638 Birds in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. [No. lib. 



31. Muscicapa Verditer, Verditer Fly-catcher. 

 Shot by the Curator, and mounted in the Museum. 

 Verditer Fly-catcher. Latham. Gen. Hist. Vl. 182. 



The Verditer Fly-catcher is found in the neighbourhood of Calcutta, 

 but it is not very common. The Curator has not seen it any where 

 else. 



32. Muscicapa Fly- catcher. 



Chinese collection 



33. Fam. LANiADiE. 

 Genus Tyrannus. 

 Sp. Tyr. Leucogaster. Tyrant Shrike. 

 Lanius Tyrannus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 136. Gmelin. Lin. I. 302. 

 Turton's Lin. I. 176. Shaw's Gen. Zool. VII. 304. 



34. Genus Ocypterus. 

 Sp. Ocy. Rufiventer. Red-bellied Ocypterus. 

 Presented and mounted by M. Eouchez. 



Langrayen a ventre roux. Diet. Class. D'Hist. Nat. IX. 209. 

 Ocypterus Rufiventer. Griffith's Cuv. VI. 288. 

 35. Ocypterus Leucogaster, White-bellied Ocypterus. 

 Chinese collection. 



Lanius Leucorhynchus. Gmelin's Lin. I. 305. Turton's Lin. I. 178. 

 Shaw's Gen. Zool. VIL 323. 



Artamus Leucorhynchus. Steph. Shaw. Gen. Zool, xii. 137. 



Artamus Leucogaster. Griffith's Cuv. VI. 287. 



Langrayer a ventre hlanc. Diet. Class. D'Hist. Nat. IX. 290. 



36. Genus Dicrurus. 

 Sp. D Shrike. 



37. Dicrurus Indicus. — Long-tailed Shrike. 



Shot by the Curator, and mounted in the Museum. 



Drongo Drongolon. Diet. Class. D'Hist. V. 621. 



" This species is common throughout India ; it is to be seen in 

 every field, is restless, and constantly in motion ; and frequently to be 

 seen on the backs of cattle extracting the vermin. It feeds upon 

 insects, is a ferocious and most pugnacious bird, will occasionally kill 

 small birds, with the utmost nonchalance will attack the crow and 



