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an established fact that our large Parrakeet is a much smaller 

 bird than the Indian form. Wings of females measure as low 

 as 7'4i, and those of young males between 7*4 and 7'6. I 

 have not yet procured an adult male with a wing exceeding 

 8 ;. but I may have come upon small examples. The depth of 

 the upper mandible of such a one is 0'8. 



30. PiCUS MAHRATTENSIS, Lath. 



Tolerably frequent in the Euphorbia scrubs of the coast and 

 in the low jungle of the south in the Wellaway Korle. 



31. Chrysocolaptes ^stivus (Bodd.). 



I procured an example (?) in the Kattregama district, on 

 the Kirinde Ganga, in March 1872. The note of this Wood- 

 pecker is remarkable for its faintness. The wing of my ex- 

 ample measured 2*8 inches, bill to gape 2, tarsus 1-05, total 

 length 1 1 ; iris brown -, bill blackish, legs and feet dull greenish 

 slate. 



32. Chrysocolaptes stricklandi*, Layard. 



This species, which has, until lately, been looked upon as 

 entirely a hill-bird, is common in the Wellaway Korle, par- 

 ticularly in the forests along the Kirinde Ganga. I met with 

 it within fifteen miles of the sea near Tissa Maha Rama, in 

 March 1872, and found it constantly in the interior in March 

 1873. Immature birds, even up to the second year, have 

 much brown about the bill ; and I have never got an example 

 yet that had not the culmen, just anterior to the forehead, 

 washed with dusky. 



33. Micropternis gularis, Jerdon. 



Tolerably frequent near the Kattregama hills and in the 

 Wellaway Korle. 



34. Chrysophlegma chlorophanes (Vieill.). 



This Woodpecker, I imagine, is rare in this district. I met 

 with but one example, in thick jungle near Tanamalvilla, on 

 the northern boundary of the Magam Pattu. Its shy and 



* This species is equally common in the forests of the northern in- 

 terior, and likewise along the north-east coast, vide ' Stray Feathers ' 

 (vol. iii. no. 1, and vol. i. p. 34G). 



