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LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED DURING t^IVE YEARS' 

 RESIDENCE IN THE HYLAKANDY DISTRICT, CACHAR, 



Part II. 

 By C. M. Inglis. 

 (^Continued from page 461.) 

 Family DicruridcB. 

 Germs D icrurus (YigiW, 1896). 

 No. o27. DiCEURUS ATER (Herm.) — The Black Drongo, 

 Hume, "N and E.," 2nd Ed., Vol. I, p. 128 ; BiieJianga atra. — Hume 

 and Dav., " S. F.," Vol. VI, p. 213 ; Scully, " S. F./' Vol. VIII, p. 

 270 ; Vidal, " S. F.," Vol. IX, p. 59 ; Oates, " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 201 ; 

 David, " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 366 ; Hume, " S. F.," Vol. XI, p. 98. 



The King Crow, as it is familiarly called, is the commonest Drongo 

 we have. It frequents the open, keeping to gardens and any cultivated 

 land. 



They imitate the notes of other birds very well, sometimes uttering 

 the loud harsh note of C c/izw^ws/s and sometimes the lower one of 

 jy. athertoni. It breeds in May and June, laying from four to five 

 eggs which vary greatly in colour. Some eggs are pure white without 

 any markings, and others are again of a pale salmon-pink, blotched 

 with rufous and pale lilac. 



Genus Chaptia (Hodgs., 1837). 

 No. 334. Chaptia acnea (Vicill) — The Bronzed Drongo. 

 Hume, "N. and E.," 2nd J]d., Vol. I, p. 210 ; Hume, " S. F.," 

 Vol. II, p. 100; Arms., " S. F.," Vol. IV, p. 320 ; Hume and Dav., 

 " S. F.," Vol. VI, p. 217; Oates, ''S. F.," Vol. VIII, p. 166; Scully, 

 ^' S. F.," Vol. VIII, p. 272 ; Bing., " S . F," Vol. IX, p. 173 ; Oates, 

 " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 202 ; Dav., " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 367 ; Hume, 

 " S. F.," Vol. XI, p. 100. 



This species is also very common, but it does not come into gardens 

 like D. ate)'. It frequents the jungle and may be seen on the edge of 

 the cultivation. I found a nest in June, in the fork of a sapling, 

 about 12 feet from the ground, quantity of moss and dried leaves. It 

 contained three eggs. 



Genus Chihia (Hodgs., 1837). 

 No. 335. Chibia hottentotta (Linn.) — The Hair-crested Drongo. 

 Hume, '' N. and E.," 2nd Ed., Vol. I, p. 213; Hume, "S. F.," Vol. 

 Ill, p. 101; Hume and Dav., "S. F.," Vol. VI, p. 222; Oates, *'S. F. "' 



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