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GENBUA AND SPECIES OF BIEDS. 



Family XLIV. DICRURID^, 



(Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 228, 1877 ; 

 Tweedd. Ibis, 1878, pp. 69-84 ; 

 Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 173, 1881 ; 

 Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 308, 1889 ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 47, 1896; 

 Eeichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 646, 1903.) 



I. DICRITRUS, Vidll. 



(Sharpe, t. c. p. 229 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 1 ; 

 Gates, /. c. p. 310 ; Shelley, t. c. p. 47.) 



1. balicassius {Linn.), (p 230.) 



Philippine Is. 



(Luzon, Marinduque, 

 Mindanao, Verde). 



2. striatTis, ra)ea£(?.,P.Z.S.1877.p..545; id.Voy. 

 ' Ohallenger,' Zool. ii. Aves, p. 17, 

 pi. iy. (1881). 

 (McGregor & Worcester, Handl. B. 

 Philippine Is. p. 107, 1906.) 



Philippine Is. 

 (Samar, Leyte, 

 Panaon, Nipah, 

 Mindanao, Basilan). 



3. SUluensis, Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 441 ; 

 McGregor & Worcester, t. c. p. 107. 



Sulu Is. 



4. mirabilis, Walden 3( Layard. (p. 231.) 

 (McGregor & Worcester, t. e. p. 107.) 



Philippine Is. 

 (Oebu, Guimaras, 

 Masbate, Negros, 

 Panay, Picao). 



5. annectens (fibi^^s.). (p. 231.) 

 (Gates, t.v. p. 312.) 



Himalayas 



(Nepal to Assam). 

 Burmese ProTinces. 

 Cochin China. 

 Malay Peninsula. 



