Sabarayamiava Province, Ceylun. 545 



142. LiMONiDRoMus iNDicus (Legge, B. of C. p. 614). 



This little Wagtail^ like the preceding, is a noi^th-east mon- 

 soon visitor to Ceylun. It arrives in October and sometimes 

 later, and is distributed sparingly ; thus it is rare above 3000 

 feet altitude, but is about equally plentiful at the foot of the 

 main hill-ranges to the eastward. It is frequently met with 

 in the driest parts of the dry zone, in dense forest, qiute 

 irrespective of the neighbourhood of water or moisture, but 

 in these places I have not procured it in the open bush-laud. 

 I know nothing of its nidification. 



143. BuDYTEs viHiDis (Leggc, B. of C. p. 617). 



A nortli-east migrant, arriving in tlie province towards 

 the end of September, and confined to the dry zone on the 

 east. I have found it in tlie greatest abundance at Embili- 

 pitiye, where that portion of the tank is silted up and affords 

 a sort of meadow, and in all like situations. I can give no 

 particulars of its nidification. 



144. CORYDALLA RUFULA (LcggC, B. of C. p. 625). " 



A common resident species and widely distributed. More 

 abundant on patina-lands, from which it has been called 

 the "Patina Lark." 



It breeds at the beginning of the S.W. monsoon, selecting 

 the ground or some small tuft of grass for its place of nesting. 

 The eggs are three in number, dull brownish stone-colour, 

 blotched over with broad markings of red-brown or dull 

 chocolate-brown. 



145. Alauda gulgula (Legge, B. of C. p. 630). 



I include this species with some hesitation, as I have met 

 with it only on the confines of the province on the south- 

 east. 



146. Pykrhulauda grisea (Legge, B. of C. p. 637). 



I have only once met with this little Lark, when I found 

 a small flock of them in the very driest part of the province 

 towards Hambantotta. 



147. Ploceus philippinus (Legge, B. of C. p. 641). 



A very common low-country species^ frequenting more 



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