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Natural History, 1854, page 126 ; Kelaart, Prodromus Faunas 

 Zeylanica, page 123. Leucocerca Albofrontata, Franklin. — Holds- 

 worth, Catalogue Ceylon Birds, P. Z. S. 1872, No, 119. 



.4 rare species in Ceylon, being found sparingly here and there, both 

 in the low-country and Central Province, up to 3,000 feet. It 

 occurs in the south-west, the specimen in the Museum having 

 been shot at Matara, and I have procured it at Baddegama ; 

 frequent about tanks in the south-eastern Province, affecting 

 the magnificent tamarind trees which grow on those spots. I 

 have seen it in the Knuckles in November, and Mr. Neville writes 

 of some species of this genus (J., R. A. S., 0. B., ) 867-70) in- 

 habiting the neighbourhood of Nuwara Eliya, but whether it be 

 this bird or L. fuscoventris, is not as yet quite clear. 



64. Tchitrea Paradisi, Linn* — The bird of Paradise Fly- 

 catcher. " Bird of Paradise" of Europeans. " Gini-hora," Sink. 

 (in the red stage) " Redi-hora (in the white stage). Layard, 

 Annals Natural History, 1854, volume 13, page 136 ; Kelaart, 

 Prodromus Fauna? Zeylanica, page 123. 



Migratory to Ceylon in the north-east monsoon, very numerous in 

 the north-east about Trincomalee as early as . the first week in 

 October; in the Western and Southern Provinces at the end of 

 that month. In the latter district it is abundant until March, 

 particularly on the tanks of the Gindurah as far as the " Haycock 

 I found it on the rivers of the south-east in March. 



65. Alseonax Latirostris Raffles. — The Brown Fly- 

 catcher. Butalis Latirostris, Raffles. — Layard, Annals Natural 

 History, 1854, page 127; Kelaart, Prodromus Fauna? Zeylanica, 

 page 123. 



A winter visitant to Ceylon, and distributed throughout all parts of 

 the low-country and the hills up to 4,000 feet. It is nowhere 

 numerous, isolated examples being now and then met with in the 

 season, affecting detached clumps of trees, native gardens, the edges 

 of woods, and such like spots. 



66. Cyornis Jerdoni, G. R. Gray. — The Blue Red-breast, 

 omitted from Layard and Kelaart's lists, but perhaps C. Kube- 

 culoides, Vigors. — Layard, Annals Natural History, 1854, page 

 125, as it is doubtful what species he wrote of at the time. 



Occurs plentifully in forests in the Western Province (Hewagam 

 Korale) where it breeds; numerous in the jungles round Trinco- 

 malee, even close to the sea, and in the forests between the Central 

 road and that place ; common in the hill forests of the south-west, 

 but not found in the maritime districts of that part. 



