118 PASSERES. 



572. Dissemums grandis? 1 . 



Edolius grandis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 5. 



Dicrurus grandis, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 36. 



Edolius paradiseus (L.), Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 435. 



a Eastern Ghats (" Edolius dentirostris, Hay " T. 0. Jerdon) 

 1845. b India ("Edolius bengalensis" E. Blyth] 1846. 



These specimens have a well-developed crest, but it is not so 

 large in either as in some examples of D. grandis I have seen, nor 

 is the bill so long. They probably belong to the bird described as 

 D. orissce, (A. Hay, Madr. Journ. x. p. 121) should that race meet 

 with ultimate recognition as distinct from D. grandis. 



573. Dissemums malabaricus. 



Muscicapa malabarica, Scop. Del. Faun, et Fl. Ins. ii. p. 96. 

 Edolius malabaricus, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 437. 

 Dicrurus malabaricus, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 36. 

 a S. India ('Edolius malabaricus" T. C. Jerdon) 1850. 



574. Dissemums formosus. 



Edolius malabaricus, (Lath.) Horsf. Trans. L. S. xiii. p. 145 

 (nee Lath.). 



Dissemurus formosus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. Ill : Tweedd. 

 Ibis, 1878, p. 81. 



a Malabar (N. C. Strickland) 1838. 



This specimen agrees closely with one of Dr Horsfield's examples 

 in the University Museum. It bears a ticket inscribed " Lanius 

 malabaricus, Lath. Malabar Shrike. Irides red." The crest is less 

 developed than in Jerdon's specimen of D. malabaricus. The locality 

 "Malabar" marked upon the ticket is probably conjecture, 



575. Dissemurus platyurus. 



Dicrurus platwus. Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. ix. p. 558. 

 Dissemurus platurus, Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 313. 

 Edolius rangoonensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 5 : Jard. & 

 Selb. 111. Orn. n. s. pi. 38. 



1 The materials available in the Strickland Collection are not sufficient for 

 mo to add anything towards the elucidation of the question whether there be 

 one or more species of this form. At least a dozen names have been proposed 

 for vuriniis races, all of which Mr Sharpe places aa synonymous with D.para- 

 diseus (L.). 



