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laway Korle. I found a flock of these Finches breeding with 

 Ploceus baya in a reed-bed to the west of Hambantotta^ in 

 the month of July. 



7Q. MuxiA MALABAKiCA (Linn.). 



Another bird characteristic of many parts of the north, 

 and which I have never seen on the west coast proper; 

 abundant in the hot scrubby country of the maritime region. 

 I observed it during the N.E. monsoon; but, as a matter 

 of consequence, it would be equally if not more numerous 

 during the S.W. wdnd, the sheltered time of the year in this 

 district. 



77. MiRAFRA AFFINIS, Jcrd. 



Abundant in this part, which is just the country for it. 

 Mr. Holdsworth has it "common at Aripo'' (P. Z. S. 1872, 

 p. 465). 



78. Alauda galgula, Frankl. 



Very numerous in the maritime region. I found it breed- 

 ing in July near the leways. Mr. Holdsworth says it was 

 " abundant at Aripo'^ (P. Z. S. 1872, p. 465). 



79. Pyrrhulauda grisea (Scop.). 



Abundant in both monsoons all along the sea-coast. Lay- 

 ard thought it to be a cool- weather visitant. It is another 

 bird showing the analogies of this region with parts of the 

 north. Mr. Holdsworth (P. Z. S. 1872, p. 465) says it is 

 " confined to the north." 



80. Os.motreron bicincta, Jerdon. 



81. OSMOTRERON POMPADOURA (Gui.). 



82. Carpophaga ^enea (Linn.). 



All these three species are abundant diu'ing both monsoons, 

 0. bicincta along the sea-board in jungles up to twenty miles 

 north of Hambantotta, where it gradually gives place to O. 

 pompadoura, which abounds in the Wellaway Korle, and into 

 the Bootala hills. C. cBnea is extraordinarily numerous all 

 along the Badulla and Hambantotta road, and in the forests 

 along the Wellaway and Kiriude rivers. 



