2148. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Listed as Lanius malabaricus ȱ Lathamȱ withȱ noȱ notesȱ byȱ Rafflesȱ(1822)ȱ andȱ Stanleyȱ usedȱ theȱ same name for an unsexed specimen in 1825. Stanley later annotated his catalogue entry with ‘ Edolius retifer of Temminck’, following the synonyms listed in Vigors’ catalogue (Rafflesȱ1830).ȱLackȱofȱaȱtraceableȱspecimenȱinȱNML,ȱorȱaȱnumberȱinȱMoore’sȱstockȱbooks,ȱ suggests it was not part of the 1851 bequest.