396 Lieut. W. V. Lcgge on the Birds of the 



along the rivers of the interior. It is common enough in the 

 other subdivision of the south. 



62. Criniger ictericus, Strickland. 



63. RUBIGULA MELANICTERA (Gm.) . 



Both of these Bulbuls occur in the forests along the Kirinde 

 Gauga, in the Wellaway Korle. 



64. CiTTOCINCLA MACRURA (Gm.). 



Very abundant in the maritime scrubs from Hambantotta 

 up the coastj and numerous likewise in parts of the Wellaway 

 Korle. 



65. Thamnobia fulicata (Linn.). 



A typical species of the '' north country," and one of the 

 commonest birds along the sea-board; likewise in suitable 

 places in the interior. It replaces to a great extent Copsychus 

 saularis in this district. 



66. AcROCEPHALUS STENTORius, Hcmpr. & Ehr. 

 Acrocephalus brunnescens, Jerdon, Birds of India, vol. ii. 



p. 154 {vide " Additions to Ceylon Avifauna," Str. Feathers, . 

 vol. i. p. 488). 



The occurrence of this migratoiy Warbler at Hambantotta 

 in the month of July is remarkable, and can only lead to the 

 inference that it remained behind as a straggler, as other mi- 

 grants occasionally do. ]\Iy example was a male, with the 

 testes much developed, as if it Avere breeding. I was unable, 

 however, to find the female, although the reed-bed was of 

 small extent ; and I am of opinion that my bird was the sole 

 tenant of the tank where I shot it. It is worthy of remark 

 that my Jaffna example, published loc. cit., and shot in Jan- 

 uary, was in company with another of its species, which I 

 failed to procure, and appeared, from the developed state of 

 the testes, to be breeding. Mr. Hume, in his " Rough Draft 

 of Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds," gives evidence of its 

 breeding in Cashmere in June. 



67. Drymoipus iNORNATUs (Sykcs) . 



In suitable localities this Warbler occurs, but it is rarer than 

 in the western districts. It is common in grassy fields about 



