolius forficatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 254 (1877); Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersamml. p. 20 (1899), p. 355 (1910); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p. 565 (1909). 
Eggs of the Madagascar Drongo are of a broad oval form 
without gloss. They are white or pinkish-white, sparingly marked 
with specks and small spots of very dark umber-brown or reddish- 
brown and underlying lavender. The markings are almost entirely 
confined to the broad end. Six specimens measure from ‘91 to 
1-14 in length, and from -71 to -75 in breadth. 
2. Madagascar (Gerrard: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
‘oll.). 
6. Betsileo, Eastern Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C. ]. 
1. Near Ampasimaventz, Hastern Crowley Bequest. 
Madagascar, 4th Oct. (2. New- 
ton: Tristram Coll.). 
Genus DISSEMUROIDES, Hume. 
Dissemuroides andamanensis (7'ytler § Beavan). 
(Plate XX. fig. 20.) 
Dissemuroides andamanensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 255 (1877) ; 
Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p.321 (1889) ; Osmaston, J. Bomb. 
Nat, Hist. Soc. xvii. ?. 156 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 565 
(1909). 
Eggs of the Small Andamanese 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- polite 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 mostly rather small. 
They vary in length from ‘98 to 1:05, and in breadth from -7 to 
“6. 
3. Port Blair, 8S. Andamans, 25th B. B. Osmaston, Esq. [S.). 
April. 
Port Biair, 1st May. B. B, Osmaston, Esq. [C.). 
3. Port Blair, 3rd May. b. B. Osmaston, Esq. [C. }. 
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