EROLIUS. DISSBMUEOIDBS. 445 



Genus EDOLIUS, Cvvier. 



Edolius forficatus (Linn.). 



Dicrurus forficatus, H. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 348, pi. xiii. fip;. 7 ; Cowan, 

 Proc. M. Phys. Soc. Edinb.Vu. p. U8 (1882); Milne-Edwards^ 

 Qrandidim-, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 399, pi. 804. US'. 2 (1885). 



Edolius forficatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 254 (1877) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eimamml. p. 20 (1899), p. 35.5 (1910) : Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 565 (1909). 



Eggs of the Madagascar Drongo are of a broad oval form 

 without, gloss. They are white or pinkish-white, sparingly marked 

 with specks and small spots of very dark umber-brown or reddish- 

 brown and underlying lavender. The markings are almost entirely 

 confined to the broad end. Six specimens measure from '91 to 



1-14 in length, and from -71 to '75 in breadth. 



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3. Madagascar (Gerrnrd: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



0. Betsileo, Eastern Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



1. Near Ampasimaventz, Eastern Crowley Bequest. 



Madagascar, 4th Oct. {E. New- 

 ton : Tristram Coll.). 



Genus DISSEMUROIDES, Rume. 



Dissemuroides andamanensis {Tytler 6f Beavan). 



(Plate XX. fig. 20.) 



Dissemuroides andamanensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 265 (1877) ; 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 321 (1889) ; Osmaston. J. Bomb. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 156 (1906); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 565 

 (1909). 



Eggs of the Small Andamanese Drongo are of a regular oval 

 shape and without gloss.. They vary considerably in colour and 

 markings. One set is white, rather sparingly marked all over with 

 small spots and dots of dark purplish-browu and lavender-grey, 

 the markings in two specimens being most numerous towards the 

 larger end and forming an ill-defined zone. In a second set the 

 ground is pinkish-white, with irregular marks, short dashes, and 

 small blotches of light red and with larger blotches and markings 

 of lilac-grey. A third set has the ground dull greyish-salmon-pink 

 marked all over, but especially towards the larger end, with light 

 umber-brown and lilac-grey spots which are mostly rather small. 

 They vary in length from -98 to 1-05, and in breadth from -7 to 

 •76. 



3. Port Blair, S. Andamans, 35th B. B. Osmaston, Esq. [0.]. 



April. 



3. Port Blair, 1st May. B. B. Osmaston, Esq. [0.1. 



3. Port Blair, 3rd May. B. B. Osmaston, Esq. [0.]. 



