OF SOUTHERN TRAYANCORE. 35 



117.— Merops viridis, Lin. 



This, though not previously sent, appears, as might have been 

 expected, to be common. 



224. — Arachnothera longirostra, Lath. 



I am not aware that this species has as yet been recorded 

 from Ceylon. Indeed the present is the most southern locality 

 in India where I know it to occur. Mr. Bourdillon records 

 the following- : — 



Female. — Length, 55 ; expanse, 7°37 ; tail, 1*43 ; wing, 

 2*38; tarsus, 0'b2 ; bill at front, 1*35. Bill, black above, below 

 pale horny ; legs, feet, and claws, pale slatey blue ; irides, dark 

 brown. 



This specimen was procured on the 24th of November. 



264. — Tephrodornis sylvicola, Jerd. 



Of this species, rare I believe in collections, Mr. Bourdillon 

 has recorded the following measurements : — 



Male. — Length, 8*25 ; expanse, 13*38 ; tail, 3*12 ; wing, 4*5 ■ 

 tarsus, 0'78 ; bill from frontal bone, 1*1. 



Female. — Length, 8*0 ; expanse, 13"5 ; tail, 3*5 • wing, 4'5 ; 

 tarsus, 0*8; bill as before, 1*05. 



270. — Grauculus macei, Less. 



This also seems not uncommon ; the birds belong to the 

 somewhat smaller race that Blyth separated as G. layardi, but 

 which are not really entitled to specific separation. (See S. F., 

 II., 204.) 



309.—Oyornis pallipes, Jerd. S. F., IV., 397. 



This species is said by Mr. Bourdillon to be not rare, although 

 nowhere common, in all heavy jungle from 1,000 feet and 

 upwards. 



339 bis.— Callene albiventris, Fairb. S. F., V., 402. 



The same remarks apparently apply to the present species. 



360 Us. — Merula kinnisi, Kelaart, Blyth. 



This species, says Mr. Bourdillon, is not uncommon in the 

 dense scrub jungle at the extreme summits of the hills, but it 

 never, he thinks, descends below 3,000 feet elevation. 



The Ceylon Blackbird so closely resembles M. simillima, of 

 the Nilgheris, that it may at first sight be supposed that I am 

 in error in this identification, the more so that the Travancore 

 birds are rather larger than the typical Newera Elia ones. 



