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64. Turdus Kinnisi, the Ceylon Blackbird. I have once or 

 twice met with this bird, but unfortunately failed to procure 

 a specimen. 



65. Turdus speloptera, the Spotted Thrush. Widely distributed 

 throughout the district from 1,700 feet to the highest altitudes. 



66. Turdus Wardi, Ward's Pied Blackbird. During February 

 and March I found numbers of these birds, and frequently asmauy 

 as 20 of them together. They were so extremely wary, however, 

 that I only succeeded in getting one specimen, and that was so 

 disfigured that I took no measurement. The elevation at which 

 I found them was about 3,500, and later I met with another flock 

 at the same altitude. They were often found in company with 

 the following species. 



67. Oreocincla umbricata, the Buff-breasted Thrush. This 

 species is not uncommon, but being a lover of dense jungle, it is 

 rarely seen. I have procured specimens from 2,000 feet to 4,000 

 feet in the district. 



68. Monticola cyana, the Blue Rock Thrush. I procured a 

 very fine specimen among some boulder rocks at 2,300 feet, in 

 November. I have since met with it at 4,000 feet in similar 

 localities. 



69. M yiophonus Blighi, Bligh's Whistling Thrush, I shot a 

 specimen about half a mile on the Balangoda side of the dividing 

 range between this district and Bagawantalawa. I have met with 

 it since at 4,000 feet. 



70. Hypsipetes geneesa, the Black Bulbul. One of the com- 

 monest of our birds, and found in both monsoons. It becomes 

 somewhat scarce above 4,000 feet, and at this elevation is mostly 

 to be found in the vicinity of patana land and isolated patches of 

 jungle, of which it appears to be very fond. 



71. Criniger ictericus, the Forest Bulbul. Very common in 

 all forests below 4,000 feet, though occasionally found above that 

 level. It appears to remain throughout the year, as I have found 

 nestlings at 2,500 feet, in the south-west monsoon. 



72. Ixos luteolus, the White Eye-browed Bulbul. The 

 Cinnamon Thrush, of Europeans. I have rarely met with this 

 bird above 3,000 feet, but below that altitude it becomes more 

 numerous, as it descends. It appears to be a strictly bush-bird, 

 frequenting thelantana and scrub jungles in and about patanas. 



73. Rubigula melanictera, the Black-headed Bulbul. Very 

 numerous from 4,000 feet downwards, and common throughout 



