524 Mr. F. Lewis on the Land-birds of 



" It is with great pleasure that I send you notes on the 

 differences that I can make out between P. ohscura and 

 P. viridis. They are quite distinct. The names of the 

 colours in the appended diagnoses are taken from llidgway's 

 ' Nomenclature ' : — 



"Ps. OBSCURA. Ps. VIRIDIS. 



Upper parts blackish, mixed with Upper parts brownish, varying 



dark blue-green. to bright parroi-green or grass- 



green. 

 Larger coverts with a dark plum- Purple gloss of larger wing- 



purple gloss at the ends. coverts more expanded, brighter, 



more bluish, varying to green. 

 Secondaries blackish brown. Secondaries clearer, chocolate- 



brown. 

 Scale-like feathers on the fore- Scale-like feathers on the fore- 



neck with a dusky plum-purple neck brighter, more glossy, prune- 

 gloss, or dahlia-purple. 



Bill and legs in the stuffed speci- Bill and legs in the stuffed speci- 



mens blackish. mens lighter, brownish. " 



After this I thiuk it will be allowed that P. obscura, 

 although closely allied to P. viridis, and belouging to the 

 same section of the genus, is specifically distinct, as might 

 be expected from the different localities of the two species — 

 P. obscura being from Lower Amazonia, and P. viridis 

 from the far interior valley of the Rio Madeira. 



[Since this article was written two living examples of 

 P. obscura have been acquired by the Zoological Society of 

 London, and are now in the Western Aviary. I have com- 

 pared them with the specimen now figured, and find that 

 they agree in every essential particular. — P. L. S., 9. vii. 98.] 



XLV. — Field-notes on the Land-birds of Sabaragamuwa 

 Province, Ceylon. — Part II. By Frederick Lewis, A.C.F. 

 Ceylon, F.L.S. 



[Concluded from p. 356.] 



70. CORONE MACRORHYNCHA (LcggC, B. of C. p. 346). 



An abundant species in the province, and generally dis- 

 tributed up to 3000 feet altitude, but after that it becomes 



