LANIIDiE. 



141 



Black Dicrurus with a metallic gloss ; with the terminal webs of 

 the outer tail-feathers equal on either side. 



Edolius remifer. Temm. PI. Col. 1 78. 



Inhabits Java and Sumatra. Allied to the last : 

 length nine inches : the tail-feathers (excepting the 

 outer one on each side) are of equal length, the outer 

 one being prolonged, and having its shaft very long, 

 delicate, and naked for two-thirds of its length, from 

 the base : the webs arise about three inches from the 

 tip, and are in shape like an Indian paddle ; but, 

 unlike those of the preceding species, the tip is flat 

 and even, and the web is of an equal length on either 

 side of the shaft : the general colour of the plumage 

 is black, with fine metallic hues : on the head, at the 

 base of the beak, are several fine velvety feathers 

 pointing forwards. The female differs in wanting 

 the naked shafts to the outer tail-feathers, and these 

 feathers are but a trifle longer than the rest : in other 

 respects she agrees with the male. 



GENUS LXVIIL— IRENA, Horsfield. 



Rostrum mediocre, cultra- 

 tum ; maxilla apice adun- 

 ca ; culmen arcuatum, ele- 

 vatum, inter nares carina- 

 tum, utrinque a basi ultra 

 medium usque sulco ob- 

 soleto exaratum, lateribus 

 subconvexis. 



Rictus ciliatus. 



Beak moderate, cultrated, 

 the maxilla hooked at the 

 tip ; culmen arcuated, ele- 

 vated, carinated between 

 the nostrils, furnished on 

 each side from the base 

 beyond the middle with an 

 obsolete groove, with its 

 sides slightly convex. 



Gape ciliated, 



