i IIMJIA. UlUil'HOPSlS. 



4:J7 



Sikhim Terai, 2(ith May. 

 Sikhim Terai, 2lith May. 

 Sikliini Terai, 4th June. 

 Sikhim Terai, 7th June. 

 LHbrughur, Assam, loth May 



(J. R. Cripps). 



Dibrug-hur, 17th May (J. R. C.). 

 Dibrug-hur, 5th June (J. R. C.). 

 Aracau, Burmah, 3rd June. 

 Ainoy, China (R. SwinAoe). 

 Amoy (R. S. : Tristram Coll.). 

 Fohkien, China, l;)tb May. 

 Fohkien, 21st May. 

 Fohkien, 21st May. 

 Fohkien, 24th May. 

 Fohkien, 2(>th May. 

 Foochow, loth May. 

 Foocbow, 2 1st May. 

 Foochow, 2(3th May. 

 Foocbow, 27th May. 

 Foochow, 1st June! 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. fP. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



P. 



P. 



Genus DICRUROPSIS, Salvad. 



Dicruropsis bracteata (Gould). 



(Plate XX. figs. 4 & 5.) 



Chibia bracteata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 235 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 2315 (1877) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 20 

 (1899) ; Robinson $ Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 624 ; Campbell, Nest* 

 cV Eyys Austr. Birds, i. p. 85, pi. 6 (1901); North, Nests fy Eyys 

 Birds Austr. i. p. 85 (1902). 



Dicruropsis bracteata, /Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 558 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 354 (1910). 



The eggs of tbe Australian Drongo resemble some of tbe eggs of 

 Chibia hotttntotta. They are without gloss. In some the ground- 

 colour is creamy-white, speckled and spotted with pale reddish- 

 brown and purple. In others, the ground is white or pinkish- white, 

 boldly blotched and streaked with umber-brown or chestnut and 

 pale lavender. Others again are white, with scattered rounded 

 spots of purplish-black and small blotches of lilac-grey. In most 

 of the clutches the markings are more irequent at the larger end 

 than elsewhere, and in one example they form a well-defined cap 

 or zone. Specimens measure from 1-07 to 1'24 in length, and 

 Iroin '76 to -83 in breadth. 



1 . Queensland, 1st Nov. 



1. Queensland, July. 



2, North Queensland, 16th Dec. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radclitfe Saimders, Esq. 



'IV. 

 \V. Radclitle Saunders. Esq. 



Li'-]. 



