THE IBIS. 



THIRD SERIES. 



No. XX. OCTOBER 1875. 



XXXVI. — On the Birds of the South-eastern Subdivision of 

 Southern Ceylon. By W. Vincent Legge^ Lieut. R.A. 



[Continued from page 290, and concludedo) 



60. Drymocataphus fuscicapilltjs, Blyth. 



This Babbler is not found in the dry maritime region. I 

 did not meet with it until I reached the Wellaway Korle ; but 

 I may have often passed it over : as it affects only particular 

 localities^ it may well escape observation, though it may be 

 frequent in a district. I found it in some of the jungles near 

 the Kii'inde Ganga and its affluents. Its favourite resorts in 

 the south-west are the damp bamboo jungle and low scrubby 

 woods with which much of that part of the country is covered. 

 Its curious note or whistle, referred to (Ibis, 1874, p. 19), is 

 most frequently uttered in the early morning after rain, its 

 usual voice in the day-time being a pretty little warble, very 

 unlike the whistle, which is often heard in dense jungle, par- 

 ticularly when the bird is disturbed. 



61. Pomatorhinus melanurus, Blyth. 



I only heard the call of this bird once or twice, in the forest 



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