HYPOTHYMIS CEYLONENSIS. 
409 
nortli-eart of Kandy, where I have .een it between 2000 and 3000 feet. It .» eommon enough ,n ita syl.an 
haunts ; but I doubt if it is a familiar bird to any but those who frequent the jungle. In the low thorny 
scrubs bounding the sea-board on the dry portions of the island it .s not found nor d.d I obse.we .t anywhere 
in the Jaltn. peninsula. In the Western Province it may be seen close to he shore, »qne„tmg the woods 
at the back of the eoeoanut-plautations which border the sea, whde further .aland, as well as ,n the south-,e.st 
hill-region, it is tolerably numerous. 
Habits.-This species is found, either singly or in pairs, affecting 
and is also met with in small groves or detached woods in cultivated districts. It usually ^ ^ ^ 
or dwells in the lower branches of forest trees, generally selecting those spots which ai^ f ^ 
of sunshine, where it may be seen actively darting on small flies and insects, while it utters its «harp li tie note^ 
resembling the word tchmi. After the breeding-season young birds associate m s™all roops, 
times I have noticed them following each other about among the upper branches o ta 
Nidification.-ln the Western Province this Flycatcher breeds from April to July, or during south- 
west monsoon rains, bnilding a beautiful little nest in the fork of a sapling or s iru a a on 
ground ; it is constructed of moss and fine strips of bark, very neatly finished off at the edge, deco 
cobwebs on the exterior, and lined with very fine creeper-tendrils, the interior forming a deep cup of al out 
If inch in diameter. The eggs are either two or three, round in form, of a buff-white grouii ®P 
openly, chiefly at the obtuse end, with light sienna-red, mingled with darker specks of re . y 
0-66 by 0'55 inch. 
The centre figure in the Plate accompanying my article on Alseonax muitui (p. 417) represents a male bird 
of the present species from Ackmimina, near Galle. 
Genus CULICICAPA. 
Bill more compressed towards the tip and the culmen more raised than 
bristles very long. Wings long, the 4th quill the longest, and the 2nd equa 
even. Legs and feet very small. Tarsus feathered at the top. 
in the last ; rictal 
to the 8 th. Tail 
3g 
