DISSEMUEIJS LOPHOKHINUS. 
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„ . • j na(^ Thp nestline is black, with but little of the metallic sheen ; 
Tourt^. Iris brown, ^ ^ j Immature birds have the under tail- and under wing-coverts tipped 
the ou«, teiHe.th.r. »ot much p.,,. eaged .ith white , the under 
white; the flanks pervaded with gr j, t tave^disappeared from the under tail-covcrts, few specimens 
wing-coverts retain their white mark g 1 under wing. In this feature the genus Dissemurm is an 
being found without a few white terminal spots on the unUer wing 
exact contrast to Buchanga, 
p if AJvflM removed by JVdr. Sbarpe, because tlie crest 
Ohs. I have placed this species in the genus Dimmwus rom w advisable to establish a genus for 
resembled that of some of the local races of the next The bird for which ^Ir. ilume 
it simply because the outer tail-feathers on the forehead, springing from each side of 
established his genus Dissemuroides has a tuft oi nresent snccies Concerning the specific name 
,h» to. ot the cul«e< ..d therrfore “‘‘f , ^ j the Dr.ngup m hi. •Oi.e.ux 
of lophorhtnui used by Vieillofc, I have peruse care . ‘ Latin name in question ; and I think that 
d'Attque,' and likmvis. Vi.illof. of the .peo.e. to “"^t’d. la tailie d. uotre draiue, 
the latter was really referring to the Dron^p. ev , / • -i.,,, meanine when he writes “ i la tailie de 
vulgairemeutuommeehautegrive;” and Vieillot nses wor s o si concerned, a very grotesque 
la grive-draine.” The plate of the Drongup is true, as iu the ‘Oiseaux 
representation of our bird; but it is perhaps as faithfu though be was of opinion, 
d’Afrique.' I may add that Mr. Shaire now that !i a Madagascar bird, 
at the time he wrote on this species (Cat. Birds, m.), that Vieillot s desciiptio 
B, foi^Jicatus. 
x,«ri«f.»._The f 
corner of the island^ includi g . . j- tbp base of the Matale hills and including the 
northerly limit i. in .U the forests and heavy jungle, ot the Western 
southem portion of the Save 1 1 ' t! . fnrpst nnd in the outlying iungles between there and Kotte. 
Province, and is common in the Pnoflim and Eukkul Korales it is everywhere found 
From Amhepnssa southward, through iundeX a X.ider.ble aldtude. I. is 
in heavy forest, and ascends the Am ^&amoa Holden formerly resident in Deltota, has 
located in portions of the interior of the Kan y ^ ’ annear to extend eastward beyond the slopes of 
procured it in Hewahette at 3000 feet elevation. * ^ Haputlle hills, in which 
the southern ranges, for I did not meet with i m in the forests on the south bank of the 
district the rackCtailed specie, is » common. « “ ^eXsiX huX7ugL than in those further up 
Gindurah, appearing f '“^77.76. in the friars- Hood fo.-e.ts, bull 
the west coast. 1 have seen what I am nearly urn to I- B„ket..ailed Hrongo. 
cannot speak with certainty, as the specimen tbino- but this latter species, which likewise 
Nowhere else in the Eastern Province have I met with any thing hut P 
monopolizes the whole of the northern forests beyond Damhulla. 
IMils.-Damp forests and even their most gloomy 
tramping through the humid glens of the southern the sudden outburst of the lively 
the wind in the lofty trees around him, the naturalist is suddenly ^ J „,tive haunts. Its 
notes with which thUrested Drongo is wont the males give out a 
vocal powers are remai’kahle and are fully brought out m number of loud whistlings and calls, 
pleasing warble for the edification of their consorts ; tins -yyd h^ I Zso of 
the result of the bird’s powers of mimicry, which are quite q ^ J ^ what 
heard it imitate cleverly the cry of the Serpent-Eag e and associates in pairs, and 
were evidently attempts to mock other smaller inhabitants ^ ^ beetles 
perches across the upper branches of lofty trees, whence ^i^bt is powerful 
and the many larger members of the insect kingdom w i the air 
and swift, and it is capable of darting through ic v g branches before devouring it. I have 
it returns with it, or carries it to another perc i an s scattered company, and once in 
on several occasions in Saffragam found three or four pairs 
