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where occasionally it gets shot. It leaves the province 

 towards the end of the N.E, monsoon, about which time it 

 is most abundant in swampy lands. 



3. ASTUR TRIVIRGATUS (Leggc, B. of C. p. 20). 



A resident species and confined to the forests at both high 

 and low altitudes, but 1 have not found it in the strictly dry 

 zone. Its eggs have been taken in Ceylon, but I have not 

 seen them. I have noticed that during the north-east 

 monsoon this Goshawk is more plentiful at high altitudes 

 than during the opposite season. 



4. AsTUR RADIUS (Lcggc, B. of C. p. 23). 



I have observed this bird most frequently at 2500 feet 

 elevation in open land. It is a resident species and very 

 solitary in its habits. 



5. BUTEO PLUMIPES (Lcggc, B. of C. p. 31). 



I have seen only the skin of one shot in the Bambara- 

 botowa forests. A rare visitor to Ceylon. 



6. LOPHOTRIORCHIS KIENERI (LcggC, B. of C. p. 43). 



I have only on one occasion seen this fine bird at 2300 feet 

 elevation flying round some high forest and rocky land near 

 Balangoda on the eastern side of the province. 



7. Neopus malayensis (Legge, B. of C. p. 47). 



This is an abundant species, but though it is often seen 

 up to the highest elevations, it is more frequently met with 

 in the drier portions of the province : thus it may be found 

 more common to the east than in the western half of 

 Sabaragamuwa. Resident. 



8. Spizaetus kelaarti (Legge, B. of C. p. 51, pi. i.). 

 Peculiar to Ceylon and confined to the hill-country at 



high altitudes. A fine specimen shot by myself was obtained 

 at an altitude of 5000 feet. 



The restriction of this species to high elevation and to 

 forest-clad hills is noticeable in the case of a bird with such 

 powerful flight. 



