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129.—Halcyon smyrnensis, Zin. 
Very abundant among the paddy flats and small streams in 
the hills, but I don’t remember seeing any in the plains. 
Eggs taken 9th, 18th and 21st of April, and on 15th May, 
1882. This last lot was laid from 4 to 5 feet deep in a bank; 
I dug it out myself from a bank near my seed nurseries. 
134.—Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. 
Most abundant everywhere and at all seasons. 
136.—Ceryle rudis, Zin. 
This here takes the place of Halcyon smyrnensis in the 
plains, where they are very common indeed, but they are rare 
at higher elevations. 
147.—Paleornis eupatria, Lin. 
The most common of all the Parakeets. Captain Marshall 
only mentions April as the breeding month; I have had the 
young brought to me in February and March. On one occasion 
I took a nest containing three young on the 8rd April, soI think 
I might safely say that they breed in February and March. 
148.—Palzornis torquatus, Bodd. 
Plentiful in the hill districts, doing great damage to the 
coffee crops. Fairly common in the plains. Breeding in 
February, March and April. 
151.—Palzornis columboides, Viz. 
Not so abundant as torquatus. 
153.—Loriculus vernalis, Sparrm. 
Rare. Up to within a short time of my leaving the district I 
had not met with this species, when happening to be on a visit 
at a neighbouring bungalow I noticed one on a Casuarina tree 
in front of the bungalow. My friend subsequently pointed out 
four of them, and said he had never seen more, and that those four 
had been there for about three months. Though I remained 
about a month after this in the district, I didn’t come across 
any more of them. They must be very locally distributed 
indeed. 
175.—Chrysophlegma, chlorigaster, Jerd. 
Rare and locally distributed. 
