156 DICRURID/E. 



dark ashy, paler towards the vent ; under tail coverts dull greyish white, paler 

 and nearly white at the tips ; under wing coverts similarly tipped ; in old or 

 fully adult birds, these whitish tippings are absent Bill and legs black ; iris 

 red. 



Length. 11 to 11-5 inches; wing 5*5 to 5-6; tail, including outer feathers, 

 6*5 to 6*7 ; tarsus 0*8 ; culmen i. 



Hab. India generally, the Indo-Burmese countries, Ceylon, N.-W. Hima- 

 layas to Nepaul and Ladakh. Found in Travancore, and Southern India 

 generally; also on the Malabar Coast, Wynaad, Coorg, the Neilgherries, 

 Bengal, Punjab, N.-W. and Central Provinces. In Southern and parts of 

 Western India, it is a permanent resident, also in S. Pegu. Davison found it 

 in Tennaserim from Moulmein to Mergui. In Upper Pegu it is said to be 

 replaced by B. leucoophcea. 



Its habits are quite those of E. atra, but unlike it, it inhabits or rather 

 affects forests, and has a pleasant song. Breeds during April and May. Nest 

 similar to that of B. atra. Eggs, 3 4 in number typically white with brick 

 red spots. 



183. Buchanga cineracea, Sharpe, Cat., B. Br. Mus.. Hi. p. 250. 



Edolius cineraceus, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soe. xiii. p. 145. Dicrurus leucophaeus, 

 Gray. Gen* B. i. p. 287. Dicrurus intermedius, Ely. J . A. S. B. xv. p. 298. 

 Dicrurus leucophaeus, Vieill. N* Diet. d'Hist. Nat. ix. p. 587 ; Hume, Str. F. 

 iii. p. 99. Buchanga pyrrhops, (ffodg.) Wald. in Bl. B. Burmah, p. 130; 

 Armstrong, Str. F. iv. p. 320; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 251 ; Hume 

 and Dav. Str. F. vi. p. 216 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 92 ; Oates, Str. F. x. 

 p. 202. Buchanga leucophaea, Hume and J)av. Str. F. vi. p. 317 ; viii, p. 92. 

 The PALE-ASHY DRONGO. 



Whole plumage bluish ashy, glossy above, paler underneath and unglossed 

 on the breast ; frontal plumes and lores black, upper wing coverts like the 

 upper surface but centred darker ; quills tinged with ashy on the outer webs. 

 Tail bluish ashy ; the shafts black and the tips brownish. Bill and legs black ; 

 iris crimson. 



Length. IO to 1 1 inches ; wing 5-2 to 575 ; tarsus O'8 ; culmen 2. 



Hab. Dacca (Bengal) to the N.-W. Himalayas, and Nepaul, ranging to 

 Pegu, Burmah and Java. Occurs also in Siam, Cochin-China, and Eastern 

 China. 



The habits of this Drongo are quite those of its congeners. The structure 

 of the nest and the size and colour of its eggs like those of B. longicaudata. 

 It is found in all the well-wooded districts of Burmah and Bengal. 



164. Buchanga leuCOgenys, Wald. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. v. 

 p. 219 ; id. in Bl. B. Burm. p. 131 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 251 ; 

 David et Oust. Ois, Chine, p. 108, pi. 77; Tweedd. Ibis, 1878, p. 69; Hume 



