1872.] MR. E. W. H. HOLDSWORTH 0> CEYLONESE BIRDS. 465 



abundant at Nuwara Eliya, but I was told by old residents that 

 they remembered the time when the now common Sparrows and 

 Musquitos were unknown at that elevation. 

 Ceylon, India, eastward to Siam. 



202. Mirafra affinis, Jerdon. 



I have found this species common at Aripo ; and Layard has re- 

 corded it from the north also. I am not sure that it does not also 

 occur at Colombo. 



Bill dusky above, pale brown below ; irides brown ; feet fleshy 

 brown. 



Ceylon, South India, Upper Burmah. 



203. Pyrrhxjlauda grisea, Scop. 



Confined to the northern part of the island. Layard believed it 

 was migratory ; but I have seen it at Aripo at all seasons, in pairs 

 duriDg the summer, and in flocks during the winter months. 



Bill pale brown ; irides brown ; feet fleshy. 



Ceylon, India westward to Arabia. 



204. Alatjda gulgula, Frankl. 



Very common in the low country ; but I have no recollection of 

 seeing it on the hills. It has, however, been recorded, I believe, from 

 the upper country by Kelaart. It was abundant at Aripo. 



Bill dusky above, paler below ; irides brown ; feet fleshy brown. 



Ceylon, India. 



205. Crocoptjs chlorogaster, Blyth. 



I have obtained this Pigeon near Aripo ; and it is said by Layard 

 to be confined to the north of the island. 

 Ceylon, South and Central India. 



206. OSMOTRERON BICINCTA, Jeidon. 



This species is also found at times in wild jungle south of Aripo. 

 I have likewise met with it a few miles from Coombo ; but it is 

 recorded as more numerous further south. 



Ceylon, India eastward to Tenasserim. 



207. Osmotreron pompadoura, Gmel. 



The description of this species given by Gmelin was from a draw- 

 ing of a Ceylon bird. Layard believed it to be a variety of O. ma- 

 labarica, Jerdon ; and Blyth has since given it the name of flavo- 

 gularis; but the difference between Blyth' s species and O. pompa- 

 doura can only be traced in the under tail-coverts, and there is a 

 variation in this difference. O. pompadoura and O. fiavo-gularis 

 agree precisely in differing from O. malabarica in having the head 

 less grey and the throat more yellow, and in not having the under 

 tail-coverts cinnamon ; this colour, however, Mr. Blyth tells me is 

 only found in the male of O. malabarica. Specimens of O. pompa- 



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