A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.312

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654 Cf. Su.Sū.46.67; Ḍalhaṇa ad Su.Sū.46.59 (= kalaviṅka). P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): a shrike; these authors add that shrikes belong to the Laniidae. P.V. Sharma: shrike. Gulabkunverba: king bird of paradise. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. MW identifies the bhṛṅgarāja as the fork-tailed shrike (absent from S. Ali and S.D. Ripley); PW only records that it is a kind of bird. Shrikes actually belong to the Laniidae (see S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 5, 80–81). S. Ali and S.D. Ripley do not describe a king bird of paradise, but the racket-tailed drongo may be meant, called bhaṅrāj in Hindī (see S. Ali, 1979: 86), or the racket-tailed flycatcher. K.N. Dave (1985: 62–67) identifies the bhṛṅgarāja as the large racket-tailed drongo. See on *Dicrurus paradiseus* (Linnaeus), the racket-tailed drongo, and its Indian subspecies: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 5, 136–143, on *Terpsiphone paradisi* Linnaeus, the paradise flycatcher, and its Indian subspecies: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 6, 216–223.