300 Mr. Blyth on the Ornithology of Ceylon. 



p. 178). Brown above, with pale stems to the feathers, nearly 

 obsolete on the back, and passing to blackish on the forehead, 

 wings, rump, and tail ; throat and fore-neck, with the cheeks, 

 deep brown-black ; the small upper tail- coverts variegated with 

 white, and the greater are largely tipped with fulvous ; under parts 

 variegated ; the breast brown, and belly and lower tail-coverts 

 black, the last having white medial streaks, and the rest of the 

 under parts white subterminal bands, and the flank-feathers a 

 second, and some of them a third, white cross band in addition. 

 Bill livid bluish; and feet dark plumbeous. Wing 2*13 in. 

 " Confined to the hilly zone. Dr. Kelaart found it at Nuwera 

 Eha, and I procured it at Gillymalle" (Layard, Ann. & Mag. 

 N. H. 1854, xiii. p. 258). 



16. Garrulax cinereifrons, Kelaart, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xx. 

 p. 176. 



Akin to G. delesserti of the Nilgiris, but differing much in 

 its colouring. General hue a rich brown above, much paler below ; 

 forehead and cheeks pale ashy ; chin and borders of the outer 

 primaries albescent ; bill blackish ; legs dusky-corneous. Length 

 8'5 in.; wing 4*5 in.; tail 4 in., its outermost feather 1*12 in. 

 shorter; bill to gape 1-25 in. ; tarsi 1-25 in. A hill species. "I 

 obtained several specimens along the banks of the Calloo Ganga, 

 about forty miles inland from Caltura, and one at Pallabaddoola, 

 close to the source of the river in the Peak range " (Layard, 

 Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1853, xii. p. 270). 



17. Malacocercus striatus, Swainson, Zool. 111. 2nd ser. 

 pi. 127 ; M. griseus, Cassin, Orn. Report U. S. Exped. Japan 

 &c. p. 240 {nee Gmelin) ! 



This very closely resembles M. terricolor, but has the ter- 

 tiaries and tail much more distinctly marked with cross strise 

 seen at all angles of reflection, and the under parts are more 

 deeply tinged with rufous. One of the commonest birds of 

 Ceylon, with the same habits and probably the same harsh note 

 as M. terricolor, — the note of M. griseus (the common species 

 at Madras) being notably different, and much less harsh. 



18. Layardia rufescens (Blyth), J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 453. 

 Colour deep brown above, with no admixture of grey except 



