D1SSBMUR1 



167. Bhringa remifer, 7V///. PL Col. 178; y< r d. B. i,,d. \. p. 434 ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 257 ; Hume and Davisoti, Str. F. \\. p. 218 ; 

 Twcedd., Ibis, 1878, p. 80; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 92 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. \. 

 p 224. Bhringa tectirostris, (Hodgs}, Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 193 ; id, 

 Str. F. iii. p. 101. The LESSER RACKET-TAILED DRONGCT. 



Whole plumage black, with a brilliant metallic gloss, the feathers of the 

 crown spangled with metallic-violet ', also those of the throat and breast ; 

 under tail coverts washed with steel green ; abdomen bteckish grey with a 

 steel gloss ; outermost tail feathers produced into a long shaft with an 

 elongated black spatule at end. Bill and legs black j iris red. 



Length. 9-6 to iO'5 inches ; wing 5-25 ; tail to tip of outer feathers 12 to 

 14. 



Hab. Nepaul, N.-W. Himalayas, Burmese Provinces, Tennaserim and Java. 

 Sparingly distributed over Pegu, and confined to deep forests. According 

 to Jerdon, it is also found in Assam. At Darjeeling it is found in the warmer 

 valleys. Breeds from April to June and July ; nest a loose cup-shaped struc- 

 ture. Eggs, 34, reddish white with reddish brown spots and blotches. 

 Habits the same as other Drongos. 



Gen. DiSSemurilS Glogcr. 



Characters the same as in Bhringa. Crest more full and developed, and fall- 

 ing back on the forehead ; tail forked, the outermost pair with the outer 

 web gradually thinning off ; shaft bare for some distance, and terminating 

 in a racket. 



168. Dissemurus paradiseus, Z/;/, Syst. Nat.\. p. 172; Bi. 



Wald. B, JSttnn.p. 128; Armstrong. Str. F. iv. p. 321; Sharpf, Cat. B. 

 Br, MM. iii. p. 258 ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1878, p. 80 ; Hum? and Davison, Str. F. 

 vi. p. 219; Legge, B. Ceylon,?. 399; //um<',Str. F. viii. p. 192; Bing/tam, 



