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79. Pycnonotus HiEMORRiiOUS. Gmelin. — The common 

 Bulbul, Madras Bulbul, " Dysentery Bird" of Europeans; Konda 

 Kurulla of the Sinhalese. 



This may perhaps he styled the commonest of Ceylon birds ; it is 

 abundant in all parts of the low-country except where there are 

 large stretches of forest, and is numerous in the Central Province 

 up to an altitude of about 4,00'J feet. It is less numerous in the 

 Morowak and Kukulu Korales on account of their being so heavily 

 timbered, than at corresponding, heights in the Kandy country. 

 Tt is found throughout the low scrubby districts of the Ma gam 

 Pattu, and in the north it is as abundant as anywhere else. 



80. Eubigula Melanictera, Gmelin. — The Black-headed 

 Bulbul. — Pycnonotus Atricapilus ; Layard, Annals Natural 

 History, 1854, volume 13, page 125. Pycnonotus nigricapillus; 

 Kelaart, Prodrornus Faunae Zeylanica, page 123. 



Tolerably plentiful in the woods of the Pie vv a gam Korale, and 

 exceedingly abundant in all situations in the south-west from the 

 sea border up to 2,000 feet in the Morowak and Kukulu Korales ; 

 throughout the Central Province up to the same altitude, and 

 occurring in considerable numbers in many parts of the wooded 

 country between Trincomalee and the Central road. It will be 

 found in the damper parts of the south-east, in all probability, but 

 it is most likely absent from the arid tracts of the north-west. 



81. Phyllobnis Jerdoni, Blyth. — The Green Bulbul. — 

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

 omitted from Kelaart's list, Prodrornus Faunas Zeylanica. 



Northern, Western, Southern, and lower hills of the Central Pro- 

 vince ; numerous in the low cultivated country of the Western 

 and Southern Provinces, occurring also in the forests of those 

 parts; tolerably plentiful in some districts of the north-east; 

 occurs in Dumbara, in company with many other low -country 

 species, but I have not heard of it from higher parts. 



82. Phyllornis Malabaricus, Latham. —The golden 

 fronted Bulbul. — Layard, Annals Natural History, 1853, volume 

 12, page 176. 



Not nearly so common as the last species, but much more widely 

 distributed than has been supposed. Found in the north-eastern 

 forests between Anuradhapura and Trincomalee, likewise in the 

 Kottow T e and Udugama " mukalana," along the sources of the 

 Gindurah, tmd in the Sinha Rajah and Kukulu Korale forests, 

 throughout the Hinidum Pattu, and in the jungles of the 

 Morowak Korale. Mr. Laurie of Madulkele has procured it in the 

 Knuckles district. Layard, loc. cit t , remarks that Dr. Kelaart got 



