On the Ornithology of Ceylon. 279 



( Zoological Miscellany' as " Abrornis chloronopus vel Re- 

 gulus modestus auct." Under these circumstances I do not 

 see that Hodgson has the slightest claim to have his name 

 recognized at all. 



Phylloscopus occipitalis (Jerdon), fide Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 80. 



Phylloscopus Irochiloides (Sundev.), apud Seebohm, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 81. 



The former is the spring plumage, and the latter the 

 autumn plumage of P. occipitalis , Blyth. 



Phylloscopus viridipennis (Blyth), apud Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 82. 



Phylloscopus (Reguloides) flavo-olivaceus, Hume, Stray 

 Feath. v. p. 504 (1877). 



These are both synonyms of the true Phylloscopus regu- 

 loides (Blyth) . 



Phylloscopus presbytis (Miiller), from Timor, is probably 

 the Muscicapa presbytis of S. Mull. Tydschr. v. Natuurl. 

 Geschied. en Phys. ii. p. 331 (1835), from Sumatra. It is 

 the winter plumage of P. viridipennis, Blyth, whose name 

 will stand, since Muller's name is unaccompanied by any 

 description. 



XXVI. Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon. 

 By E. L. LAYARD, F.Z.S. 



THE last mail put me in possession of Parts I. and II. of 

 Captain Legge's ' Birds of Ceylon/ with which I am especially 

 delighted. It would ill become me to criticize the scientific 

 history of the birds as given by the author; but as a " pioneer/' 

 as he calls me, in the field, permit me to add my testimony 

 to the accurate descriptions of the habits of our feathered 

 friends and the localities they inhabit. For the last two or 

 three days I have not been in New Caledonia ! Bodily, per- 

 haps, I have; but in spirit I have roamed at will in the 

 " Mookalane " of the south, the scrubby jungles of the west 

 coast, and the trackless forests of the " Wanoy," over the vast 



