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of the show-cases in the had light of the Leyden Museum, unfortunately 
described A. monachns in his six-worded diagnosis as having these parts black, 
thus making his description better applicable to A.wsi^nis, but we do not find 
with Briiggemann that this is a sufficient reason for cancelling the name. 
_ fhe pure white back of these twm Artami shoivs a rather anomalous con- 
tition among birds; Cracticus and Myristkivora are other instances of it, not 
a mg into consideration, of course, those of entirely white plumage. 
n Its habits A monachns corresponds with A. leucogaster. It “feeds on in- 
etc. Sii, quiet on a tree tUl it 
ttTl- 'r rr°u'!,’ ‘"i“’ ‘1“® “ “■*"'‘’“"8 movement goes over 
vings and the body, chiefly over the wings” (Meyer, 7,?] 
I'his species may be easily distinguished from A. Imeo'gaattr by its white back. 
FAMILY DICEUEIDAE. 
, -1 ™ from other Pmsms by their forked 
ail of 0 feathers the lateral feathers having an outward curl, and by theh 
GENUS DICRURUS Yieill. 
win umg lathei long, L* primary about half its leno-th S’-'*- ()«' the ^1 ^ 
hind toe and claw as long as the nfiddlf- frro i i ® longest; 
anteriorly scutellated. Oriental \ustralian longer, 
interest ivith the black bill of the C ^ ^ peculiarity of equal 
The Sula and Obi Drono-o has rod ^ Pelargopsis and Eudynamis. 
long fine hairs - the sSaft^If u f" c 't few 
the forehead. Dkrurus hottentotf feathers — growing backwards from 
point to an affinity They undoubtedly 
is merely a matter of speculation. ^ meaning of such growths 
* 168. DICRURUS LEUOOPS Wall. 
' White-eyed Drongo. 
Plate XXIV. 
We find It impossible to separate D. axillaris (Salvad^ of Or f q 
ac a drstmct species,. .since specimens from Siao are intermediate asXgtdXhe 
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