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river in the j ungle reser nation below the Killarney and Bogawarnie 

 estates. It was very noticeable, that as soon as one got into the 

 Saffragam country, there P. cyanocephalus was more numerous 

 than this species ; though I failed to see or secure a single 

 example of the latter in Bogawantalawa. 



7. Loriculus Indicus, the Ceylon Loriquet. I think I heard 

 this bird near the river at Kottiyagala, as it flew over some forest 

 trees. I saw this loriquet in Dikoya in 1876; so its presence here 

 is not unreasonable. 



8. Ghrysocolaptes Stricklandi, the Red Hill Woodpecker, oi 

 Layard's Woodpecker. Very numerous. Affecting dead trees in 

 clearings and in forests, sometimes alone, and at others in pairs or 

 in flocks. I may remark in passing, that casual observers often 

 mistake this Woodpecker for the Red Woodpecker ( Brachypter- 

 ?ins Ceylonus), so common in the low-country. Apart from other 

 and more minute distinctions of species, Layard's Woodpecker 

 differs from the low-country bird in the colour of the iris : in the 

 former the iris is buff, marbled in the females ; in B. Cey- 

 lonus it is red, or lake-red. The cry is also distinct, B. 

 Ceylonus uttering a loud call like the words "care, care, care" 

 quickly repeated, a note I have never heard produced by C. 

 Stricklandi. 



9. Megalcema Jlavifrons, the Yellow-fronted Barbet. Very 

 numerous in the forest reservation before alluded to, and less so 

 in the large jungle, except when descending towards Balangoda. 

 In 1876 this Barbet was nearly rare, but of late years it 

 appears to have spread through the upper hills, as it is to be met 

 with in the three sister-districts of Dimbula, Dikoya, and Mas- 

 keliya. It probably nests in the dead trees up-country, though I 

 failed to secure either nests or eggs. 



10. Centropus rufipennis, the Ground Cuckoo, or Jungle 

 Crow. Mr. Roberts informs me he has heard this bird, and its 

 appearance is highly probable, as I have repeatedly seen it on the 

 Radella cricket ground in Dimbula, which is nearly the same 

 altitude as the Bogawantalawa district. I never saw the bird 

 or heard it during my stay. 



11. Harpactes fasciatus, the Ceylon Trogon. I saw the 

 Ceylon Trogon repeatedly, but always by itself. Its skulking 

 habits and motionless attitude often renders its presence hard to 

 discover, unless it should attract attention by its peculiar mono- 

 syllabic " chow, — chow, — chow " note, slowly repeated, and in a 



