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towards the bases of the feathers and whitish at the inner 
edge; tail, smoke brown, tipped white and with fine blackish 
bars as in the adult ; under-surface, white, the chest with broad 
mesial stripes, and the breast and flanks widely barred with 
sienna brown; under-wing coverts with bar-shaped spots of the 
same. 
This specimen has been sent to England by the gentleman 
with whom I examined it, and will doubtless prove on comparison 
with my specimens, to belong to the same species. It was shot 
near Nilambe in the Kandy district last year, and my specimens 
were both procured at the same time near Matab last 
month. 
31.—Nisztus pennatus, Gmelin. 
Two examples of this, hitherto, in Ceylon, almost unknown 
Eagle have been procured this year. The first specimen no- 
ticed in the island was shot by “Edgar Layard many years ago 
near St. Pedro and is recorded in his notes, Am. Nat. His, 
1855, p. 98; our birds have now turned up in widely different 
localities. The first was shot near Colombo in January last ; 
a fine female in immature plumage and was the first bird, 
mounted in the new museum. My specimen is an adult male 
and was killedin the upland of Doombara near Kandy. It has a 
wing of 15”; the under-surface is almost pure white, the striae 
are confined to the chest and sides of the breast and the lower 
flank feathers are slightly barred with sienna brown. 
351.—Petrocossyphus cyaneus, Lin. 
I omitted above to record the occurrence of two examples 
of this interesting Thrush in the island. They were shot by 
the same gentleman, Mr. Thos. Fan, in the Central Province ; 
the first in November 1872, the latter in March 1875, both 
frequenting boulders and rocks beneath precipices. 
The second example is now in my collection, and is in the 
plumage of a young male or in transition from the dress of 
the female to that of the other sex. The chest is overcast 
with brownish, and the feathers there tipped with rufous grey, 
the primary wing coverts and tertials are pale tipped ; the 
breast and under-tail coverts are edged with whitish ; becoming 
somewhat rufescent on the planks; the head and hind neck are 
brown with bluish bases to the feathers. 
This Rock Thrush is most probably an annual visitant to 
Ceylon but has, in common with other migrants, been passed 
over until lately. 
