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sionally taken and tamed ; it used to be very frequently in former 
days, and sold for a very high price at Hyderabad. It is said to 
imitate the notes of all other birds, and hence is also called the 
* Huzar JDustarij or bird of a thousand tales." — (Jerd., Madr. Joum. 
L. S. X. p. 241.) 
203. DICRUBU8 {ED0LIU8) MALABABICUS, Scop. 
Sp. 
Dicrurus malabaricus, Scop. {Stricklmd in epistold.) 
G. B. Gray, Gen, of Birds, I. p. 286. Blyih, Joum. 
A. S. Beng. XV. p. 296. 
Edolius malabaricus, Horsf., Trans. Zinn. Soc. XIII. 
p. 145. 
Edolius rotifer, Temm., Text de Bl. Col. 178. 
Lanius malabaricus. Baffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 
p. 306. 
Edolius rangoonensis, Gould, B. Z. S. (1836), p. 5. 
Horsf. McClelland, B. Z. S. (1839), p. 158. 
Edolius paradiseus, var. C, BlytJi, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. 
Beng. p. 201. 
The Drongo a Raquette, Temm. 
BuRONG Saweh, Sumatra, Baffles. 
Chanwi, Malay, Byton. 
A. Java. Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 
h. Drawing. From Sir T. S. Raffles's Collection. 
C. Assam. Presented by J. McClelland, Esq. 
d. Drawing. From Parry's Collection. 
c. subgen. Chibia, Hodgs. 
204. DICRURUS {CHIBIA) HOTTENTOT A, Linn. Sp. 
Corvus hottentotus. Linn., S. N. I. p. 155. Lath., Hist. 
III. p. 51. 
Chibia hottentota, Strichl., An. Nat. Hist. XIII. p. 36. 
Blyth, Joum. A. S. Beng. XY. p. 294 ; Cat. B. Mus. 
A. S. Beng. p. 200. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, 1. 
p. 287. Hodgs., Cat. B. Nep, p. 99. Bonap., C. G. 
Av. p. 350. 
Criniger splendens, Tickell, Joum. A. S. Beng. II. p. 574, 
