444 DICRURIDJE. 



3. Foochow, China, 17th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Foochow, 24th May. 0. B. Kickett, Esq. [P.J. 



3. Foochow, 24th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



4. Foochow, 26th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Foochow, 26th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. " "' 

 4. Foochow, 26th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



3. Foochow, 29th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 3. Foochow, 29th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



Foochow, 30th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



4. Foochow, 2nd June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. P.j. 



3. Foochow, 6th June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



4. Foochow, 9th June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. j_P. j. 



Buchanga caerulescens (Linn.). 

 (Plate XX. fig. 17.) 



Buchanga caerulesceus, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 252 (1877); id., 

 Rand-l. v. p. 564 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 355 (1910). 



Dicrurus caerulescens, Oates, Faun. Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 316 (1889) ; 

 Oates, ed. Hume, Nests fy Eyys 2nd. Birds, i. p. 209 (1889). 



Two eggs of the White-bellied Drongo resemble the more heavily 

 blotched eggs of B. leucoyenys and other allied species. The ground 

 is pinkish- white blotched with reddish-brown and violet-grey, the 

 markings being most numerous round the larger end. They 

 measure 0*9 by 0*7. 



2. Cuddapah Dist., Southern India, Rev. H. H. Campbell [P.], 

 April. 



Buchanga leucopygialis (Blyth). 

 (Plate XX. figs. 18 & 19.) 



Buchanga eucopygialis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 253 (1877); 



Ley ye, B.irds Ceylon, p. 392 (1879) ; Shurpe^ Hand-l. v. p. 564 



(1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 355 (1910). 

 Dicrurus leucopygialis, Oates, Faun. Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 316 (1889) ; 



Oates, ed. Hume, Nests $ Eyys 2nd. Birds, i. p. 209 (1889). 



Eggs of the White-vented Drongo or King-Crow do not differ 

 from those of B. leucoyenys and B. ccerulescens. Four eggs measure 

 respectively : -96 by '7 ; '95 by '68 ; -94 by '1 ; -85 by '66. 



1. North-eastern Ceylon, July ( W. Crowley Bequest. 



V. Ley ye). 



2. Lunugalla, Eastern Ceylon, loth Crowley Bequest. 



April (A. L. Butler). 

 1. Lunugalla, 4th May (A. L. .). Crowley Bequest. 



