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to altitudes above 4000 feet. I have frequently obtained it at 

 the Horton Plains (7000 feet), and at Moraliella (4000 feet), 

 where it is abundant. The lowest altitude at wliich I have 

 found this bird was at Massena, in the Pettiagalla range of 

 hills, at 2600 feet. 



The nest is as like that of any of the foregoing species as 

 possible, and constructed in the same loose manner. The 

 eggs are two in number, rather stout ovals, of a dull purplish 

 ground-colour, very closely freckled and splashed with red- 

 brown or warm brown spots and markings. 



107. PyCNONOTUS HiEMORRHOUS (Lcggc, B. of C. p. 482). 

 This is the common " Madras Bulbul,^^ and to be found 



all over the province up to 4000 feet, but not in forests. It 

 is frequently caged by the natives and kept as a domestic pet. 

 It breeds in the most unprotected places, often selecting 

 a sun-flower [Hibiscus] hedge as the location for its 

 rudely-built nest. The early part of the year is generally 

 the season for nidification, and it is noticeable that at this 

 period the cock birds become extremely pugnacious, and 

 native children often amuse themselves in setting caged 

 Bulbuls to fight. The eggs are three, and often four, in 

 in number, of a pale reddish- white ground-colour, closely 

 mottled with spots and blotches, that at the broad end 

 form a complete zone of marking round the egg. I have 

 remarked that the eggs of this species are paler at lower and 

 drier altitudes than those obtained in very wet districts. 



108. Phylloscopus jerdoni (Legge, B. of C. p. 485). 



A common bird, but rarely seen, owing to its uniform 

 green colouring, which so closely matches the foliage of the 

 trees it frequents that it is not readily distinguishable. 

 I have met with it up to the base of the Galagama hills 

 (4000 feet), but it appears to be more plentiful in thinly- 

 wooded lands between Ratnapura and Mahawellatenna (from 

 200 to 2000 feet). 



109. loRA TYPHiA (Legge, B. of C. p. 490). 



This very beautiful little Bulbul is abundant throughout 

 the province up to about 3000 feet, and for the most part 



