APPENDIX II. 



Pages 205, 1212. — Brachypternus intermedins. In view of the evidence sent me by Mr. Parker, on reconsidering 

 bhe matter I have added this species as a bond fide one to the Ceylon lists ; but whether it will stand under the above 

 name, and as peculiar to Ceylon, I cannot say with certainty. 



Page 272. — Anihracoceros coronutus. This Hornbill breeds in the N.W. Province in April, choosing a Koombook- 

 tree sometimes to nest in. An overseer of Mr. Parker's found a nest in the beginning of April of the present year. It 

 was in the trunk of a tree about 15 or 18 feet from the ground ; the hole was plastered up, leaving a small opening. 

 There were two eggs, much discoloured, in the hole. 



Pages 275, 1213. — Tockus gingalt nsis. A nest found in April last near Ballalli, N.W. Province, was situated in a large 

 Koombook-tree, in a hole about 20 feet up the trunk from the ground ; the orifice was plastered up so that there was 

 barely space for the introduction of the hand. In the nest were imprisoned the mother and three young ones, two of 

 which were so far advanced as to be able to fly ! It is surprising that they were still undergoing imprisonment. The 

 nest was found by a trustworthy employe of Mr. Parker's, who vouches for the truth of the man's statement. 



I'ngc-i :>>:',, li'l:i. -Ccij.e triJactyla. Mr. Parker writes me of finding the nest of this beautiful species, the first 

 that has been discovered in Ceylon. It was situated in the side of a small streamlet near the Aruvi aru ; the depth of 

 the hole, which sloped slightly upwards, was 18 inches and its diameter 2 inches, while the cavity where the eggs were 

 deposited, and in which there was no nest, was 3 inches high and 5 inches in diameter. The eggs were three in 

 number, pure white, and with the ends not so round as in other species; they measured - 77 by 0-6 inch. The date 

 of finding the nesl was July 23rd. 



Pages 32S, 1214. — Dendrochelidon coronatus. The same gentleman was fortunate enough to find, on the same 

 day, one of the beautiful and diminutive nests of this Swift. It was so small that when he perceived the bird sitting 

 across a small branch of a young tree no nest was visible ; but when she flew off something like a small excrescence or 

 knot projecting on one side of the branch could be perceived. The nest was one inch in internal diameter and half an inch 

 dee]), and was constructed of tiny bits of the outer bark of trees, agglutinated together with the bird's saliva. The branch 

 was not more than 1 J inch thick ; and when the bird sat on the nest the whole of the breast on one side of it and the 

 under tail-coverts on the other were visible, showing how exceedingly small was the nest. It contained one young 

 one, which entirely tilled it. 



Pages 300, 1214. — Pericrocotus •peregrinus. Eggs of this little Minivet, sent me by Mr. Parker, vary somewhat. 

 One specimen is greenish white, spotted with umber and dark brownish purple, these markings forming a zone round 

 the large end, and becoming very small and scanty on the smaller half of the shell; the underlying markings are bluish 

 grey and very small. The specimen is characterized by the openness and smallness of the spots ; it is of the usual 

 ovate-pyriform shape, measuring 0-72 by - 51 inch. Another example is white, with rather large longitudinally directed 

 spots of pale red of two shades overlying largish spots of bluish grey. The markings, though largest at the obtuse 

 end, are pretty evenly distributed over the whole surface. It measures 0-08 by 0-52 inch, and is much more stumpy 

 in shape than the last-mentioned. These eggs are accompanied by one of the nests alluded to, p. 1214. The entire 

 structure measures only 2 inches across by 1^ in depth, and is exceedingly beautiful, the spiders' webs binding the stalks 

 together being mixed with wild cotton and feathers ; there are a few pieces of tiny twig in the body of the nest, 

 and there is no lining, the interior being much rougher than the neatly finished-off edge of the " cup." 



