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THE LONG-TAILED DRONGO-SHRIKE. 



Length, 10'8 to 11 '8 ; expanse, 16 ; wing, 5 2 to 55 ; tail, 6 to 

 7 ; tarsus, 0'8 ; bill from gape, 1'15. 



Bill black ; irides brownish-red ; legs black. 



Above glossy bluish-black ; beneath dusky blackish, with a tinge 

 of blue ; wings and tail brownish-black, also with a blue gloss. 



The young bird has some white mixed with the black of the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts. 



The Long-tailed Drongo is common on the Western Ghats and 

 in the adjoining forests, also on the Sahyadri Range as far north 

 as Khandalla. Major Butler notes that it is common in Belgaum 

 in the cold weather, but it is a permanent resident in the other 

 places mentioned. Colonel Swinhoe procured it near Mhow, and 

 I have occasionally met with it at and near Neemuch. It does 

 not occur in Sind ; neither did Major Butler or myself obtain it 

 in Guzerat. 



Buchanga coerulescens, Lin. 



281. Dicrurus coerulescens, Lin. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, 



p. 432 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 465 ; 



Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 394 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, 



Central India ; Ibis, p. 66. 



THE WHITE-BELLIED DRONGO. 



Length, 9*5 ; wing, 475 ; tail, 5 ; tarsus, 0'8 ; bill at front, 

 07. 



Bill black ; irides lake ; legs black. 



Upper plumage, wings, and tail, black, with a blue gloss ; 

 chin, throat, and breast, iron-grey ; abdomen and lower tail- 

 coverts white. 



With the exception of Sind, the White -bellied Drongo occurs 

 sparingly throughout the region. 



GENUS, Chaptia, Hodgson. 



Bill much more depressed and feeble, muscipeta-like, wide; 

 the culmen very gently arching, and feebly hooked and toothed ; 

 first quill very short, fourth longest, third and sixth equal; 

 tail moderately forked ; legs and feet very feeble. 



Chaptia senea, Vieill. 



282. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 433 ; Butler, Deccan ; 



Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 394. 



THE BRONZED DRONGO. 



Length, 9 to 9'5 ; wing, 475 ; tail, 4'5 ; tarsus, 0'6 ; bill at 

 front, 075. 



Bill black ; irides deep-brown ; legs black. 



Plumage throughout richly glossy, bronzed blue-black ; quills 



