440 



Buchanga atra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 246(1877); Let/ye, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 386 (1879); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 562 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiertamml. p. 356 (1910). 



Dicrurus ate?, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 312 (1889) 5 Oates, 

 ed. Hume, Nests $ Lygs Ind. Birds, i. p. 198 (1889). 



The eggs of the Black Drongo are typically of a pointed oval 

 form, but the small end is sometimes blunt and rounded, and they 

 are generally without gloss. They are of twd distinct types. In 

 one the ground is white, often spotless, at times marked with a 

 varying number of specks and spots of black or very dark reddish- 

 brown. In some of these eggs, the markings are lew and minute. 

 In others, they are numerous and almost invariably collected 

 together over the broad end. 



In the second type, the ground varies from pinkish-white to rich 

 salmon-pink, and is generally rather profusely marked, chiefly at 

 the broad end where the ground itself is often darker than else- 

 where, with specks and spots of lavender, rich purplish-brown, and 

 black ; the edges of the spots are frequently blurred and they 

 blend with the surrounding pink ground. The eggs measure from 

 87 to 1*15 in length, and from '7 to '85 in breadth. 



Bombay (J. II . Gould). 



Bombay (J. H. G.}. 



Bombay (J. H. G.). 



Lahore, Punjab, 10th June. 



Lahore, 15th June. 



Sultanpur, 9th July. 



Sambhur, 15th June (E. M. 



Adam). 



Sambhur, 20th June (E. M. A.). 

 Sambhur, 28th June (E. M. A.), 

 Sambhur, 6th July (E. M. A.). 

 Sambhur, 10th July (E. M. A.). 

 Sambhur, llth July (E. M. A.). 

 Sambhur, 12th July (E. M. A.). 

 Delhi, 6th June (C. T. Binyham). 

 Delhi, 12th June (C. T. B.). 

 Delhi, 22nd June (C. T. B.). 

 Agra, 16th June (A. O. Hume). 

 Agra, 17th June (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 18th June (A. O. //.). 

 Agra, 19th June (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 21st June (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 21st June (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 24th June (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 15th July (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 27th July (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 28th July (A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, 6th May (A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, llth May (A. O. H.}. 

 Bareilly, 20th May (A. O. H.) 

 Bareilly, 22nd May (A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, 24th May (A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, 25th May (A. O. H.). 



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