A COLLECTION Ol- 



BIRDS FROM TONKIN. 



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101. Pericroeotus cinereus Lafr. 



Ashy Minivet. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., IV, p. 83 ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 378 ; 

 David et Oust., Ois. Chine, p. 107 ; Oates, F. Br. Ind., Bds., I, p. 489 ; 

 Grant, P.Z.S., 1900, p. 479 ; Hartert, Vög. Pal., I, p. 466. 



A single female bird (Oct. 16, 191 1) obtained at Yen-bai. 



Farn. DICRURID^E. 



102. Bttehanya cineracea (Horsf.). 

 Grey Drongo. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., III, p. 250; Grant, P. Z. S., 1900, p. 465 ; 

 Dicrurus cineraccus (Horsf.), Oates, F. Br. Ind., Bds., I, p. 318. 



Three adult males (Dec. 15, 16, 30, 191 1) and a male (juv. ?) (Dec. 2.) 

 from Lao-kay. The latter has under tail-coverts with broad white tips 

 and the tail somewhat shorter than in the adult. Probably it is a young. 

 Its measurements as follows : culmen 27 mm., wing 144 mm., tail 131 mm., 

 tarsus 19 mm. 



103. DissetHuriis paradiseus (L.). 

 Larger Racket-tailed Drongo. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., III, p. 258 ; Oates, F. Br. Ind., Bds., I, p. 

 325; Grant, P.Z.S., 1900, p. 465. 



Two specimens (Nov. 13, 191 1), both unsexed, captured at Yen-bai. 

 One of them has white tips to under wing-coverts and axillaries ; the other 

 without the white spots. 



Fam. ARTAMID^E. 



104. Artattius fuscug Vieill. 

 Ashy Swallow-Shrike. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XIII, p. 1 1 ; Swinhoe, P.Z.S., 1871, p. 377 ; 



