268 Mr. E. L. Layard on the Ornithology of Ceylon. 



92. MoTACiLLA BOARULA, Linn. 



Of this I have seen but two specimens, and those I shot oflF 

 the summit of an American cork-wood tree, in the Botanical 

 Garden at Kew, on the Colombo Lake. However, Dr. Kelaart 

 writes, " that it is generally seen on the highland patnas." 



93. MoTACiLLA Indica, Gmcl. Gomarita, Cing. ; lit. Dung- 

 spreader. 



This elegant httle bird is frequently met with in shady places 

 where cattle have been. They scratch among the ordure in 

 search of the larvae of insects, hence their native name. Migratory. 



94. MoTACiLLA Madraspatana, Briss. 



I detected a single specimen in a collection of birds formed 

 by F. W. Gisburne, Esq., C.C.S., in the Jaffna Peninsula. I 

 do not know the exact locality where it was killed, but believe 

 it to have been in the island of Valenny. ».« 



.:."'.) 

 95. BUDYTES VIRIDIS, Scop. •; 



Common on all open grass land, either in the mountainous oi* 

 lowland districts. It is migratory, visiting us about the end of 

 October and staying till May. 



96. Anthus Richardi, Temm. Pullu puraki, Mai. j lit. Worm 

 Picker, — a name common to all the genus and to the 

 Alaudina. 

 Common and widely distributed, affecting low pasture lands. 

 They rise in the air to a slight altitude, and sing like the Euro- 

 pean skylark (but not so sweetly) and return to perch on low 

 bushes. In common with all our Pipits, they feed on small 

 grubs and worms. 



97. Anthus rufulus, Vieill. 

 Is far more abundant than the last and is found in large open 

 plains, whilst A. Richardi prefers the vicinity of trees. It breeds 

 in May, in a small depression of the soil or tuft of grass, slightly 

 lined with dead fibres ; the eggs, usually five in number, are of a 

 verditer ground, freckled with minute brown spots. 



98. Anthus striolatus, Blyth, J. A. S. xvi. 435. 



According to Dr. Kelaart is very common at Nuwera Elia. I 

 obtained a few specimens at Gillymally, on the lovely open plain 

 where the village is situated. 



