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*nificent bird of the form and aspect of a Trogon alighted 

 on a low branch within a few yards of where I stood. It was 

 so close that it was useless to fire and on its taking flight I 

 missed it. The sudden fluttering flight with which it came 

 upon me, and its gorgeous plumage served at once to identify 

 it as a Trogon. The head, throat and chest were of a rosy 

 red colour, succeeded, as far as I could determine, by a light 

 band accross the chest. The graduated lateral tail feathers 

 were whitish. 



Pelenicophaus Pyrrocephalus (Forst.) The Red- 

 faced Malkoha. 



This bird is found in the more cultivated districts as 

 well as in the wilder parts of the Island. It is not confined 

 «to the higher regions, the specimen in the Asiatic Society's 

 Museum, having been procured between Negombo and 

 Kurunegala. I have also seen one that was shot near 

 Heneratgoda. They affect the thick jungle . 



Mi AGRA Azure A (Bedd.) Black naped Fly catcher.— 



Seems to be i&s^ensiveiy confined to the jungle, and is 

 common in the forest near Hanwella. It breeds in June. 

 The nest of this bird, in the Asiatic Society's Museum, was 

 found in the upright fork of a small shrub, 4 feet from the 

 ground, and is a beautifully made cup shaped structure of 

 neatly woven moss and very fine bark with the edges and 

 exterior decorated with a white cotton-like substance. The 

 interior, in diameter, is lined with a fine hair like material* 

 The eggs, 2 in number, are buff white, spotted mostly at 

 the larger end> with light Indian red, mixed with a few darker 

 specs and dots. 



Jerdon mentions (vol. I page 450.) that in the north of 

 India it frequents open places* 



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