284 Mr. E. L. Layard on the 
Balcaddua Pass, Mr. Charles Curgenven, C.C.S., and I lived 
on O. pompadoura for several days. 
Capt. Legge had better expurgate his note on page 727. 
I see my old note, made at the time, in Blyth’s ‘ Catalogue,’ 
which was my constant companion, runs thus, over against 
Treron malabarica :—* Balcaddua Pass; the Ceylon race is 
probably ‘pompadoura, so long missing.”” Over against 7. 
bicincta I have written, “ Common in the south, and occa- 
sionally met with in the Patchellepally ; replaced in the in- 
terior by 7. malabarica. Feeds on berries on high trees. 
Eye, pupil surrounded by a band of blue, iris pink.” 
The accidental occurrence of Cyanecula suecica (p. 444, 
pt. 2) is a curious but interesting proof how careful we 
should be in attributing inaccuracies to our fellow workers 
in the field of zoology. I am glad, for my credit’s sake, 
that a specimen still remains in the Poole Museum. I pro- 
bably sent the other specimen to Blyth (for it was one of my 
early captures), and only retained one, expecting to meet 
with the bird again, and not knowing that there was any 
thing remarkable in its being found in Ceylon. I was at 
Ambegamoa in March 1848. I do not, however, see it 
noted in the Catalogue, or in any of the many appendixes 
issued by Blyth. By the way, has Capt. Legge seen these 
appendixes? They contain many notices of Ceylonese birds 
sent to Blyth. The first note that catches my eye is on a 
young male of Paleornis columboides, sent to him by me. 
This seems to have been overlooked by me, and the bird is 
not included in Capt. Legge’s work. Is Blyth’s identifica- 
tion correct? He apparently had no doubt of it ; for in App. 
No. 3, published later, he adds “19 (P. columboides), Hab. 
also Ceylon.” 
Buchanga leucopygialis. There appears to me some con- 
fusion under this head. Capt. Legge, I see, includes B. 
cerulescens (L.) asa synonym. Mr. Blyth (vide Catalogue) 
regarded them as distinct. The former says, I only obtained 
B. leucopygialis at Point Pedro, and regarded it as an occa- 
sional visitant. I see I wrote (Ann. & Mag.) ‘A common spe- 
cies about Colombo ;” and there, and in my notes in Blyth’s 
