420 Capt. R. C. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



selves, but on the insects attracted by them. I think that D. 

 longicaudatus ought also to be included amongst the Maunbhoom 

 birds, as I have possibly confounded this species with it on one 

 or two occasions. 



280. DicRURUs LONGiCAUDATUs. Long-tailed Drongo. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. 



281. DiCRURUs ciERTJLESCENs. White-bcllied Drongo. 



Tolerably common in the well-wooded hilly parts of Maun- 

 bhoom, but very wary and difficult of approach. It is always 

 seen solitary. 



284. Edolius paradiseus. Large Racket-tailed Drongo, 

 or Bhimraj. 



Observed on one or two occasions near the Cossye River, in 

 Maunbhoom; but I could not secure a specimen. 



286. Chibia hottentota. Hair-crested Drongo. 



Darjeeling collection, 1862. Observed on several occasions 

 in Maunbhoom, on the semul [Bombax heptaphyllum) in flower, 

 and also in heavy tree-jungle near streams. It is very wary and 

 difficult to approach, and is nowhere common. It is said by 

 the natives to breed in that district. 



187. Artamus fuscus. Ashy Swallow-Shrike. 



I observed a small party, and collected specimens, near Dar- 

 jeeling, at an elevation of about 5000 feet, in May 1862. After 

 swooping about for some time, they settled on the boughs of a 

 dead tree. I also obtained it in the neighbourhood of Barrack- 

 pore, in January 1864. 



288. TcHiTREA PARADisi. Paradise-Flycatchcr. 



I procured a few specimens of this beautiful bird at Kash- 

 urghur, in April 1864. Amongst them were two full-grown 

 males, in white plumage. In one, the central tail-feathers were 

 black-shafted and 15 inches in length. A third specimen was a 

 young male partially assuming the white plumage of the adult 

 bird; a portion of the long tail-feathers were white, the rest 

 chestnut. I did not see a single specimen in 1865. 



