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DEYMCECA JEEDOYI. 
Habits . — Tills bird frequents fern-brakes, the sides of overgrown ditehes, long grass, and hill-paddy ” 
fields. It is of a sneaking disposition, keeping as much as possible under cover, and when roused from its 
haunts it flies along near the ground and quickly reestablishes itself in some thick vegetation. It has none 
of the bold habits of the Ceylon Wren-Warbler, although at eventide I have often heard it pouring out its 
warble, but not from a prominent position, as is the custom of its insular ally. Its food consists of various 
small Coleoptera and other minute insects. Its notes are moderately loud, but not so shrill as those of 
D. valida. 
Nidification . — I have never found the nest of the present species, but have obtained fledgings in the Eastern 
Province in September. It breeds, therefore, on that side of the island in July or August, and on the west 
most probably from March until June. 
