THE GREAT RACKET-TAILED DRONGO. 
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observed it at Tonghoo and on the Karin hills. Mr. Davison did not get 
it in Tenasserim further south than Amherst^ and Capt. Bingham procured 
it in the Thoungyeen valley. Mr. Blyth states that this bird occurs in 
Arrakan. 
It appears to be absent from the Malay peninsula^ but to reoccur in 
Sumatra and Java. 
This DrongOj remarkable for its lengthened outer tail-feathers in the 
breeding-season^ which probably extends from April to July, is found only 
in large forests, evergreen ones by preference. It takes up its post on a 
high branch and captures passing insects, not^ however, descending to the 
ground. It is said to make its nest^ a broad shallow cup, in lofty trees. 
Genus DISSEMURUS, Glocjer. 
218. DISSEMURUS PARADISEUS. 
THE GREAT RACKET-TAILED DRONGO. 
Cuculus paradiseus, Linn. Sijst Nat. i. p. 172. Lanius malabaricus, Lath. 
Ind. Orn. i. p. 66. Dicrurus platurus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. ix. 
p. 588. Edolius rangoonensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 5. Edolius grandis, 
Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. o. Chibia malabaroides, Hodys. Ind. Rev. i. p. 325. 
Dicrurus retifer, Jerd. Madr. Journ. x. p. 241. Edolius crista tellus, Bl. 
J. A. S. B. xi, p. 171. Edolius brachyphorus (Temm.), Bonap. Consp. Av. i. 
p. 351. Edolius paradiseus {Linn.), Jerd, B. Ind. i. p. 435. Edolius mala- 
baricus (Scop.), Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 437. Edolius affinis, Tytler ; Beavan, 
IMs, 1867, p. 323. Dissemurus malabaroides (Hodys.), Hume, Nests and. 
Eygs, p. 193 ; id. 8. F. ill. p. 101 ; Hume ^' Dav. S. F. vi. p. 218. Dissemurus 
affinis ( Ty^/.), Hume, S. F. ii. p. 212. Dissemurus brachyphorus (Temtn.), 
Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 154. Dissemurus paradiseus, Bl. Sj- Wald. B. Burnt. 
p. 128 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 321 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. iii. p. 258 ; 
Tiveedd. Ibis, 1878, p. 80 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 219 ; Leyge, Birds Ceylon, 
p. 399 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 92 ; Binyham, S. F. ix. p. 174 j Oates, S. F. x. 
p. 203. Dissemurus malabaricus (Scop.), Hmne, S. F. iv. p. 395. Disse- 
murus platurus (V.), Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 313. Dissemurus grandis 
(Gould), Hume, S. F. viii. p. 92 ; Oates, S. F. viii. p. 166. 
Description. — Male and female. The whole plumage blacky glossed with 
steel-blue except on the inner webs of the quills, the throat, lower abdo- 
men and vent ; the two outer tail-feathers at all seasons aiid in both 
sexes much lengthened and furnished with a racket-shaped process at 
the tips. 
Young birds have the steel-blue gloss less developed, and the under wing- 
coverts are tipped with white. 
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