Sabaragamuiva Province, Ceylon. 347 



29. Gecinus sTRioLATus (Legge, B. of C. p. 194). 



A more or less strictly forest species^ and found from 2500 

 to 6000 feet. On all occasions that I have found it, I have 

 observed that it was in forests away from the open lands, 

 but I find that Legge states that it is almost entirely 

 restricted to the Patinas. 



30. Chrysophlegma xanthoderus (Legge, B. of C. 

 p. 197). 



Not uncommon, and chiefly confined to the medium wet 

 zone, extending down to the limits of the dry countiy. 



I obtained iu March 1892 two eggs from the trunk of a 

 Ficus glomerata. The eggs were pure white, and rested on 

 a roughly hollowed cup in centre of a decayed portion of the 

 tree. This Woodpecker occurs in S. India and Travancore. 



31. MiCROPTERNUS GULARIS (LcggC, B. of C. p. 200). 



Chiefly a dry-zone bird so far as I have been able to 

 discover, but I have on one occasion met with it in a coco- 

 nut garden in Ratnapura. 



In the dry country to the east I have frequently found it 

 on fresh incrustations on ant-hills, eating white ants, to 

 which it would appear to be partial. 



32. Brachypternus ceylonus (Legge, B. of C. p. 202, 

 pi. viii.). 



An indigenous species. It occurs all through the wet 

 country of the province below 3000 feet, and is frequently 

 met with in the gardens belonging to natives. I obtained 

 three eggs of this Woodpecker from the dead branch of an 

 Artocarpus nobilis. The eggs are pure white and glossy. 

 Beyond making a deep excavation into the centre of the 

 branch, the nest was of the crudest description, and the eggs 

 were mixed up with wood chips &c. 



33. MEGALiEMA ZEYLANICA (LcggC, B. of C. p. 208, pi. X. 



fig. 1). 



A common indigenous species, spreading over both wet 

 and dry parts of the province up to 2500 feet, after which it 



