•298 Notices and Descriptions of various New [No. 172. 



11. D. balicassius ; Corvus balicassius, Lin.: Oriolus furcatus, Gme- 

 lin, apud G. R. Gray ; Bhuchanga annectans, Hodgson ; Dicrurus affinis, 

 nobis, XI, 174; Corvus afer, Licht. ; and C. assimilis, Bechst., apud G. 

 R. Gray. Inhabits the Malay countries, and occurs also in Nepal.* 

 The Australian species referred to this by Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield, 

 is the D. bracteatus, Gould. 



12. D. macrocercus, Vieillot : Muscicapa biloba, Licht.; D. indicus, 

 Stephens, and also of Hodgson, As. Res. XVIII, described and figured in 

 part II ; likewise Bhuchanga albirictus, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. 1837, p. 326 : 

 Edolius forficatus, Horsfield (apud Strickland, in epistold) ; D. balicas- 

 sius apud Sykes and Jerdon, also apud nos, XI, 1 74 ; and D. fingah 

 apud nos (passim). The common Fingah, or ' King Crow,' of India 

 generally. 



13. D. longicaudatus, A. Hay : D. macrocercus apud Jerdon, et nos 

 passim : Neel Fingah of the Bengallees ; described in Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. 1844, p. 46. Inhabits India generally, but is much less common 

 than D. macrocercus. 



14. D. ccerulescens, (Lin.) : Lanius Fingah, Shaw : both founded on 

 Edwards' figure. Described in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1844, p. 47. Not 

 common in Lower Bengal. 



15. D. leucopygialis, nobis, n. s. Similar to the last but smaller ; the 

 tip of the upper mandible (it would seem constantly) more produced ; 

 and the white confined to the lower tail- coverts, the abdominal region 

 being merely somewhat paler than the breast. Length of wing five 

 inches and three-eighths. This appears to be a common species in 

 Ceylon. 



'16. D. intermedins, nobis, n.s. Also closely allied to D. ccerules- 

 cens, but having no white whatever on the under- parts, which are dark- 

 er than the throat and breast of D. ccerulescens, and have a faint steel- 

 blue gloss. The upper-parts are also glossed with steel-blue instead of 

 steel- green. Length of wing five inches, of middle tail-feathers three 

 and a half, and of outermost tail-feathers an inch and five-eighths 

 more. From Penang. In general aspect intermediate to D. ccerules- 

 cens and D. longicaudatus. 



* Captain Lewis took a specimen at sea, when within a few leagues of one of the 

 Nicobar Islands. 



