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the wing ; but single birds heard on almost every tree, uttering their 
peculiar note, which resembles the native (Canarese) name, being a 
continued Kootur, Koturr, or KHurr. They continue to call for 
some minutes at a time, and are heard throughout the day. On 
each side of the throat is a naked spot with skin wrinkled, which is 
probably contracted and expanded when the bird is calling.' This 
bird does not climb like a Woodpecker, and I never heard any 
tapping from the trees it frequents. Its most general food is fruit 
and berries; occasionally it eats various insects. Irides reddish- 
brown ; bill and legs pale horny -brown. 
They breed in holes of trees, laying, I am informed, three or four 
white eggs." — (Jerdon.) 
925. MEGALAIMA ZEYLANICA, Gmelin Sp. 
Bucco zeylanica, Gmelin, S. JV. I. p. 408. (Brown, III. 
Zool.t.l5.) Lath., Hist, of JB. HI. p. 229. Blyth, 
J. A, S. Beng, XY. pp. 13, 282. 
Megalaima zeylanica, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XX. p. 181. 
Megalaima caniceps {ex Ceylon), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. 
A. S. Beng. p. 67. 
Megalaima caniceps, apud Layard, Ann. Nat. Hist. XIII. 
p. 446. 
KoTOOEOOAL, Ceylon, Layard. 
KoTOOR, Mai., Layard. 
a. Ceylon. Drawing. From M. Jonville's Collection. 
" Common in Ceylon, and universally distributed. It feeds on 
fruits and berries of all kinds, which it swallows entire ; it does not, 
that I know of, devour small birds when in a state of nature ; but one 
kept in a large aviary in Colombo destroyed all the little Amadince 
placed with it. Not content with snapping them up when within 
his reach, he would lie in wait for them behind a thick bush or the 
feeding- trough, pounce upon them unawares, and, after beating them 
a little on the ground or perch, swallow them whole. "When this 
cannibal came into my possession, he was confined in a smaller cage 
than that in which he had at first been secured ; this seemed to dis- 
please him, and he went to work to find some means of escape : he 
narrowly examined every side and corner to discover a weak spot, 
and having detected one, applied himself vigorously to bore a hole 
through it, as a Woodpecker would have done. Grasping the bars 
with his feet, he swung himself round, bringing his whole weight to 
