288 Lieut. W. V. Leggc on the Birds of the 



extreme tip white ; and in the other bird the uropygials even 

 terminate in eonspicuous white tips^ the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts are pure white, but the lower breast-feathers arc 

 strongly barred; whereas in a female* the barrings of the 

 latter part are almost obsolete, and the belly, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts are pure white. The sex of these speci- 

 mens was carefully determined. Dimensions as follows : — 



Length. Wing. Tarsus. Bill to gape. 



S 10-25 5-9 ] 1-4 



c? 10-1 6-0 M 1-45 



5 not taken .5-85 1 1-36 



in flesh. 



Males differ from females in the depth of upper-surface 

 hues and lower barrings ; and the latter are, to my mind, 

 lighter throughout, particularly as regards the bars of the 

 breast. 



50. Pericrocotus flammeus (Forst.). 



51. Pericrocotus peregrinus (Linn.). 



Both frequent in the jungles of the interior, twenty miles 

 north of Hambantotta. 



52. BucHANGA c^rulescens (Linn.). 



The occurrence of this Dongo in the Wellaway Korle sur- 

 prised me as much as did that of the little " Coppersmith " 

 {Xanthol(Bma indica) . I observed it in July along the Ham- 

 bantotta and Badulla road. 



53. BuCHANGA LEUCOPYGIALIS, Blyth. 



This, the Ceylon ally of the above, is very numerous in the 

 interior. 



54. DissEMURUs malabaricus (Scop.). 



Numerous in the forest along the Kirinde Ganga. The 

 notes of this showy bird are charming and most varied ; and 

 its constant presence is a pleasing feature of the beautiful 

 forest-shaded rivers of the south coast. There I have often, 

 while reclining on some gravelly bank in the partly dry river- 

 bed beside the scanty stream which is then the representative 

 * Probably a veiy old bird. 



