BUCHANGA. 



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and Dav. Sir. F. vi. p. 216 ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 92; Oa/es, B. Br. Burmah 

 i. p. 222. Dicrurus leucophaeus (Vieill.) apud. Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 210. 

 The WHITE-CHEEKED DRONGO. 



Whole upper plumage clear pale ashy grey ; shafts of the quills and tail 

 and tips of the first 67 primaries black ; upper tail coverts and tail lighter 

 grey, inclining to blackish brown at the tips. Nasal bristles black ; lores, 

 feathers round the eye and ear coverts pure white. Cheeks and under surface 

 of body pale ashy grey, lighter and nearly white on the abdomen and under 

 tail coverts ; under wing coverts light grey edged with white. Bill and legs 

 black ; iris red. 



Length. 10-2 to 10-5 inches; wing 5-5 ; tail 4-5 ; to tip of outer feathers 

 57; tarsus 07 ; culmen 0-95. 



Hab. Malacca, ranging through the Indo-Chinese region to China and 

 Japan. (Sharpe.) 



Extends down the Malay Peninsula, and is found in Siam and Cochin-China. 

 Davison procured it in South Tennaserim, where he says it was abundant as 

 far north as Mergui. He adds that " it is much more of a forest species than 

 any of the other King Crows. It also occurs in clearings and occasionally in 

 gardens. Its notes and habits are much the same as those of the other species, 

 and like them it is fond of perching on the top of some dead tree, or other 

 commanding station from which it constantly makes short sallies after passing 

 insects. It is always seen singly." 



165. Buchanga eaerulescens, Linn, Sys/. Nat. i. p. 134 ; Sharp*, 



Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 252. Dicrurus eaerulescens, Vieill. N. Did. d'Hist. 



Nat.\\. p. 587; Jerd. Madras Journ. x. p. 239; Bly. Ann. and Mag. 



Nat. Hist. xiv. p. 47 ; Jcrd. B. hid. i. p. 432, No. 281. The WHITE-BELLIED 



DRONGO. 



Whole upper plumage, including wings and tail, slaty grey, with a metallic 

 steel blue gloss ; chin, throat and breast ashy brown, glossed with steel blue 

 on the sides of the neck and sides of the upper breast ; abdomen and lower 

 tail coverts white ; under wing coverts ashy brown and slightly glossed ; 

 thighs glossy black ; bill and feet black ; iris lake-red. 



Length. 9-5 to 9-6 inches ; wing 475 to 5'OS; tail $'65; to tip of outer 

 feathers 5 ; tarsus 08; culmen 0'95. 



Hab. India generally. Recorded from Malabar, the slopes of the Neil- 

 gherries, Madras, Nellore, Central India, Calcutta, Central Provinces, Behar. 

 Kattyawar, N.-W. Himalayas to Nepaul. 



The White-bellied Drongo affects well-wooded districts generally. It is 

 seldom seen in clearings, groves, or near habitations. Like other species of 

 Buchanga, it seizes its prey on the wing, and has the usual sweet song and 

 haish cry of the fainiiy. 



