Edolius crishna, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1886, p. 5; Blyth, Journ. As. Soe., Bengal, vol. xi,
pp. 169, 799, 1842.
Chibia casia, Hodgs., Ind. Rev., vol. i, p. 824, 1887.
Chibia hottentota, Strickl., Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xiii, p. 86, 1844; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. .287,
1845; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xv, p. 294, 1846; Gray, Cat. Birds, Nepal,
Hodg., p. 99, 1846; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 200, 1849; Bonap. Consp.
G. Av., p. 850, 1850; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 489, 1862; Gray, Handl., vol. i, pi 287,
1869; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliii, p. 157,1874 ; Ball, Stray Feathers,
1874, p. 403; Hume, t. <?., p. 474; id., op. cit., 1875, p. 101; Ball, t. c., p. 291.; Blyth
& Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, ex. No., p. 128, 1875; Armstrong, Stray
Feathers, pp. 876, 821; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 71;
Sharpe, Cat. Birds, B. M., vol. iii, 1877, p. 285.
Edolius barbatus, Gray, Zool. Misc., p. , 1844.
Cometes crishna, Hodgs., Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 84,1844.
Trichometopus hottentotus, Cab., Mus. Hein., i, p. 112,1850.
JDicrurus (Chibia) hottentota, Horsfd. & Moore, Cat. B. East Ind. Co’s. Mus., vol. i, 1854, p. 157.
a. $ Tsagain, 29th December 1874.
Genus B h r i n g a , Hodgson.
153. B h r in g a r e m i f e r , Temminck.
Edolius remifer, Temm., PI. Coll., t. iii, pi. 178, 1823 ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi,
pp. 169, 800, 1842.
Bhringa tectirostris, Hodgs., Ind. Rev., vol. i, p. 325, 1887; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 474;
id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 193, 1878; id., Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 101; Armstrong,
' op. cit, 1876, p. 320.
Bhringa remifer, Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 288, 1845; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xv,
p. 294, 1846; id., Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 200, 1849; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av.,
p. 350, 1850; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 434, 1862; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 287, 1869;
Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxix, p. 268, 1870; Blyth & Walden, op. cit.,
vol. xliv, ex. No., p. 128, 1875; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, B. M., 1877, vol. iii, p. 257.
Dicrurus (Bhringa) remifer, Horsf. & Moore, Cat., vol. i, p. 159,1854.
a. S Ponsee, April 1868.
I shot only one specimen of this handsome bird at the above elevation.
G e n u s C h a p t i a , Hodgson.
1 5 4 . C h a p t ia .s n e a , V ie i l l .
Be Drongo bronze, Levaillant, Ois. d’Afr., iv, p, 75, pi. 176, 1805.
Dicrurus emeus, Yieill., N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., vol. ix, p. 586, 1817, ex Levaill.; Jerdon, Madr.
Journ., vol. x, p. 240, 1839; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 159, 1854.
Dicrurus aeratus, Steph. Zool., vol. xiii, pt. 2, p. 188,1825.
Chaptia muscipetoides, Hodgs., Ind. Rev., vol. i, p. 327, 1837.
Edolius aerobus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 801, 1842.
Chaptia eenea, Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 288, 1845; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xv,
p. 294,1846; id., Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 200,1849; Bonap. Consp., p. 850 1850 ;
Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 287, 1869 ; Brooks, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 284; Hume, op, cit.;
p. 100, 1874, p. 474; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 192, 1878; Blyth & Walden, Journ.
As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, ex. No., p. 128, 1875; Fairbank, Stray Feathers, 1876, pp. 257,
265; Armstrong, t. c., p. 320; Hume, t. c., p. 895; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xlv, 1876, p. 71; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, B. M., vol. iii, 1877, p. 243.
a. Ponsee, 13th March 1868.
Genus B u c h a n g a , Hodgson.
155. B u c h a n g a a t r a , Hermann.
Be Drongolon, Levaillant, Ois. d’Afr., t. iii, pi. 174,1802.
Muscicapa atra, Hermann, Obs. Zool., p. 208, 1804.
Dicrurus macrocercus, Yieill., N. Diet., t. ix, p. 588,1817; Jerd., Madr. Journ., vol. xiii, pt. 2, p. 121-,
1847 ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soe., Bengal, vol. xv, p. 298, 1846; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p; 286,
1845; id., Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 98, 1846; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 351,
1850; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 427,1862; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 286, 1869.
Edolius forficatus, Horsf., Tr. Linn. Soc., vol. xiii, p. 144, 1821.
Muscicapa biloba, Licht., Yerz. Doubl., p. 52, 1823.
Dicrurus indiems, Steph., Gen. Zool., vol. xiii, p. 139, ex. Levaill.,. 1826; Hodgs., As. Res.,
vol. xviii, p. 21, fig., 1820.
Dicrurus balicassius, (nec. L.), Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1832, p. 86; Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. x,
p. 288, 1839; Mc’Clelland, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1889, p. 158; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xi, p. 175,1842. .
Buchanga albiricbus, Hodgs., Ind. Rev., vol. i, p. 326,1837; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 178;
Adam., t. c,, p. 877 ; Ball, op. cit., 1874, p. 402; Hume, t. c., p. 474; Armstrong & Hume,
op. cit., 1876, p. 318, 1877, p. 29; Fairbank, t. c., p. 401.
Dicrurus minor, Blyth, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. xiii, p. 129, 1844; id., Cat. B. Mus., As.
Soc., Bengal, p. xxii, 1849; id., Ibis, 1867, p. 305.
Dicrurus fingah, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844.
Edolius fingah, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xv, p. 800, 1846.
Dicrurus longus, Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 852, 1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co.,
vol. i, p. 152, 1854. .
Dicrurus himalayensis, Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 200 (descr. nulla); Gray, Handl. B.,vol. i, p.286,1869.
Dicrurus albirictus, Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 285, 1869; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 97;
Dicrurus cathoecus, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 877; Godwin-Austen, Journ; As. Soc.,
Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 71.
Buchanga minor, Holdsw., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1§72, p. 488.
Buchanga cathaca, Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, ex. No., p. 130, 1875.
Buchanga atra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds, B. Mus., vol. iii, p. 246, 1877.
a. t Bhamo, Upper Burma, 9th September 1868.
b. 3 Sanda, 15th May 1868.
c. ? Muangla, 22nd May 1868.
This species is not uncommon at Bham6, and I traced it along our route as
far east as the middle of the Sanda valley, 2,500 feet, beyond which, however, I
failed to observe it. The Bham6 specimens were shot in September, and are
moulting their primaries.
I did not observe it in the sequestered Hotha valley, which is separated from
the Sanda one by a high range of mountains, and is at a higher elevation