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



83. COLUMBA INTERMEDIA, Strickl. 



There is a colony of these birds at the Hatagalla rocks, 

 fifteen miles west of Hambantotta. I doubt not that it 

 will be found at other suitable spots between Balticaloa and 

 Kirinde. 



84. Calcophaps indica (Linn.). 



Plentiful on the forest banks of the rivers in the Wellaway 

 Korle. 



85. Pavo CRT status, Linn. 



Abounds in the maritime region. The Peacock is almost 

 unknown in the south-west. 



86. Gallus stanleyi. Gray. 



Abundant both in the interior and in the maritime region. 



87. Galloperdix bicalcarata, Forst. 



I only once heard this species in the Wellaway Korle in 

 July. 



88. TuRNix TAiGORi, Svkes. 



In some localities this species occurs, but it is not numerous. 



89. Glareola lactea, Temm. "Additions to Ceylon Avi- 

 fauna,^^ Hume, Str. Feathers, vol. i. p. 440. 



This species of Pratincole does not seem ever to have been 

 met with heretofore in Ceylon. I discovered it close to Ham- 

 bantotta, frequenting the great sand hills there, and hawking 

 like a Nightjar round the adjacent water-holes at twilight. I 

 also found it on the shores of the leway. At this time (July) 

 nearly all the birds I procured were in the mature dress. The 

 natives informed me that it bred at Hambantotta. Mr. Hume 

 wrote {loc. cit.) on an immature specimen I sent him in Sep- 

 tember 1873. 



90. Charadrius fulvus, Gm. 



Found in suitable localities during the season. 



91. ^GiALiTis GEOFFROYi, Wagler, "Additions to Ceylon 

 Avifauna," Str. Feathers, vol. i. p. 489. 



Taking Mr. Holdsworth^s catalogue as a base to work upon, 

 this is another addition to the Ceylonese avifauna (published 



