340 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



DICRURIDAE. 



KiXG-CRow.s OR Drongos. 



I Geiieriil colour black 

 Genenil colour greyish indigo (upper parts 



j diirk steely slate) .. .. Die) urns longicaudat us intermedium 



[General colour grey 



.J ( Tail square or forked, outer feathers normal . . . . . . . . 3 



I, Outer tail-feathers much lengthened with naked shafts .. .. ..8 



I A crest of long hairs, wing more than 6 inches, 

 ., back velvety .. .. .. .. D. h. hottontottus 



' No long hairs on crown, wing less than 6 inches, back 



i glossy or metallic . . . . . . . . . . 4 



. ( Wing less than 5 inches, plumage largely metallic Chaptia acnea vialaijcnsis 



(Wing more than 5 inches, plumage glossy . . . . . . . . 5 



/ Outermost tail-feathers exceeding middle pair by less 

 , . than 1 inch, bill larger . . . . . . D. anncctens 



j Outermost tail-feathers exceeding middle pair by more 



V than 1 inch, bill smaller . . . . . . D. macrocercus 



„ j A white patch on the sides of the head . . . . D. I. lencogenys 



(No white on the head .. .. .. .. .. ..7 



/Larger and slightly darker ; wing 5.25-5.75 inches, 

 _! tail 5.5-6.5 inches .. .. D. leiicophacus hoincoodi 



j Smaller and slightly paler ; wing 5.0-5.5 inches, 

 \ tail 5.0-6.1 inches .. .. .. D. I. mouhoti 



( Outer tail-feather webbed at end on both sides, wing less 

 uj than 5.5 inches, a slight frontal crest .. Bhringa remifcr attenuatn 



Outer tail-feather webbed at end on outer side only, wing 

 \ more than 5.5 inches, a pronounced frontal crest Dissemiiriis paradiseus 



489. Dicrurus annectens ( Hodgs.). 



Bachanga annectens, Hodgson, Indian Rev., i, 1837, p. 326, (Him- 



layas) . 

 Dicrurus annectens, A., pp. 213, 509 (Nwalabo to Malewoon) ; B., 



p. 31 (Junk Seylon) ; 0. i, p. 217 (Malewoon) ; F., p. 73 (Tiang) ; 



J., p. 186 (Terutau and Telibun Islands); L., p. 115 (Ghirbi ; 



Pulo Panjang ; Junk Seylon); Baker, Nov. Zool. xxvi, 1919, 



p. 42 (Malay Peninsula). 

 Dicrm'tts annectens siamensis, M., p. 198 (partim : Tung Song). 

 Edolius affinis, Blyth, Journ. Asiatic. Soc. Bengal, xi, 1842, p. 174 



(Malay Peninsula). 



S . Tung Pran, Takuatung, P. Siam, 14 Feb. 1919 [No. 3998]. 

 S vix ad., $. Renong river, P. Siam, 22 Feb, 1919 [Nos. 

 4152-3]. 



A. Huino i: IJavison, Stray Kuatliers, vi, 1878. E. (). Grant, FasL-iculi Malayeiises, iii (Birds>. 1905. 



B. Miillor, l>io Oniis der Insel KalaiiKa, 188-2. F. Hobinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Oates, Birds Brit. Burmah, Vols, i iV ii, 1883. G» <THirdn(;r, Jimrn. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhote, P. Z. 8. 1901, Vol. i. H. Kobiuson, Journ. F. M, S. Musoums, v. 1915 



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