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Synon.: Edolius Cuv. — Drongus Raf. — Bhuchanga, Chaptia, Chibîa, Comètes, 
Bhringa, Propopterus, Melisseus Hodgs. — Melasoma Swains. — Dissemurus Glog. — 
Dicranostreptus Reichb. — Balicassius Bonap. — Hedolius Agass. — Trichometopus Cab. — 
Melaenornis Gray. — Buchanga Wald. — Dicrurus Vicill. 
Corpus oblongum, nigronitente , inter dum variis coloribus pictum. Caput ro- 
tundatum, interdum cristatum. Rostrum basi setts recumbentibus obductum, validum, 
later atim compressum; mandibula superior culmine paulo carinato, versus apicem 
utrinque emarginata, adunca; inferior apice recurvata, acuminata. Nares oblongae, 
magnae, setis tectae. Collum mediocre. Alae penna spuria brevissima, remigibus 
2. 3. 4. omnibus longioribus. Femora extra abdomen posita; tibiae omnino plumosae. 
Pedes tetradactyli ; digiti très anteriores, posticus unus; exterior es basi connexi; 
hallux quemadmodum anteriores imo tarsi positus, sedilem cingens, omnibus articulis 
humi incumbens. Cauda forficata, rectricibus duodecim. — 49 Specc. 
aculeatus Cassin, Proceed, acad. Philadelphia 1851. 347. [Fazogl. 
aeneus Vieillot, Nouv. diet. hist. nat. IX. 586. — Sundevall, Ann. mag. nat. 
hist. 1846. XVIII. 171. [Nepal. Bengal. Assam. Malabar. 
Drongo bronzé Levaillant, Ois. Afr. Tb. 176. 
Edolius metallicus Cuvier. 
Dicrurus aeratus Stephens, Gener. Zool. 
Edolius aeratus Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1842. XL 801. 
Melisseus aeneus Blyth, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1843. XII. 96. 
Chaptia aenea Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1846. XV. 294. 
Chaptia muscipetoides Hodgson, Ind. Review I. 327 (subgen. Propopterus). 
Butchanga. — Chaptya. — Chota Kesraj, 
aeratus Stephens, Gener. Zool. = Dicrourus aeneus Vieill. 
affinis Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1842. XL 174. = Dicrourus bali- 
cassius Vieill. 
albirictus Gray, Handlist Birds I. 585. = Dicrourus macrocercus Vieill. 
amboinensis Gray, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1860. XXVIII. 354. [Amboina. Ceram. 
andamanensis Gray, Handlist Birds I. 285. [Andamanae. 
Edolius affinis Tytler, Ibis 1867. III. 323. 
annectans Gray, Handlist Birds I. 285. = Dicrourus balicassius Vieill. 
assimilis Gray, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1858. XXVI. 179. = Dicrourus bracteatus 
Gould. 
ateripennis Swainson, Birds W. Afr. I. 256. [Sierra Leone. 
Musicus atripennis Gray, Handlist Birds I. 286. 
atrocaeruleus Gray, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1860. XXVIII. 354. 
[Celebes. Gilolo. Bat j an, 
balicassius Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 751. — Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 
1842. XL 80; 1846. XV. 298; Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIV. 46. 
[Nepal. Malacca. 
Corvus balicassius Linne, Syst. Natur. I. 157. — Buffon, Pl. enlum. 603. 
[cf. D. bracteatus Gould.] 
Oriolus furcatus Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 395. — [cf. D. furcatus Gray.] 
Corvus afer Lichtenstein, Mus. bcrol. 
Corvus assimilis Bechstein. 
Edolius viridescens Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1836. IV. 6. 
Bhuchanga annectans Hodgson, Ind. Review I. 326. 
Dicrourus affinis, D. viridescens Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1842. 174. 
Balicassius furcatus, Buchanga viridescens Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1854. 
XXXVIII. 539. 540. 
Dicrurus annectans Gray, Handlist Birds I. 285. 
balicassius Vigors et Horsfield, Transact. Linn. Soc. 1826. XV. 211. = 
Dicrourus bracteatus Gould. 
bilobus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 111. —^Dicrourus longus Horsf. 
blmaetisis Wallace, Proceed. Zool. Soc.*863. XXXI. 492. 
[Flores. Lombock t Sumbava. 
