NOTES OF A KATIE EAGLE NEW TO CEYLON, ETC. 67" 



with the species. The stomach contained the remains of 

 "beetles and grasshoppers. 



Cucultjs Canorus, Linn, — The ce Cuckoo." 

 Now the name recalls " Home" and floods the memory 

 with recollections of far different scenes to those where I 

 procured the second recorded specimen of this rare visitor 

 to Ceylon.. The only other specimen was procured by 

 jbayard near Colombo many years since. My specimen was 

 flitting from bush to bush on the Harangolla patanas, and 

 was very shy. Its stomach contained the remains of large 

 hairy caterpillars.— (Shot on October 7th, a male in good 

 plumage*) 



HlEROCOCCYX VARIUS, VaM. 

 On the 7th of November I shot a male of this species. 

 Its flight is so like that of a small hawk, that I at first mis- 

 took it for one. It seems to prefer the skirts of the jungle 

 bordering grass land to the open country. I flushed it 

 several times before obtaining a shot. The plumage is 

 partially moulting. The stomach contained the remains of 

 grasshoppers. 



Tringilla Orizivora. u The Java Sparrow." 

 This well-known cage-bird I believe is often seen in a wild 

 state near Colombo. I have frequently seen them in the 

 jungle here. They are so wild and keep so much to the 

 tops of the highest jungle-trees, in inaccessible places, that 

 I have not yet been able to obtain a specimen. They seem 

 to be quite at home in this wild district, and, I think the 

 species is entitled to a place in the future local collection 

 in the Colombo Museum. 



Erythrosterna hyperythra, Cabanis. 

 So little seems to be known of this lately discovered 

 species, that I watched for its appearance this season with 

 interest, and first observed it on the 12th of October. I 

 heard two on that day in a field of coffee. I was well 



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