1844.] the Birds of Southern India. 121 



No, 55. — It appears that the common King Crow of India 

 will stand as Dicrurus macrocercus, Vieillot. — It is also D. 

 Indicus Stephens, and D. albirictus Hodgson, &c. 



No. 57. — If the name Macrocercus be rightly applied as 

 above, then my bird will require a new name, and Lord 

 Arthur Hay has, in a Monograph of the Dicruridce, given it 

 the title of longicaudatus. 



*No. 59. bis. — I have lately procured several specimens of 

 a racket-tailed Drongo from the jungles of the Eastern Ghauts, 

 which appear to differ decidedly from the Malabar bird. As 

 Lord Arthur Hay has been engaged in examining this family 

 1 gave specimens to him, and he distinguishes this species by 

 the name of Edolius dentirostris. 



*No. 59. ter. — Edolius orissce. — Specimens of the racket- 

 tailed Drongo, procured by Lord Arthur Hay from the jun- 

 gles of Goomsoor, appear also to differ specifically from the 

 other known species, and that gentleman has applied the 

 above name to this one. 



For ample details respecting the differences of these and 

 the other species, vide the Monograph of this family by 

 Lord Arthur Hay, in the present* number of this Journal. 



*No. 58. bis. — Dicrurus criniger (T.), Corvus holtentotus L., 

 — Ed. Chrishna, Gould. Chibia casta, Hodgson. Criniger 

 splendidus, Tickell. Hair-crested Drongo. 



Captain "Roberts of the 36th M. N. I. obtained this hand- 

 some species in Coorg many years ago, a fact which he com- 

 municated to the then Editor of this Journal, some time after 

 the publication of my Catalogue. Lieut. Blake of the same 

 Eegiment also informed me that he had shot it in that lo- 

 cality. I have quite recently obtained a specimen from the 

 Eastern Ghauts. It must however be very rare in Southern 



* Tho departure of thi* gentleman for Calcutta ha« delayed the appearance of this 

 article, 



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