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49. Arachnechthra Lotenia, Linn. — The Long-billed 

 Honey-eater, Purple Honey -eater, "Humming bird" of Europeans, 



Equally widely distributed wish tbe above, bat not so common in the 

 hills; abundant in the Western and Southern Provinces; not so 

 numerous in the Hambantota country or in the north-east. 



JWote.-— It is singular that the other species of this genus, A. Asiatica, 

 should be almost absent from the south-west, where its place is 

 taken by the last named, when it is so common on either side of 

 that district, viz., in the Western Province and in the south-east. 



50. Dendrophila frontalis, Horsf.— The Creeper. — 

 Layard, Annals Natural History, 1853, volume 12, page 176. 



Distributed throughout all the hill districts, from Nuwara Eliya, 

 where Kelaart and Holdsworth procured it, to the low-country, in 

 which it occurs sparingly and at uncertain times. It is very 

 common in the Udugaraa and Morowak Korale forests as well 

 as in the central mountains. 



51. Upupa nigripennis, Gould.— The Hoopoe. Upupa 

 Senegalensis, Swains. — Layard, Annals Natural History, 1853, 

 page 174; Kelaart, Prodromus Faunae Zeylanica, page 119. 



Abundant in the north-west (Aripu district) in the winter months, 

 according to Holdsworth; common in the Jaffna peninsula, where 

 I found a pair breeding in January; abundant in the Kataragama 

 district in the north-east monsoon, where it frequents the edgi j s 

 of the scrubs surrounding the salt lakes. It is rare in the 

 Western Province. 



52. Hemipus Picatus, Sykes.— The little Pied Shrike. 



Distributed throughout the low-country of the Western, Southern, 

 and part of the Northern Provinces, and likewise extending into 

 the hills of the Central Province to the highest altitudes. 'I "he 

 only part of the low-country where it is eotnmon is among the 

 woods and low hills of the Southern Province, becoming still 

 more abundant in the intermediate forests of the Gindurah. It is 

 found all through the Kukulu and Morowak Korales, and is com- 

 mon in all districts in the central zone that I have visited. It is 

 rare about Colombo, affecting the wooded country near Hanwella, 

 and it is sparingly located in the forest country between Trinco- 

 malee and the central road. It affects the finer and more verdant 

 strips of jungle along the rivers of the south-east coast. Layard 

 records it from Jaffna. 



53. Yolvocivora Stkesii, Strickland. — The lesser Cuckoo 

 Shrike. Campephaga Sykesii, Strich. — Layard, Annals Natural 

 History, 1854, page 128; Kelaart, Prodromus Faunae Zeylanica* 



