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36. Choetura gigantea, the Spike-tailed Swift. By no means 

 uncommon. 



37. Cypselus melba, the Alpine Swift. I have seen this bird 

 more than once, but never secured a specimen. 



38. Cypselus a (finis, the Indian Swift. I have often seen 

 this Swift during thunderstorms, but possess no specimen. 



39. Cypselus batassiansis, the Palm Swift. I have frequently- 

 seen this Swift in the lowest part of the district, but never above 

 1,800 feet. 



40. Coccocalia Francica, the Indian Swiftlet. A very common 

 bird in the district, and probably nests here in cavernous 

 streams. 



4 1 . Caprimulgus Kelaarti, Kelaart's Night Jar. I have seen 

 this Goatsucker at a high elavation, and in the neighbourhood of 

 grass lands, but from my own observations I am not inclined to 

 think it common in the district. 



42. Caprimulgus Asiaticus, the Night Jar. Confined to the 

 lower parts of the district, ascending as high as 2,300 feet, but 

 scarce at that level. 



43. Cor one macrorhyncha, the Black Crow. Very common 

 about Balangoda and all the native villages up to about 3,000 feet, 

 above which it does not go. 



44. Cissa ornata, the Ceylonese Jay. Common in all the 

 heavily-timbered forests from 2,000 feet and upwards. 



45. Oriolus melanocephalus, the Black-headed Oriole. Very 

 common throughout the lower parts of the district. 



46. Graculus macii, the Large Indian Cuckoo-shrike. I have 

 more than once seen this beautiful bird, and procured a specimen 

 at 2,300 feet, but it is by no means common. 



47. Pericrocolus flammeus, the Orange Minnivet. Very com- 

 mon from 2,000 feet and upwards, and to be met with in both 

 monsoons, but more numerous during the north-east than in the 

 south-west. 



48. Pericrocclus peregrinus, the Little Minnivet. 1 have seen 

 and procured this bird close to Alutnuwara (1,800 feet), and 

 observed it in the grass lands below Denigama, but it is not 

 nearly so numerous as the former, and only a visitor. 



49. Lalage sykcsi, the Black-headed Cuckoo Shrike. Not 

 uncommon during the north-east monsoon, ascending to 3,500 feet. 



50. Tephrodornis affinis, the common Wood Shrike. This is 

 one of the most interesting of our migratory birds, arriving early 



