DISTRIBUTION OF BIRDS IN CEYLON. 17 
Most of ourSwiftsand Nightjars—WM acrocheires—are of widely 
distributed species, but certain of them are worthy of note. 
Collocalia unicolor—the Indian EKdible-nest Swiftlet—is a 
rock-loving species found in the hills of Ceylon and the Malabar 
tract, but not in the Carnatic. Again, the weird-looking 
Frogmouth—Batrachostomus moniliger—belongs to a genus 
which is found in the Himalayan region, in parts of Burma, 
in certain of the Malabar districts, and in the deep forests of 
Ceylon. Our species is confined to Ceylon and Malabar. 
With us it is more plentiful in damp forests up to a moderate 
elevation, but J have found it as far north as Anuradhapura, 
and as far south-east as the banks of the lower Walawe-ganga. 
Our only Trogon, Harpactes fasciatus—the Malabar Trogon— 
is found throughout the Island in heavy forest. It is very 
rare in the Carnatic. 
The large family of the Cuckoos—Cuculidex—is represented 
in Ceylon by seventeen species, distributed among two sub- 
families and eleven genera. Though most of them are 
migrants, or range over a wide area, we have two peculiar 
species, and several others are worthy of mention. 
Penthoceryx sonnerati—the Banded Bay Cuckoo—the sole 
species in the genus, is common in the forests of Malabar and 
Ceylon, but very rare in the Carnatic. 
Surniculus lugubris—the Drongo Cuckoo—which mimics 
the Drongos, has a similar distribution, though it is everywhere 
a rare bird. 
The Red-faced Malkoha—Phanicophies pyrrocephalus—is 
found only in Ceylon, and is the most noteworthy among the 
few surviving relics of our Malayan fauna. It is found in the 
deeper forests all over the Island, except on the higher hills. 
Lastly, of the widely distributed genus Centropus we have 
two species. Centropus sinensis—the Coucal or Crow 
Pheasant—is a very common jungle bird all over Ceylon and 
India. Centropus chlororhyncus is confined to Ceylon, where 
it is restricted to the damp forests lying between Adam’s 
Peak and the sea. 
The large order of the Parrots—Psittaci—is not largely 
represented in the Indian Empire. Only three genera occur, 
two of which are found in Ceylon. 
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