Family XLIY. DICRURIDiE.
(Sharpe, Oat. Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 228, 1877;
Tweedd. Ibis, 1878, pp. 69 -8 4 ;
Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 173, 1881;
Oates, Paun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 308, 1889;
Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 47, 1896;
Beichenow, Yog. Afrikas, ii. p. 646, 1903.)
I. DICRURUS, Vieill
(Sharpe, t. c. p. 229 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 1 ;
Oates, t. c. p. 310 ; Shelley, t. c. p. 4 7 .)
1. b a lic a s s iu s (Linn.), (p 230.) Philippine Is.
(Luzon. Marinduque,
Mindanao, Verde).
str ia tu s, Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1877, p. 545; id. V oy. Philippine Is.
I Challenger,’ Zool. ii. Ayes, p. 17, (Samar, Leyte,
pi. iy. (1881). Panaon, Nipah,
(McGregor & Worcester, Handl. B. Mindanao, Basilan)
Philippine Is. p. 107, 1906.)
3. su lu en sis, Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 441; Sulu Is.
McGregor & Worcester, t. c. p. 107.
4. m irab ilis, Walden <$■ Layard. (p. 231.) Philippine Is.
(McGregor & Worcester, t. c. p. 107.) (Cebu, Guimaras,
Masbate, Negros,
Panay, Picao).
5. a n n e c ten s (Hodgs.). (p. 231.) Himalayas
(Oates, t. e. p. 312.) (Nepal to Assam).
Burmese Provinces.
Cochin China.
Malay Peninsula.
6. a tr ip en n is, Swains, (p. 232.) W. Africa
(Beichenow, t. c. p. 651.) (Senegambia
7. coracinus, Verr. (p. 232, pt.) W. Africa
(Beichenow, t. c. p. 650.) (Camaroons
to Loango).
Lake Districts.
Equatorial Africa.
3. m od e stu s, Hartl. (p, 232.) W. Africa
(Beichenow, t. c. p. 651.) (Prince’s Isl.).
9. sha rp e i, Oustcdet, N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. p. 97 W. Africa
(1879). (Togo Land
(Beichenow, t. c. p. 652.) to Gaboon).
Equatorial Africa
(Songa).
10. lu dw ig i, Smith, (p. 233.) S.E. Africa
(Erlanger, J. f. O. 1905, p. 704; (Natal to Bhodesia
Beichenow, t. c. p. 652.) and Zambesia.
Nyasa, Land).
E. Africa, N. to
S. Somali Land.
S.W. Africa
(Angola).
I I. CHIBIA, Hodgson.
(Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 234, 1877;
Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 320, 1889.)
1. h o tte n to tta (Limi.), (p. 235.) Western and
(Oates, t. c. p. 320.) Central India.
Foot-hills of
Himalayas
(Garhwal to Assam),
Burmese Provinces.