440 



BICETTEIII.E. 



Buchaiiga atra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 246(1877); Legge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 886 (1879) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 562 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiermmml. p. 366 (1910). 



Dicriuus ater, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 312 (1889); Oates, 

 ed. Hume, NesU ^ Eygs Ind. Birds, i. p. 198 (1889). 



The eggs of the Black Drongo are t3'pically of a pointed oval 

 form, but the small end is sometimes blunt and rounded, and they 

 are generally without gloss. They are of two distinct types. In 

 one the ground is white, often spotless, at times marked with a 

 varj'ing number of specks and spots of black or very dark reddish- 

 brown. In some of these eggs, the markings are few and minute. 

 In others, they are numerous and almost invariably collected 

 together over the broad end. 



In the second type, the ground varies from pinkish-white to rich 

 salmon-pink, and is generally rather profusely marked, chiefly at 

 the broad end where the ground itself is often darker than else- 

 where, with specks and spots of lavender, rich purplish-brown, and 

 black ; the edges of the spots are frequently blurred and they 

 blend with the surrounding pink ground. The eggs measure from 

 ■87 to 1'15 in length, and from "7 to -85 in breadth. 



Romhay {J. H. Qiyuld). 



Bombay (J. H. G.). 



Bombay {J. H. G.). 



Lahore, Punjab, 10th June. 



Lahore, 15th June. 



Sultanpur, 9th July. 



Sambhur, 15th June (B. M. 



Adam). 

 Sambhur, 20th Jime (E. M. A.). 

 Sambhur, 28th June (-R. M. A.), 

 Sambhur, 6th July (R. M. A.). 

 Sambhur, 10th July {R. M. A.). 

 Sambliur, 11th July {R. M. A.). 

 Sambhur, 12th July (R. M. A.). 

 Delhi, 6th .lune (C. T. Bingham). 

 Delhi, 12th June (C. T. B.). 

 Delhi, 22iid June (C. T. B.). 

 Agra, 16th June {A. O. Jimne). 

 Agra, 17th June (A. 0. H.). 

 Agra, 18th June (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 19th June {A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 21st June {A. O. H.}. 

 Agra, 21st June {A. O. II.). 

 Agra, 24th June (A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 15th July (A. 0. H.). 

 Agra, 27th July (A. 0. H.). 

 Agra, 28th July {A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, 6th Mav [A. 0. H.). 

 Bareilly, 11th May {A. 0. H.). 

 Bareilly, 20th May (A. O. H.) 

 Bareilly, 22nd May (A. 0. B.). 

 Bareilly, 24th May (A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, 25th May (A. 0. H.). 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Col). 

 Hume Coh. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll, 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Cdll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Colh 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll, 

 Hume Coll. 



