M 



442 DiCRumi)^. 



rufous and lavender spots. Others have the ground-colour glossy- 

 dull salmon-pink marked, chiefly over the broad end, with spots, 

 blotches and confluent clouds of very pale chestnut and underlying 

 lavender. They measure from -9 to 1"02 in length, and from 

 •69 to -75 in breadth. 



S. South Africa. Crowle/ Bequest. 



4. Natal (r. y4i/c«s). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Natal {T. A.). T. Ayres, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Near Fashoda, White Nile, R. M. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 



8th April. 



.3. Near Fashoda, 8th April. R. M. Hawker, Esq. 



1. Near Fashoda, 15th April. R. M. Hawker, Esq. 



2. iJaniaraland (C. J. Andemson: Crowley Bequest, 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Otjimbiuque, Daniaraland \C. J. Crowley Bequest. 

 A.: Tristram Coll.). 



Buchauga longicaudata (Jerd.). 

 (Plate XX. figs. 14-16.) 



Buclianga longicaudata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 249 (1877) ; 

 Leqge, Birds Ceylon, n. 390 (1879) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 20 

 (1899), p. 8.55 (1910) ;■ Sharpe, Handrl. v. p. 563 (1909). 



Buohanga pyrriops, S/iarjye, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 251 (1877). 



Bicrurus longicaudatus, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 314 (1889) ; 

 Oates, ed. Hume, Nests Sr ^ffffs Ind. Birds, i. p. 203 (1889). 



The eggs of the Indian Ashy Drongo are typically of a blunt 

 oval form. Many are moderately glossy, but some are entirely 

 without gloss. The colour is very variable. The ground ranges 

 from pure white to pinkish-white, pale pink, and rich salmon- 

 pink, and is speckled, spotted, and blotched with black, deep 

 reddish-brown or chestnut. The underlying markings are pale 

 grey or lavender and are usually very conspicuous. As a rule the 

 broader half of the egg is densely marked and the smaller half 

 more sparingly. Those eggs in which the ground is white gene- 

 rally have the markings small and separate; those in which the 

 ground-colour is of some shade of pink have them large, undefined, 

 and frequently confluent. Numerous specimens measure from 'Sd 

 to 1-06 in length, and from -68 to -75 in breadth. 



2. India. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



.3. India. Old Collection. 



2. Kotgarh, Punjab, '32nd May. Hume Coll. 



4. Mussoorie (T. Hutton). Hume Coll. 



4. Mussoorie (T. H.). Hume Coll. 



1. Almorah, 12tli May (TK E. Hume Coll. 



Broolzs). 



1. Almorah, 16th May ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Sikhim. Hume Coll. 



2. Sikhim Terai, 30th April. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Barjiling, 8th June. Hume Coll. 



