INTRODUCTION. 



Table of Birds peculiar to Ceylon (continued). 



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Families. 



Turdidse . 



Brachypodidas 



Tiinaliidae 



Dicasidre 



Hirundinidai 

 Ploceidse . . 



Sternidee . 



Columbida? . 

 Phasianida3 



Number 

 of species. 



10 



Name. 



IMyiophonens blighi .... 

 Turdus kinnisi (App. II.) 

 Turdus spiloptera 

 Oreocincla inibricata .... 



J Rubigula melanictera 

 \ Kelaartia penieillata 



r Malacocercus rufescens . , 

 Garrulax einereifrons . . . , 

 Pomatorhiiius melanurus 

 Alcippe nigrifrons 



, Pelloriieum f uscicapillum 



I Pyctorhis nasalis 



Prinia brevicauda 



Elaphrornis palliseri . . . . 

 Drymoeca valida 



[?Drymoeca insularis . . . . 



f Pachyglossa vincens 

 \ Zosterops ceyloneusis 



Hirundo hyperythra 



Munia kelaarti . . . . , 



f Acridotheres rnelanosternus 



•< Eulabes ptilogenys 



[ Sturnornis senex 



Palumbus torringtoniae 



G-allus lafayettii 



Galloperdix biealearata 



Hill-district 



(under 

 5000 feet). 



* 

 * 



* 



* 

 * 

 t 

 * 



* 

 * 



* 

 * 



Low country. 



* 

 * 

 * 

 * 

 * 



* 

 * 



* 



II 



IT 



Nuwara-El- 



liya plateau 



and over 



5000 feet. 



* 

 * 

 * 

 * 



t 

 * 



* 



* 

 t 



* 

 § 



r* 



t Not common. + Certain forests of Western Province in N.E. monsoon. 



§ Occasional. || Spreading into the forests at the base of the hills, particularly in the W. Province. 



H In the forests of the Passedun Korale, down to 600 feet near Moropitiya. 



It will be seen that this Table comprises 47 species. One peculiar genus (Elaphrornis) 

 inhabits the island, its nearest ally being the Malayan and Himalayan Bmchypteryx ; and a 

 subgenus (Sturnornis) is likewise recognized. 



Affinities of the Ceylonese Avifauna. — We now come to the important point of the 

 relationship of the Ceylonese ornis to that of adjacent regions ; and this, as might be expected 

 from the geographical position of the island and its separation from the mainland merely by a 



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