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right down to the dry forests at the foot of the Rukwaiia 

 hills, and again in the thorny scrub-lands at Liyangaha Ela, 

 in the driest part of Sabaragamuwa. The colouring of the 

 bird varies in its intensity of blue with the rainfall of the 

 country it inhabits : thus, the birds I have procured in the 

 cold wet hill-forests are many shades darker than specimens 

 obtained in the plains. 



84. CULICICAPA CEYLONENSIS (LcggC, B. of C p. 410). 



A common species, but chiefly confined to the upper hills, 

 I have found it all through the Peak forests and onward to 

 the Horton Plains, and again in the Rukwana hills, but 

 rarely below 2000 feet and never in the dry forests. 



I procured the nest and eggs in the Bogawantalawa dis- 

 trict, the former being placed in a crevice of a banyan-tree, 

 and most beautifully concealed by moss. The eggs were 

 three in number, dull yellowish white, with the broad end 

 spotted and blotched with purplish brown, ending in 

 freckles. 



85. Rhipidura albiprontata (Legge, B. of C. p. 412). 



I have obtained this very beautiful little Fantail-FIy- 

 catcher only in the dry zone on the edge of the Uva Province 

 and the wild bush-country. 



86. Alseonax latirostris (Legge, B. of C. p. 415). 



A migratory species, aiTiving early in the north-east mon- 

 soon and spreading over the province to a high altitude, but 

 chiefly confining itself to the moist districts. 



87. Alseonax muttui (Legge, B. of C. p. 417, pi. xviii. 



fig. !)• 



I have obtained this little indigenous Flycatcher in Balan- 



goda, and again in the wet forests on the west of the province 



and at the foot of Adam's Peak. It might easily be mistaken 



for A. latirostris, except that it is much more rusty brown 



in colour. 



88. Stoparola sordida (Legge, B. of C. p. 419, pi. xviii. 

 fig. 3). 



An indigenous and mountain species and commonly found. 



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