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572. Dissemurus grandis V. 
Edolius grandis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 5. 
Dicrurus grandis , Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 36. 
Edolius paradiseus (L.), Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 435. 
a Eastern Ghats (“ Edolius dentirostris , Hay ” T. G. Jerdon ) 
1845. — - b India (“ Edolius bengalensis ” E. Blyth) 1846. 
These specimens have a well-developed crest, hut it is not so 
large in either as in some examples of D. grandis I have seen, nor 
is the bill so long. They probably belong to the bird described as 
D. orissce , (A. Hay, Madr. Journ. x. p. 121) should that race meet 
with ultimate recognition as distinct from D. grandis. 
573. Dissemurus malabariciis. 
Muscicapa malabarica, Scop. Del. Fann. et FI. Ins. ii. p. 96. 
Edolius malabaricus, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 437. 
Dicrurus malabaricus, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 36. 
a S. India (“ Edolius malabaricus ” T. G. Jerdon ) 1850. 
574. Dissemurus formosus. 
Edolius malabaricus , (Lath.) Horsf. Trans. L. S. xiii. p. 145 
(nec Lath.). 
Dissemurus formosus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. Ill : Tweedd. 
Ibis, 1878, p. 81. 
a Malabar {N. G. Strickland) 1838. 
This specimen agrees closely with one of Dr Horsfield’s examples 
in the University Museum. It bears a ticket inscribed u Lanius 
malabaricus, Lath. Malabar Shrike. Irides red.” The crest is less 
developed than in Jerdon’s specimen of D. malabaricus. The locality 
“Malabar” marked upon the ticket is probably conjecture. 
575. Dissemurus platyurus. 
Dicrurus platurus. Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. N. ix. p. 558. 
Dissemurus platurus, Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 313. 
Edolius rangoonensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 5 : Jard. & 
Selb. 111. Orn. n. s. pi. 38. 
1 The materials available in the Strickland Collection are not sufficient for 
me to add anything towards the elucidation of tbe question whether there be 
one or more species of this form. At least a dozen names have been proposed 
for various races, all of which Mr Sharpe places as synonymous with D. para- 
diseus (L.). 
