476 A FEW ADDITIONAL NOTES ON 
446.—Hypsipetes ganesa, Sykes. 
I saw this bird on two or three occasions at Pulungi, but 
did not meet with it anywhere else. 
460bis.—Otocompsa fuscicaudata, Gould. 
A most common bird, found everywhere where there are 
bushes. In the small bushes along the banks of the streams 
is a very favorite place. I found several nests with usually 
two, but sometimes three, eggs. 
462.—Molpastes hemorrhous, Gm. 
On the top of the hills this is a rare bird compared with 
the last, but gets more common lower down the slopes. 
473.—Oriolus ceylonensis, Bp. 
Rather a common bird in the Pittur valley. I once saw 
as many as four in one tree. 
475.—Copsychus saularis, Lin. 
I only saw this bird far down the slopes. I do not think it 
ascends to any height. 
482 —Pratincola bicolor, Sykes. 
One of the most common birds on the hills. Wherever 
there was a suitable bank or heap of stones there was sure to 
be a pair of them; the cock bird perched on the very top of 
a bush or tall tuft of grass doing his utmost to call your atten- 
tion to the fact that his nest was close by. 1 found several 
nests, usually with three or four eggs. 
*516.—Acrocephalus dumetorum, L/y. 
I shot a male at Pittur on 26th June. I afterwards shot 
one of a pair at Kukal, but lost it in the long grass. 
534.—Prinia socialis, Sykes. 
Not uncommon on the slopes in the long grass near Pulungi 
and Pittur. 
540.—Gisticola erythrocephala, Jerd. 
I found this bird very common at Kukal and near Kodi- 
kanal, and think it must be so all over the hills. It is a 
bird that might easily be overlooked though, as it only fre- 
quents certain places, viz., in the small valley heads or sheltered 
