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black : the last forked : the hairB about the nostrils 

 point forward ; and there is a large oval patch of 

 black beneath the eye. 



Sp. 6. Di. Indicus. 



Di. niger cceruleo nitents ; cauda elongatd corpore longiore. 

 Black Dicruriis glossed with blue ; with the tail elongated and 



longer than the body. 

 Drongolon. Le Vaill. Ois. d'AfriqAv. 72. pi. 174. Long-tailed 



Shrike. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. 62. 



Inhabits India. More slender than the second 

 species, particularly in the tail, which is as long as 

 the body, and greatly forked, the two middle fea- 

 thers being two inches and a quarter shorter than the 

 outer : the beak and legs are lead-colour : the general 

 colour of the plumage is black, with a bright blue 

 gloss. 



Sp. 7. Di. Hottentottus. 



Corvus Hottentottus. Shaw, v. vii. 351. — Inhabits Africa. ? 



Sp. 8. Di. mystaceus. 



Di. niger xiiridi nitents ; tectricibus alarum, remigibus, caudaque, 

 fitsco-nigris ; rostri baso vibrissis elongatis ornato. 



Black Dicrurus glossed with green ; with the wing-coverts, quills, 

 and tail, brown-black the base of the beak furnished with elon- 

 gated bristles. 



Le Drongo moustache. Le Vaill. Ois. d' Afriq. \y. , pi. 169. — 

 Whiskered Shrike. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. 64. 



Inhabits Africa. Size of a Throstle : beak black, 

 at its base above and beneath long bristles, some 

 standing erect, others pointing downwards, and are 

 double at the ends: eyes bright chesnut : plumage 

 black, glossed with greenish : wing-coverts, quills, and 



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