Sabaragamuwa Province, Ceylon. 537 



obtained it iu the Peak forests up to 5000 feet, and in the 

 forests of the Lower Bulatgama, the Kuruwiti Korah forests, 

 and on the borders of the Western Province. I have not 

 met with it in any of the dry forests in the east, but it pro- 

 bably occurs at the base of the Rukwana hills. 



Like the two foregoing it is gregarious, feeding in flocks 

 of as many as 15 or 20 birds. It is shy, and when alarmed 

 I do not know a more noisy bird for its size. I have not 

 obtained nest or eggs. Indigenous. 



113. POMATORHINUS MELANURUS (Lcgge, B. of C. pi. Xxii. 



fig. 1). 



A widely-distributed forest-bird, and found in nearly all 

 the wet forests of the province up to the highest hills. It 

 occurs in the dry-zone forests, but more towards the interior 

 than eastward. 



This A.nt-Thrush builds in the beginning of the year, 

 selecting mossy banks for building the nest in. The eggs 

 vary in number from two to five, and are pure N~\'hite in 

 colour, very delicate. Indigenous. 



114. DuMETiA ALBOGULARis (Lcgge, B. of C. p. 505). 

 Not an uncommon bird in the Sabaragamuwa Province, 



but curiously distributed. It is found in the grassy country 

 to the north-east, and extends up to 3000 feet, preferring 

 bush-lands and reedy swamps. 



115. Alcippe nigrifrons (Legge, B. of C. p. 507, pi. xxiii. 

 figs. 1,2). 



A common species and widely distributed, but chiefly 

 confined to the wet forests. 1 have found it in the dry 

 plains as well, but not in abundance. 



It builds in bamboo-jungle, and I am inclined to think 

 constructs a number of nests, adopting only one for breeding 

 purposes. The eggs are laid generally from January to 

 March, two, and occasionally three, in number, of a soft 

 white ground-colour, widely spotted over with red-brown 

 dots. In shape the eggs are distinctly " stumpy,'^ being 

 only a little longer than broad. Indigenous. 



