BCCHANGA. 



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21. Mongphoo, 



4. Mongphoo, 



1 . Mongphoo, 



2. Mongphoo, 



2. Mongphoo, 



3. Mongphoo, 

 2. Mongphoo, 

 2. Monffphoo, 

 2. Mongphoo, 



Dai'iiling (J. Gammie). 

 2.3rd April (J. G.). 

 26th April (J, (?.). 

 29th April {J. G.). 

 29th April (J. G.). 

 30th April {/. G.). 

 SOth April (.7. G.). 

 6th May {J. G.). 

 7th May {J. G.). 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Buchanga nigrescens, Oates. 



Dicrurus nigrescens, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 315 (1889) ; 



Oates, ed. Hume, Nests ^ Egys Ind. Birds, i. p. 208 (1889) ; Stuart 



Baker, Ibis, 1906, p. 2-58. 

 Buchanga nigrescens, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 568 (1909) ; Nehrk. liat. 



Eiersamml. p. 355 (1910). 



Eggs of the Tenasserim Ashy Drongo are of a blunt oval shape 

 and without gloss. They do not differ from those of B. longi- 

 laudata. They measure from -SI to 1 in length, and from '67 to 

 ■73 in breadth. 



4. 

 2. 



Margherita, Assam, 2nd May. 

 Margherita, 1st June. 



North Cachar Hills, 2.3rd April 



(E. C. Stuart Baker). 

 North Cachar Hills, 28th April 



{E. C. S. B.). 

 North Cachar Hills, 22nd Mav. 

 North Cachar Hills, 2eth May. 



North Cachar Hills, 28rd Aug. 



Pegu, 27th April {E. W. Oates). 



E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. fC.]. 

 E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq., & 



Dr. H. Coltart [P.]. 

 W. li'adcliife Saunders, Esq. 



rp.|. 



AV. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [0.]. 

 E. C. Stuart Btikej, Esq., & 



Dr. H. Coltart [P.]. 

 E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq., & 



Dr. H. Coltart f P.]. 

 OatesColl. & Crowley Bequest, 



Buchanga lettcogenys, Walden. 



Buchanga leucogeny.», Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 251 (1877) ; Siyarif 

 Ibis, 1887, p. 224; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 20 (1899), p. 355- 

 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 564 (1909). 



Dicrurus leucogenys, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 317 (1889). 



The eggs of the White-cheeked Drongo vary from a blunt to a 

 pointed oval shape and are without gloss. The ground varies from 

 cream-colour to pale salmon-pink, and is spotted and blotched,, 

 mostly at the broad end, with chestnut and underlying lilac or 

 lavender. The markings on some eggs are large and blotchy, on 

 others small, roundish, and well-defined. Numerous specimens 

 measure from '85 to 1-04 in length, and from ■" to -75 in breadth. 



4. Fohkien, 18th May. 

 4. Eohkien, 23rd May. 



C. B. Rickett, Esq. [p.]. 

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



