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THE BIRDS OF TRAVANCORE, 

 By H. S. Ferguson, F.L.S., 

 WITH NOTES ON THEIR NIDIFICATION, 

 By T. F. Bourdillon, F.L.S. 



THE BIRDS OF TRAVANCORE. 



The plate belonging to this paper will appear with Part II., in the 

 next number of the Journal. 



Editor. 



that of the south-western hill regions of Ceylon, while that of the 

 extreme south of Travancore corresponds to that of the north and 

 north-west of Ceylon. 



Accord i no- to Colonel Legge the connection between the omis of 

 the Himalayas and that of Ceylon is but slight and only what one 

 would expect in mountain districts of adjacent ornithological regions, 

 and this is pretty much the opinion of Mr. Blanford who remarks 

 that " though it contains several Himalayan genera and species they 

 are not sufficient, to enable South Indian and Ceylonese areas to be 

 clashed with the Himalayan forest area in a separate feub-division or 

 sub-region." 



There is a decided affinity with the Burmese fauna evidenced by the 

 existence of such genera as Loris and Tragulus among Mammals, Draco 

 among Reptiles, Ixalus among Amphibians, and Lyncomh, Hemicircus 

 and Gorsachius among Birds. 



So far as bird life is concerned Travancore may be divided into four 

 districts : (1) the forest-clad hill range from the south up to and includ- 



