10 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
the Malabar tract. In Ceylon it is found in the Kandyan 
forests up to 3,500 feet, and penetrates some way into the 
northern forest zone. Pyenonotus melanicterus—the Black- 
capped Bulbul—is a peculiar species found throughout the 
Island in forest country up to an elevation of 5,000 feet. — It 
appears, however, to be commonest in Kandyan forests. 
P. luteolus is found throughout the southern half of the Indian 
Peninsula, and with us is common everywhere in the low- 
country. Kelaartia penicillata is the sole species in a genus 
peculiar to the Island. It is found only in the upper hills, 
down to 4,000 or 3,500 feet. 
The Dicruride, or Drongo family, are also of interest as 
regards distribution. We have six species in the Island, 
four of which belong to the genus Dicrurus. 
Dicrurus ater—the Black Drongo—is found through the 
whole of India, but in Ceylon is confined to the Jafina Peninsula 
and the strip along the north-west coast as far as Puttalam. 
Elsewhere in the Island the common Drongo is D. leucopy- 
gialis—the White-vented Drongo—which is a paler form of 
D. cxerulescens, a species which is said to be found in the same 
parts of the Island as D. ater.* ; 
Dicrurus longicaudatus—the Indian Ashy Drongo—is a 
migrant during the north-east monsoon to the east of the Island. 
Turning to the Crested Drongos, Dissemurulus lophorinus— 
the Ceylon Black Drongo—is peculiar to the Island. Its 
headquarters are the deep forests of the Kandyan districts, 
and it is replaced in the north-east and south-east by another 
species—Dissemuroides paradiseus—the Racket-tailed Drongo, 
which has a large range throughout suitable localities in India, 
and extends its range to Burma and the Himalayas. 
Many of the Warblers—Silviide2—are so widely distributed 
that I do not propose to go through them all. The only two 
species which are not common to Ceylon and the Malabar and 
Carnatic tracts are Locustella certhiola—Palla’s Grasshopper 
Warbler—and Scehnicola platyura—the Broad-tailed Grass 
Warble:—both of which have only been recorded once or 
twice from our Island. 
* Vide ** Fauna of British India Birds,” Vol. I., p. 316 ; but see also 
Legge: ‘‘ Birds of Ceylon,” p. 394. 
