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gaum, August (E. A. Butler). Ahmednuggur, Mahaba- 

 leshwur (Fairbauk, Str. F. 1876, p. 225). Muddur, Mysore, 

 May (W. Davison). Rare ou the Malabar coast; common 

 in the Carnatic ; Nilgiris to 5000 feet (Jerdon, B. of 

 India, ii. p. 339). Khotagherry (Hume, Nests & Eggs Ind. 

 B. p. 137). Common in the Nilgiris, most numerous 

 about Ootacamund, Coonoor, Khotagherry, &c., occasionally 

 seen in the Wynaad (Davison, Str. F. x. p. 360). Madras, 

 April (Davison). Ramiswareu Island, March [Hume Coll.). 



Ceylon. — '' Widely distributed over the low country of 

 Ceylon, but is subject to a partial migration away from the 

 wet regions on the western and south-western seaboard, during 

 the prevalence of the S,W. monsoon. Colombo, November 

 and December. Arrives in Galle district at the same time. 

 In the scrubby jungles of the Girawa and Magam Pattus 

 and throughout the Eastern Province, in the jungles between 

 the Mahawelliganga and the coast, in the maritime portions 

 of the north and west, as far south as Cliilaw, it is a resident 

 species, and is abundant in some districts. It is partial to 

 those dry districts which are covered with low scrub, such 

 as the neighbourhood of Hambautota and many similar spots 

 on the east coast, the Jaffna peninsula, the north-west coast, 

 and the island of Manaar, as also the Puttalam and Chilaw 

 district. I have seen it occasionally in the interior of the 

 northern division of the island, but it is scarcer there than 

 in the maritime portion. It ranges into the Central Province 

 to a considerable elevation, occurring in Uva up to 3000 feet ; 

 but in the western portions (to wit, the valley of Dumbara 

 and adjacent districts) it is not found at such an altitude " 

 (Legge, Birds of Ceylon, p. 247). 



Indo-Chinese Subregion. — Abundant in Upper Pegu 

 (Jerdon, B. of India^ ii. p. 339). From Thayetmyo east to 

 Pegu Hills, south to Engmah (Gates, B. of Brit. Burmah, 

 ii. p. 118). 



Ethiopian Region. North-east Africa. — Rarer than C. 

 cafer, and seems to go a little further north, but not so far 

 south as that bird, being more a frequenter of steppe-land. 

 Bogos Land, August ; Senaar, September ; East Kordofan, 



