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beneath the body of the nest depended a long bunch of mosses, 
fastened to the tree with spiders' webs, and serving as a support or 
cushion, on which the nest rested securely. "Within this beautifully 
constructed fabric were four small eggs of a dull white colour, with 
a faint olive tinge, and minutely spotted with pale greenish brown, 
and having a broad and well-defined ring of the same, near the 
larger end. The eggs were set hard. Diameter x ins. Shape, 
bluntly ovate."— (Journ. A. S. Beng. XYII. pt. II. p. 689.) 
Farn. II. LANIAD^, Viffors, 
Subfam. II. DICEUEINA, Swains. 
Genus Dicrurus, VieilL, Analyse, p. 41 (1816). 
Bhtjchanga, Hodgs., Ind. Rev. I. p. 326 (1837). 
CoBVTJS, ^. Lmn. 
Subgen. Edolius, Cuv., B^g. Anim. 1. p. (1817). 
Chibia, Hodgs., Ind. Rev. I. p. 824 (1837). 
CoMETES, Hodgs., Journ. A. S. Beng. X. p. 29 
(1841). 
Bhringa, Hodgs., Ind. Bev. I. p. 325 (1837). 
Melisseus, Hodgs., Jowrn. A. S. Beng. X. p. 29 
(1841). 
Chaptia, ffodgs., Ind. Bev. I. p. 326 (1837). 
Pbepopteeus, Rodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. (1844). 
a. DiOEUETJS, p. s. d. 
193. DICBUBUS MAGBOGEBCUS, Vieill 
Dicrurus macrocercus, Vieill., N'. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IX. 
p. 588. Blyth, Jowrn. A. S. Beng. XV. p. 298 ; 
Gat. B. Mus. A. ' S. Beng. p. 202. G. R. Gray, 
Gen. of Birds, I. p. 286. Uodgs. Gat. B. Nep. 
p. 98. Tichell, Journ. A. S. Beng. XYII. p. 304, 
Bonap., G. G. Av. p. 351. 
Muscicapa biloba, Idchtenstein. 
