1834.] Insessorial orders in the Dakhan. 423 



These birds sit on the extreme twigs of trees, and dart on passing insects in the 

 manner of the Merops viridis. 



43. Muscicapa cosruleocephala. Muse, cinereo-brunnea, cneruleo leviter tincta ; 

 capite thoraceque lazulinis ; pectore sublazulino ; abdumine crissoque albis. 

 Longitudo corporis 5 r 7 ,j unc, caudce 2§. 



44. Muscicapa Picata. Muse, supra, atra, subtus sordidi alba; strigd a menfo ad 

 nucham utrinque extendente, fascia alarum, uropyyio, crisso, apicibusque reclricum 

 duarum lateralium albis. 



Longitudo corporis 5| unc., caudce 2§. 

 Genus Rhipidura, Vigors and Horsf. Fan-tailed Fly-catcher. 



45. Rhipidura albofrontata, Frankl. 



46. Rhipidura fuscoventris, Frankl. 



Colonel Sykes has shot both these birds in the same localities. The male has a 

 very sweet note. He spreads and raises his tail over his head in hopping from 

 bough to bough. Both species have the aspect and habits of the Australian bird 

 Muscicapa flabellif era, Gmel. Irides deep sepia brown. 



Fam. Laniadce, Vigors. 



Genus Dicrurus, Vieill. — Edolius, Temm. 



47. Dicrurus Balicassius. Corvus Balicassius, Linn. 



48. Dicrurus ccerulescens, Linn. Lanius Fingah, Shaw, t. 7. p. 291. 



Genus Hypsipetes, Vigors. 



49. Hypsipetes Gasteesa. Hyps, griseo-brunnea, subtus pallidior ; alis remigibusque 

 brunneis; capite supra vix cristato metaltice afro. 



Longitudo corporis 10 unc, caudce 4. Irides intense rufo-brunneae. 

 Tongue bifid, and deeply fringed ; sexes exactly alike. Stony fruit found in the 

 stomach. Neck short, and head sunk into the shoulders ; flight very rapid. 

 Found only in the dense woods of the Ghauts. The tongue is that of Pastor the 

 legs those of Dicrurus. 



Genus Collurio, Vigors. 



50. Collurio Lahtora. Coll . pallide griseus ; strigd front alt per oculos utrinque ad 

 nucham extendente, alis, rectricibusque mediis nigris ; corpore subtus, fascia alarum 

 scapularium marginibus, rectricibus externis, apicibusque duarum sequentium. 

 Longitudo corporis 9§ unc, caudce 4§. 



This is the variety C. of Lanius Excubitor of Dr. Latham. It is closely allied to 

 the North American and European Lan. Excubitor, but differs in the black bar 

 extending across the forehead. The male has a sweet note. 



51. Collurio crythronotus, Vigors. Proceed. Zool. Soc I. p. 42. 



This bird differs from the Lan. Bentet of Dr. Horsfield only in the crown being 

 ash-coloured instead of black, and in the defined black bar across the forehead. 



52. Jun. ? abdomine graciliter fasciato. 



Supposed young of the above. Length 7§ inches : tail 3*$. 



53. Collurio Hardwickii, Vigors, Proceed. Zool. Soc, I. p. 42. Bay. backed small Shrike 

 Lath. ' 



Genus Lanius, Auct. 



54. Lanius Muscicapa ides, Frankl. Keroula Shrike, Lath. 



A rare bird. Colonel Sykes's specimen, a female, corresponds with Major Frank- 

 lin's specific characters, and with his specimen, a male bird. 



Genus Graucalus, Cuv. 



55. Graucalus Papuensis, Cuv. Corvus Papuensis, Gmel. Papuan Crow, Lath. 

 Irides, rich lake. 



Genus Ceblepyris, Cuv. 



56. Ceblepyris fimbriatus, Temm. Echenilleur frange ? PI. Col. Irides orange. 

 Colonel Sykes's birds, full-grown males, correspond only to the female of Ceh. 



fimbriatus, and not at all to the male- Met with only in thick hedges on the 

 plains. 



57. Ceblepyris canus. Le Grand Gobe-mouche cendre de Madagascar , Pi. Enl. 521. 

 Irides, intense red brown. Black ants only found in the stomach. This bird' does 



not correspond with the later descriptions of Ceb. canus (Muscicapa canaj , and 

 the history of both these species of Ceblepyris requires further illustration. 

 Found only in thick bushes. Specimens of both species from Bengal and Wy- 

 naad resemble those collected by Colonel Sykes. 



(To be Continued.) 



