1872.] MR. E.W. H. HOLDSWORTH ON CEYLONESE BIRDS. 467 



by Adanson strongly corroborates tbe Senegal origin. Yet Bona- 

 parte (Consp. ii. p. 57) says 'ex Ceylon, nee Senegal.' The Prince 

 was also (I. c), I believe, the first who referred G. macroura, Gm., 

 to the genus Macropygia. Still it is doubtful whether he ever 

 saw an example of the bird, and the diagnosis given by him of the 

 species only contains the prominent characters discernible in the 

 plate quoted." 



211. COLUMBA INTERMEDIA, Strickl. 



There are two stations on the Ceylon coast which " Rock-Pigeons " 

 are known to frequent. The principal one is Pigeon Island, a large 

 mass of isolated rocks well known on the east coast, and about 

 eighteen miles north of Trincomalie. I have visited this locality ; 

 and I have no doubt that Pigeons, probably of this species, are 

 found there at a particular season of the year, according to the 

 general report of the natives on the adjoining mainland ; but I did 

 not see any when I was there. Layard mentions their having been 

 killed about fifty miles inland from Trincomalie. The other station 

 is off Berberyn, not far from Galle. 



Ceylon, India to Burmah. 



212. Turtur rupicola, Pall. 



Layard records having shot a young bird of T. orientalis, Lath. 

 This may be the above species ; but I am disposed to think his iden- 

 tification doubtful, as his only specimen was a young bird. 



213. Turtur suratensis, Gmel. 



Very common in the low country, and abundant at Aripo. 

 Ceylon, India. 



214. Turtur risoria, Linn. 



Very numerous in the north, and, I believe, not uncommon 

 throughout the low country. 

 Ceylon, India. 



215. Chalcophaps indica, Linn. 



This handsome Dove is found in all parts of the island except the 

 north. I have met with it in cultivated districts near Colombo and 

 in the extreme south, on the road through the forest between Kandy 

 and Trincomalie, and at Nuwara Eliya, where at the end of the year 

 it frequents the jungle in great numbers. It has a low rapid flight, 

 and a peculiar moaning coo, more like the note of some Owls than 

 that of a Dove. 



Ceylon, India, eastward to Tenasserim. 



216. Pavo crist atus, Linn. 



Common in all jungly districts within a moderate distance of the 

 coast. So far as my observations and inquiries have gone, it is un- 

 known in the hill-country ; and it is more numerous in the eastern 



