CHIBIA. BICRUBOPSIS. 



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Sikhitn Terai, 26th May. 

 Sikhim Terai, 2(ith May. 

 Sikhim Terai, 4th June. 

 Sikhim Terai, 7th June. 

 Dibrughur, Assam, 15th May 



(J. jR. Cripps). 

 Dibrughur, 17th May {J. S. C). 

 Dibrughur, 5th June (/. R. C). 

 Aracan, Burmah, 3rd June. 

 Amoy, China (ii. Swinhoe). 

 Amoy (iJ. S. . Tristram Coll.). 

 Fohkien, China, 19th May. 

 Fohkien, 21st May. 

 Fohkien, 21st May. 

 Fohkien, 24th May. 

 Fohkien, 2i5th May. 

 Foochow, 15th May. 

 Foochow, 21st May. 

 Foochow, 26th May. 

 Foochow, 27th May. 

 Foochow, 1st June. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll." 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Ooli. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 'P. 

 C. B. Riolrett, Esq. [P.' 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.' 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 'P.' 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. fP.' 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. IP. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



Genus DICRUROPSIS, Sahad. 



Dicruropsis bracteata (Gould). 



(Plate XX. figs. 4 & 5.) 



Chibia bracteata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 235 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 236 (1877) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 20 

 (1899) ; RoUnson Sf Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 624 ; Campbell, JVest-i 

 (^ E(/gs Austr. Birds, i. p. 85, pi. 6 (1901); North, Nests ^ Et/t/s 

 Birds Austr. i. p. 85 (1902). 



Dicruropsis bracteata, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 558 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Mersamml. p. 854 (1910). 



The eggs of the Australian Drongo resemble some of the eggs of 

 Chibia hottentotta. They are without gloss. In some the ground- 

 colour is creamy-white, speckled and spotted with pale reddish- 

 brown and purple. In others, the grouud is white or pinkish- white, 

 boldly blotched and streaked with umber-brown or chestnut and 

 pale lavender. Others again are white, with scattered rounded 

 spots of purplish-black and small blotches of lilac-grey. In most 

 of the clutches the markings are more frequent at the larger end 

 than elsewhere, and in one example they form a well-defined cap 

 or zone. Specimens measure from 1'07 to 1*24 in length, and 

 from w'J to -83 in breadth. 



1 . Queensland, 1st Nov. 



1. Queensland, July. 



2. North Queensland, 16th Dec. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliff'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



