201 



Uotcs on Captain f cgge's paper on ambitious to t\t C^lon 



Sbifauna. 



By A. Whyte, F. Z. S., &c, of Messrs. Whyte & Co., Kandy. 



I beg to offer the following remarks on a paper of Captain 

 Legge's which appeared, S. F., IV., p. 242. 



78.— Glaucidium malabaricum, Blyth, 



A Small-eared Pygmy Owlet came under our notice about four 

 years ago. It was of a yellowish brown color, and a o-ood deal 

 mottled with white about the wings and scapulars. This 

 specimen was shot by J. R. Hughes, Esq., Kitoolmulle Estate ; 

 another of the same species Avas collected by H. V. Masefield 

 Esq., on the 11th April this year, and we cannot say if this 

 bird is G. malabaricum or not until further examination.* 



181.— Brachypternus intermedius, Legge. 



We believe the Editor is correct as regards this bird. Speci- 

 mens of B. ckrysonotus vary very much indeed, and a lono* 

 series of these from the Sambul district puzzled us much at 

 first. 



62.— Phodilus badius, Horsf. 



The first specimen recorded from Ceylon, viz., the one pur- 

 chased from us by Mr. Neville and sent to the Editor of this 

 Journal, was collected by us, not far from Kandy : a second 

 specimen was captured in a nest in a hole of a tree alono- 

 with three young ones, in November 1876, in the North Kukul 

 Korab Valley, by R. B. Hector, Esq., of Mahavema. 



A third specimen has since passed through our hands in 

 February this year, from Ratota, and was collected then by 

 E. G. Reeves, Esq. This Owl is a very distinct species, and 

 could not be confounded with any other species of Ceylon Owl. 



265.— Tephrodornis ponticeriana, Gm. 



The Wood Shrike found in Ceylon is a migrant to the Kandy 

 Hills during the N. E. Monsoon. 



* It was probably a Scops — S. pennatus. — Ed., S. F. 



