720 LT.-COL. N. MANDERS ON THE 



Subfam. Artamiin^. 



" They catch their food entirely on the wing, either by darting 

 on it from a fixed perch or by flying about after the fashion of 

 swallows." (Oates.) 



46. The Ashy Wood-Swallow. Artamus fuscus. 



This bird has been frequently quoted as having been seen by 

 Colonel Yerbury to catch several Euploea core. 



Fam. Sturnid^. The Mynahs. 



" They feed chiefly on the ground on insects and worms, but 

 they are fond of fruit and berries, which they pick off trees." 

 [Oates. ^ 



47. The Black-headed Mynah. Tememichus fcigodarum. 

 Widely distributed and common. 



48. The White-headed Mynah. Sturnornis senex. 

 A rare and local resident. 



49. The Common Mynah. Acridotheres tristis. 



See experiments on birds in Colombo {infra, p, 740). 



Fam. MuscicAPiDiE. The Flycatchers. 



" The Flycatchers feed on insects which they either catch on the 

 wing, starting from a perch to which they usually return several 

 times, or by running with the aid of their wings along the limbs 

 of trees. They seldom or never descend to the ground." {Oates.) 



50. The Indian Red-breasted Flycatcher. Siphia hy2:>erythra. 



Partial migrant. 

 See experiments on birds at Nuwara Eliya {infra, p. 735). 



50 {a). Tickell's Blue Flycatcher. Cyornis tickelli. Food ? 



51. The Blue-throated Flycatcher. Cyornis ruheculoides. 



Partial migrant. 



52. The Ceylonese Dusky- blue Flycatcher. Stoparola sordida. 



Indigenous. 

 See experiments on birds at Nuwara Eliya (p. 735). 



53. The Brown Flycatcher. Alseonax laiirostris. Migrant. 

 The habits of this bird are well known. 



54. Layard's Flycatcher. Alseonax miittui. Partial migrant. 

 " In the stomach of one example I found much larger insects 



(moderately sized coleoptera) than I expected to find captured by 

 so small a bird," 



