Mr. Blyth on Ceijlon Ornithology . 305 



bushes. I saw them iu greater numbers about Ilambantotte 

 than in any other part of Ceylon ; they frequented low 

 bushes." 



28. Tephrodornis affinis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 473. 

 Merely differs from T. ponticerianus in being greyer and in 



wanting the conspicuous whitish supercilia. Irides greenish- 

 yellow. "Not uncommon about Jaffna, Colombo, and Kandy; 

 affecting wooded grass-lands. It is migratory, and appears in 

 October" (Layard, torn. cit. p. 131). A migration probably 

 confined within the limits of the island, from the mountains to 

 the plains. 



29. Edolius paradiseus, var., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii. 

 p. 273. 



The closed wing of a Ceylon specimen measures only 5*75 in. ; 

 the frontal crest is little larger than in some Pinang specimens, 

 the feathers straightening to "62 in.; and the bill measures only 

 "75 iu. from nostril to tip, instead of '87 in., in the Pinang 

 specimens, and commonly one inch in the comparatively long- 

 crested Bhimrdj of Bengal and Burma. 



30. DiCRURUS EDoLiiroRMis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 297. 

 This much resembles the ordinary subcrested Edolius of the 



Malayan Peninsula, except that its tail is formed as in D. ma- 

 crocei'cus, the caudal feathers being, however, somewhat broader. 

 The form of the bill and the plumage are Edolius-\\ke. Length of 

 wing 5*37 in., of middle tail-feathers 5 inches, the outermost 1"5 

 to 1*75 in. longex', bill to gape 1*37 in, and tarsi 1 inch. "Not 

 uncommon in the Ambegamoa range of hills, at about 2000 ft. 

 elevation ; habits as in the other Dia^uri, but they seem to keep 

 entirely to the jungle" (Layard). Seemingly allied to D.cris- 

 tatus, Vieillot (Gal. des Ois. pi. 141), from Madagascar. 



31. DiCRURUs MINOR, Blyth, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1854, xiii. 

 p. 129; D. macrocercus,\BX., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 815. 



Like D. macrocercus, but constantly smaller, adults having 

 the wing but 5 to 5*25 in. (instead of 6 inches), and the rest 

 in proportion. " Common about the jungle in the neighbour- 

 hood of Colombo" (Layard). 



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