APPENDIX II. 
Pages 205, 1212. — Brachypternus intermedins. In view of the evidence sent me by Mr. Parker, on reconsidering 
the matter I have added this species as a bond fide one to the Ceylon lists ; but whether it will stand under the above 
name, and as peculiar to Ceylon, I cannot say with certainty. 
Page 272. — Anthracoceros coronatus. This Hornbill breeds in the X. W. Province in April, choosing a Koombook- 
tree sometimes to nest in. An overseer of Mr. Parker’s found a nest in the beginning of April of the present year. It 
was in the trunk of a tree about 15 or 18 feet from the ground ; the hole was plastered up, leaving a small opening. 
There were two eggs, much discoloured, in the hole. 
Pages 275, 1213. — Tockus gingalensis. A nest found in April last near Ballalli, X.W. Province, was situated in a large 
Koombook-tree, in a hole about 20 feet up the trunk from the ground ; the orifice was plastered up so that there was 
barely space for the introduction of the hand. In the nest were imprisoned the mother and three young ones, two of 
which were so far advanced as to be able to fly ! It is surprising that they were still undergoing imprisonment. The 
nest was found by a trustworthy employe of Mr. Parker’s, who vouches for the truth of the man’s statement. 
Pages 303, 1213. — Ceyx tridactyla. Mr. Parker writes me of finding the nest of this beautiful species, the first 
that has been discovered in Ceylon. It was situated in the side of a small streamlet near the Aruvi am ; the depth of 
the hole, which sloped slightly upwards, was 18 inches and its diameter 2 inches, while the cavity where the eggs were 
deposited, and in which there was no nest, was 3 inches high and 5 inches in diameter. The eggs were three in 
number, pure white, and with the ends not so round as in other species ; they measured 077 by 0-6 inch. The date 
of finding the nest was July 23rd. 
Pages 328, 1214. — Dendrochelidon coronatus. The same gentleman was fortunate enough to find, on the same 
day, one of the beautiful and diminutive nests of this Swift. It was so small that when he perceived the bird sitting 
across a small branch of a young tree no nest was visible ; but when she flew off something like a small excrescence or 
knot projecting on one side of the branch could be perceived. The nest was one inch in internal diameter and half an inch 
deep, and was constructed of tiny bits of the outer bark of trees, agglutinated together with the bird’s saliva. The branch 
was not more than lfdnch thick; and when the bird sat on the nest the whole of the breast on one side of it and the 
under tail-coverts on the other were visible, showing how exceedingly small was the nest. It contained one young 
one, which entirely filled it. 
Pages 366, 1214. — Pericrocotas peregrinus. Eggs of this little Minivet, sent me by Mr. Parker, vary somewhat. 
One specimen is greenish white, spotted with umber and dark brownish purple, these markings forming a zone round 
the large end, and becoming very small and scanty on the smaller half of the shell ; the underlying markings are bluish 
grey and very small. The specimen is characterized by the openness and smallness of the spots ; it is of the usual 
ovate-pyriform shape, measuring 0-72 by 0*51 inch. Another example is white, with rather large longitudinally directed 
spots of pale red of two shades overlying largish spots of bluish grey. The markings, though largest at the obtuse 
end, are pretty evenly distributed over the whole surface. It measures 068 by 0-52 inch, and is much more stumpy 
in shape than the last-mentioned. These eggs are accompanied by oue of the nests alluded to, p. 1214. The entire 
structure measures only 2 inches across by 1 J in depth, and is exceedingly beautiful, the spiders’ webs binding the stalks 
together being mixed with wild cotton and feathers ; there are a few pieces of tiny twig in the body of the nest, 
and there is no lining, the interior being much rougher than the neatly finished-off edge of the “ cup.” 
