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LANIIDiE. 



Edolius, Cuvier, Temm. 



A. Redricibus externis simpUcibus, 

 A. With the outer tail-feathers simple. 



Sp. 1 . Di. forficatus. 



Lanius Drongo. Shauoy v. yii. p, 289. — Madagascar 

 Sp. 2, Di. Balicassius. 



Corvus Balicassius. Shaw, v. vii. p. 352 Africa. 



Sp. 3. Di. cserulescens. 



Lanius Fingah. Shaw, v. yu. p. 291. — India. 

 Sp. 4. Di cinerascens. 



Di, cineraceus saturattts concolor, remigibus supra ad apicem 

 rectricibusque lateralibus margine exteriore, nigris. 



Dicrurus of uniform deep cinereous, with the quills above to- 

 wards the tip, and the lateral tail-feathers on their outer 

 margin, black. 



Edolius cinerascens. Linn. Trans* (Horsf.) v. xiii.jo. 145. 



Inhabits Java. Length eleven inches : "although 

 very similar to E. (Di.) forficatus, it must be considered 

 a distinct species : the bill is more robust, and the 

 exterior rectrices form a greater curve than in that 

 bird : it is much less common." — Horsfield. 



Sp. 5. Di. seratus. 



Di. swpra nigro-ceneus viridi ccBruleoque nilents ; subtus griseo' 



niger; infra oculos macula nigra. 

 Dicrurus above brassy-black glossed with blue and green ; beneath 



grey-black } with a black spot under the eyes. 

 Drongo bronze. Levail. Afr» iv. 75. pi. 176. — Bronzed Shrike. 



Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. 63. 



Inhabits Bengal. Beak and legs black : general 

 colour of the plumage above black, with a brilliant 

 changeable blue gloss, like bronze, in some lights ap- 

 pearing green : belly, sides, and under tail-coverts, 

 dull black-grey : under parts of the wings and tail 



