540 Mr. F. Lewis on the Lund-birds of 



124. AcRocEPHALus DUMETORUM (Legge, B. of C. p. 545). 

 A rare migrant. I include it with some hesitation, but 



I have obtained a specimen in the north-east of the province 

 that I think can belong to no other species. 



125. LocusTELLA CERTHioLA (Leggc, B. of C. p. 548). 



I have on three or four occasions met with this bird, and 

 each time in very dense grass-lands or thorny thickets. Its 

 habits are most difficult to watch, owing to its resorting to 

 such impenetrable places and its extreme shyness. It is 

 a winter visitor, arriving at the beginning of the N.E. 

 monsoon. 



126. Phylloscopus nitidus (Legge, B. of C. p. 551). 



A winter visitor to the country. It ascends to high 

 altitudes during its stay in the country, and inhabits both 

 gardens and plantations alike. At certain seasons, or, I 

 should say, in certain years, it is far more plentiful than at 

 other times, so as to be regarded as absolutely common, and 

 again scarce in other years. 



127. Phylloscopus magnirostris (Legge, B. of C. p. 553). 

 Legge records it from the Horton Plains, but I have no 



notes of it. 



128. Parus atriceps (Legge, B. of C. p. 557). 



A common hill species, found from 2500 feet up to the 

 Horton Plains (7000 feet). It is frequently to be found in 

 the gardens of up-country plantations, and by its bright 

 colour and active movements this Titmouse may be very 

 readily distinguished. 



It breeds about the beginning of the S.W. monsoon, 

 selecting holes in old trees and sometimes in houses. The 

 nest is beautifully lined with feathers, hair, or cotton, and 

 usually contains four eggs ; these are pure chalk- white, 

 finely dotted with purplish-red spots, that are more closely 

 scattered over the broad end. 



129. Dendrophila frontalis (Legge, B. of C. p. 560). 

 This little Nuthatch has a very wide distribution in Sabara- 



gamuwa. It frequents the forests of both dry and wet zones. 



