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Subgenus EDOLTUS, Cuvier. 

 1215. E. PARADISEUS. 



Syn. Cuculns paradiseus, L. 



Bherm or Bhringraj, H. ; Kate-ongnJ, Mahr. ; Kal- 

 gia, Nepal ; Nghet-dau, Arakau ; Barong Saweh, 

 and Chamvi, Malayan. 

 Hab. India and Malasia. 

 A'ar. A. Syn. Chibia malaba?'oides, Hodgson, Lid. Rev. 1837, p. 325. 

 Lanius malabaricus as figured by Latham and Shaw (but 

 not L. malabaricus as described by Latham from Son- 

 nerat) . 



E. grandis apud Blyth, /. A. S. XI, 170; Ann. Mag. 

 N. H. XIV, 46. 

 Hab. Nepal ; Tippera ; Tenasserim provinces. 



A. Specimen (in bad order), with crest 2\ in. long, flow- 

 ing over and beyond the occiput. Tenasserim. Rev. J. 

 Barbe (1842). B. Fine specimen from Tippera, with 

 crest 2:^ in. long. M. Courjon (1844). 



Var. B. Syn. E. grandis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 5. 



Syn. E. dentirostris and E. orissce{?), Jerdon, Madr. Journ. 

 XIII, pt. 2, p. 121. 



Dicnirus plahirus, Vieillot, apud G. R. Gray. 

 Hab. India ; Bengal Sundabuns ; Assam ; Arakan ; Tenasserim 

 provinces. 



A. B. C. Adults. D. E. Young. From Arakan. 

 Capt. Phayre (1843-6). F. G. H. Specimens from 

 Tenasserim. Rev. J. Barbe (1846). /. Do. Bengal 

 Sundabuns (1844). J. K. Do. From E. Ghats (?), S. 

 India. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. (1844-7). 



Var. C. Syn. Cticuliis paradiseus, L. 



E. rangonensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 5. 



E. interniedius, Lesson, apud G. R. Gray. 



E. cristateUus, Blyth, J. A. S. XI, 1 7 1 . 

 Hab. Malay countries. 



A. B. Adults, from Malacca. E. Lindstedt, Esq. (1845). 

 C. D. Young (of this or of the preceding variety), from 

 Penang. Rev. J. Barbe (1846). E. Adult, with long 

 spirally curved outer tail-feathers, described J. A. S. XI, 

 171. Society's old collection. 



(N. B. The above races appear to run so much into 

 each other, that they are liere provisionally classed as 

 varieties of the same species ; the more northern having, 

 in general, the longest frontal crests, and the more south- 

 ern the shortest ; while M. Sonnerat's figure of his Grand 

 Gobe-moicche de la Cote de Malabar is represented as 

 altogether crestless : no race or variety, however, of this 

 bird has been since observed on the Malabar side of India). 

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