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CATALOGUE. 
Chibia malabaroides, Ilodgs., Inch Rev. 1. p. 325. Bonap., 
a G. Av. p. 351. 
Dicrurus retifer, apud Jerd.j Madr. Journ. L. S. X. 
p. 241. 
Dicrurus grandis, apud Horsf. McClelland, P. Z. S. 
(1839), i?. 158. 
Edolius grandis, apud Blt/th, Journ. A. S. Beng. XI. 
p. 170 ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. XIV. p. 46. 
The Paradise Drongo. 
Bheem op EHRiNa-EAJ, Hind., Hodgs. 
Kate-ongal, Malir., Blytli. 
Kalgia, Nepal, Hodgs. 
JN GHET-DAN, Arracan, Blyth. 
HuzAR DusTAN (' Bird of a Thousand Tales Jerd. 
A. and Drawing. Assam. Presented by J. McClel- 
land, Esq. 
h. Tenasserim. Presented by the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal. 
c. Kumaon. From Captain R. Strachey's Collection. 
" This splendid bird is tolerably abundant in many of the lofty 
jungles of the west of India, both above and below the ghauts, it 
being very plentiful in the Wynaud district. It appears to wander 
more in search of its food than other of the Dicruri, flying from tree 
to tree at no great elevation, making an occasional swoop at an 
insect on the wing, or whipping one off a branch ; frequently, 
however, it feeds like its congeners, from a fixed station. It 
generally hunts singly or in pairs, occasionally, however, it is seen in 
small parties. Its food is chiefly large coleopterous insects, also 
large bees and wasps. It has a very peculiar cry, consisting of two 
parts, the first a sort of harsh chuckle, ending in a peculiar metallic 
sound, something lil^e the creaking of a heavy wheel. Mr. Elliott says 
on this subject, ' its general note is a deep sonorous cry, something 
like tse-rung, tse-rung, tse-rung^ It has many other notes besides this, 
all of which, however, have more or less clangor or metallic sound. 
I liave seen it pursue a bird of prey (Haematomis cheela) in the 
same manner as the common king-crow. It moults about Septem- 
ber. Although it chiefly inhabits lofty jungles, I have seen it in 
comparatively low jungle, and I am informed that it often enters 
gardens in the cantonment of Caunanore. The Bherm-raj is occa- 
