526 Mr. F. Lewis on thi Land-birds of 



73. Graucalus macii (Legge, B. of C. p. 360). 

 Generally confined to the low country, where the rainfall is 



moderate, but it is not always so restricted. I have ol)tained 

 it at Balangoda (1700 feet) and the country eastward, and 

 again at Yatiyantota, in the valley o£ the Kalani river, 

 and frequently in the Kegalla district, where it is fairly 

 common. 



74. Pericrocotus flammeus (Legge, B. of C. p. 363). 

 This beautiful Minivet is widely distributed in the province, 



ascending to the Ilorton Plains, but it is not to be regarded 

 as particularly common, especially as in the south-west 

 monsoon it becomes scarce. In the Balangoda country I 

 found it plentiful in the high forests, but as the country to 

 the east is now open, it was noticeable that these Minivets 

 were more to be found to the westward than to the eastward. 

 Tiiey are by no means uncommon in the high forests at the 

 Horton Plains. 



75. Pericrocotus peregrinus (Legge, B. of C. p. 366). 

 Moderately abundant, but I have only found it in the 



open dry country to the east of the province. 



76. Lalage sykesi (Legge, B. of C. p. 369). 



Chiefly confined to the low country up to 2000 feet, but I 

 fully endorse Major Legge^s statement that it '^ is neither 

 common nor abundant." 



77. Hemipus picatus (Legge, B. of C. p. 375). 



Chiefly confined to the hills in the moist zone, where it 

 is found on the confines of the forest and on the edges of 

 the semi-cultivated chenas- and patina-lands. 



78. Lanius cristatus (Legge, B. of C. p. 377). 



A migratory species, arriving early in the north-east 

 monsoon and spreading all over the open parts of the 

 province, both in the wet and dry zones, but I have rarely 

 met with it in heavy forest. 



79. BucHANGA leucopygialis (Legge, B. of C. p. 392, 

 pi. xvi.). 



A common species, mostly confined to the wet zone and 



