No. 49.— 1898.] 



CEYLON BIRDS. 



171 



296 



294 



295 ... Upper mandible not produced 



backwards beyond front 

 line of orbit ; inferior out- 

 line of lower mandible with 

 a slight re-entering angle ; 

 cutting edges of upper and 

 lower mandibles every- 

 where in contact 



296 ... A yellow patch on throat ; no 



pattern on outer webs of 

 earlier primaries 



297 ... No yellow patch on throat ... 



298 ... Back streaked with black ... 



299 ... No supercilium 



300 ... A supercilium 



301 ... Bill flat, broad, notched ; the 



longest secondaries reach- 

 ing to the middle of the wing 



302 ... Tarsus and toe bare 



303 ... Upper plumage or the greater 



portion of it glossy black ... 



304 ... Rump blue or brown 



305 ... A complete pectoral band ... 



306 . . . No pectoral band 



307 ... Rump chestnut 



308 ... Lower plumage pale rufous, 



paler than ear coverts 



309 ... Lower plumage chestnut, 



darker than ear coverts ... 

 301 ... 310 ... Bill long, slender, notched; 



the longest secondaries 

 reaching nearly or quite to 

 the tip of the wing 



311 ... Upper plumage neither 



streaked nor mottled, but 

 plain 



312 ... Middle pair of tail feathers 



as long as the others or 

 longer 



313 ... Hind claw much curved and 



shorter than hind toe .... 



314 ... Plumage black, white, and 



gray 



315 ... Plumage largely yellow and 



green 



313 ... 316 ... Hind claw little curved and 

 much longer than hind toe 



31.2 ... 317 ... Middle pair of tail feathers 

 abruptly shorter than the 

 next, and of a markedly 

 different colour 



Fringillinse 



Gymnorhis ... 297 



93 G-. flavicollis (only 



one species) 

 Passer 



94 P. domesticus$ 

 94 P. domesticus $ 



Hirundinida3 .. 310 



Hirundo 



95 H. rustica 



96 H. javanica 



97 H. erythropygia 



98 H. hyperythra 



. Motacillidas 



— ... 318 



Motacilla ... 317 



— ... 316 



99 M. maderaspatensis 



100 M. melanope 



101 M. borealis 



Limonidromus 

 102 L. indicus(only one 



