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There is no record of this egg bemg taken in " Nests and Eggs," but 

 I conclude from the notes on the nidification of allied species that the 

 bird only lays one egg. 



I have since leceived another single egg of this species taken at 

 Balangoda. Both measured 1 fg " X if". 



23. Chrysoplilegma chlorig aster, Jerd., the Southern Yellow- 

 naped Woodpecker. — ^Fairly common up to 5,000 feet. Found nest in 

 dead stump with two young on May 2nd. 



24. Bmchypternus ceylonus, Forster, the Red Woodpecker. — ■ 

 Common up to 2,500 feet. Nest with two large young found, 

 October 1st. 



25. Megalmma zeylanica, GmeL, the Brown-headed Barbet.— 

 Very common, but have failed to get eggs. 



26. Megalcema flavifrons, Cad., the Yellow-fronted Barbet. — Very 

 common. Have taken its eggs in May and June. 



27. XantlioldBma ruhricapilla, Gmel., the Little -Ceylon Barbet. — 

 Very common. Procured one egg on the 6th of May, and found 

 several nests with young in same month. 



28. XantJiolcema limmacepliala, Miill., the Crimson-breasted 

 Barbet.' — Much scarcer than the other three Barbets, and I have not 

 noticed it above 2,500 feet. 



29. Cuculus sonnerati, Lath., Sonnerat's Cuckoo. — Eather scarce. 

 A male obtained on November 22nd this year had the testes much 

 enlarged. 



30. Surniculus lugahris, Horsf., the Drongo Cuckoo. — Was exceed- 

 ingly plentiful here this year in July and August, after which it 

 almost entirely disappeared. 



31. Coccystes jacobinuSj Bodd., the Pied-crested Cuckoo.— Eather 

 scarce. 



32. Eudynamys Iwnorata^ Linn., the Indian Koel. — Common at 

 1,000 feet. 



33. PhcenicopJiaes pyrrhoceplialus, Forster, the Eed-faced Mal- 

 koha. — Not uncommon up to 2,000 feet. Keeps in small parties and 

 frequents heavy jungle, especially along streams. My five specimens 

 all bore out the sexual difference which Colonel Legge notes, i. e. 

 males had brown and females white eyes. In May my bird-nest- 

 ing coolie reported that ho had found a nest of this bird just 



