156 DICRURINA. 
and tail black, with a faint gloss; abdomen, vent, and under tail- 
coverts, dull grey-black. 
The Bronzed Drongo is not uncommon on the Sahyadri Range, 
as far north as Khandalla. It does not occur elsewhere within 
our limits. 
Genus, Dissemurus, Glog. 
Bill lengthened, strong, moderately depressed at the base, com- 
pressed towards the tip; the culmen well curved and hooked, 
and distinctly notched, and the ridge well developed; rictal 
bristles long, rather weak; a few short frontal plumes cresting 
the nostrils, but they mostly rise up and fall back over the fore- 
head, forming a fine crest ; tail forked ; the outermost pair have 
the inner webs gradually thinning off, and the shaft is bare for 
some distance, terminating in a web, long and broadish on the 
outer side, with a narrow and short web on the inner side. 
Dissemurus grandis, Gould. 
284.—EHdolius paradiseus, Lin.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, 
. 435, 
i THE LARGE RACKET-TAILED DRONGO. 
Length, to end of ordinary tail, 14; wing, 6°75; tail to 
middle, 6°53; outer tail-feathers, 12 or 13 imches more; the 
shaft having the terminal end, for about 3'5 inches barbed 
externally, but towards the tip only on the inner side, and turning 
inwards, so that the underside becomes uppermost; bill at 
front, 1-4 to 15; tarsus, 1. 
Plumage uniformly black, with a steel-blue gloss ; feathers 
of the crown slightly hackled, those of the nape strongly so, on 
breast slightly; plumage generally loose and puffy; frontal 
crest falling backwards over the nape, varying from 1:5 to 2°25 
inches in length. 
According to Jerdon, the Large Racket-tailed Drongo occurs 
in Central India. 
Dissemurus paradiseus, Lin. 
285.—Edolius malabaricus, Scop.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. 
I, p. 437; Butler, Deccan, Vol. IX, p. 395. 
THE MALABAR RACKET-TAILED DRONGO. 
Bhimraj, Hin. 
Length, 13; wing, 5°75 to 6:25; tail, 65 ; outer tail-feathers, 
12 inches more ; bill at front, 0°75. 
Plumage uniformly black, with a steel-blue gloss; feathers 
of crown slightly hackled, those of the nape strongly so,-on 
breast slightly; plumage generally loose and puffy ; frontal crest 
falling backwards over the nape, varying from 0°75 inches to 1:25 
in length. 
The: Bhimraj is a permanent resident all along the Sahyadri 
