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BUCHANGA LEUCOPYGIALIS 
(THE CEYLONESE WHITE BELLIED DRONGO OR KING CROW) 
DARK FORM 
ADULT MALE 
Length 9*5 to 9*9 inches; wing 4*7 to 4.95; tall 4*7 to 5.1; tarsus .75 
to .8; middle toe .7, Its claw (straight) .24; bill to gape 1 to 1.1. 
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ADULT FEMALE 
Length 9.5 to 9.7 inches; wing 4.5/to 4.75; tail 4.5 to 4.75. 
BUCHANGA .INSU LARIS 
(OR KING CROW) 
LIGHT FORM 
Wing 4.6 inches; tail 4.4; bill to*gape 1. 
DISTRIBUTION 
The dark race of this Drongo inhabits the South-western District, the 
Western Province, and the adjacent slopes of the Kandyan hills, perhaps as 
far Eastward as the valleys In Puselawa and Kotmalie; while, turning to the 
South again, we find it spreading into the country lying between Badulla and 
Hambantotte, and inhabiting the dividing valley which is continuous with the 
Saffragam division. 
It Is generally diffused through the Western Province, being numerous In 
the Korales surrounding Colombo, and alon : ; the sea-board generally. In 
large forest tracts like those on the Pasdun and Kukkul Korales it is scarce 
but even there it will be found In the open country formed by isolated tracts 
of cultivation. A short distance inland from Colombo it is a very common 
bird, and is one of the most familiar species to those who enjoy the usual 
evening drive round the outskirts'of the Cinnamon Gardens. It is equally 
well known In the Gallo and Matara districts. 
In the seven Korales where the country is open in many places, it is to¬ 
lerably numerous, becoming scarcer (in the light form) In tne forests as we 
proceed North. In this part of the Island it is not nearly so plentiful as 
its dark relative in the South but the heavy nature of the 'jungle probably 
tends much to its eoncealment, and the spots in which I have chiefly obser¬ 
ved It were the outskirts of forests, clumps of jungle In grassy wastes, or 
the borders of village tanks. 
Layard seems only to hav<v obtained it at Point Pedro, and regarded it as 
