372 CLASS AVES. 



Fork-tailed Shrike, Lath. Lan. Ccerulescens, Lin. Vieil. 

 O. A. t. 172. Edw. t. 56. 



Bluish glossy black ; abdomen white ; breast dark-ash ; 

 tail forked ; outer feathers white-tipt. 



Corvus Balicassius, Gmel. PI. 

 Enl. t. 163. 



Greenish black, bill and feet black. 



Dicrurus Macrocercus, Vieil. Le Drongolon, 

 Vail. O. A. t. 174. Muscicapa Biloba, Licht. 



Black ; tail deeply nicked, longer than the body ; tail 

 feather slender near the end ; length ten inches ; tail 

 five inches and a half; habit slender. East Indies. 



Dicrurus j^neus, Vieil. Le Drongo Bronz^y 

 Vail. O. A. t. 176. 



Shining black, reflecting violet and golden green. 

 Bengal. 



Dicrurus Lophorinus, Vieil. N. Diet. H. N. ix. 

 t. d. 2. f. 2. 

 Iridescent black ; forehead with a small crest of free 

 and erectile feathers, perhaps a var. of Corvus Bali- 

 cassius, Gmel. 



Dicrurus Leucophceus, Vieil. Drongi, 

 Vail. O. A. t. 170. 

 Gray, lead-colour ; tips of quills blackish-brown ; outer 

 web of quills black ; tail long, forked ; length nine 

 inches. Ceylon and Java. Perhaps young ? 



Dicrurus Leucogaster, Vieil. Vail. O. A. 

 t. 174. 

 Above gray, beneath white ; bill and feet lead-colour ; 

 a var. of former ? 



