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SYSTEMATIC 
INDEX 
ORDER ACCIPITRES 
SUB-ORDER FALCONE'S 
FAMILY FALCONIDAE (3 species peculiar to Ceylon) 
SUB-FAMILY AQIJILINAE 
1* SPIZAETUS KELAARTI (Ceylon mountain hawk eagle) 
2. SPIZAETUS CEYLONENSIS (Ceylon hawk eagle) 
SUB-FAMILY FALCONIDAE 
3. BAZA CEYLONENSIS (Ceylon crested falcon) 
SUB-ORDER STRIGES 
FAMILY BUBONIDAE (4 species peculiar to Ceylon) 
SUB-FAMILY BUBONIDAE 
4. SCOPS. MINUTUS (The little scops owl) 
5. GLAUCIDIUM CASTANONOTUM (Chestnut-backed owlet) 
SUB-FAMILY SYRNIINAE 
6* SYRNIUM INDRANI (The brown Wood owl) 
7. PHOCLILUS ASSIMILIS (The Ceylon Bay owl) 
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ORDER PSITTACI 
FAMILY PSITTACIDAE (1 species peculiar to Ceylon) 
SUB-PAMILY PALAEORNINAE 
8. PALAEORNIS CALTHORPAE (Layard’s Parakeet) 
3. FAMILY TRICHOGLOSSIDAE (1 species peculiar to Ceylon) 
R. LORlCULUS INDICUS (The Ceylonese Lorikeet) 
ORDER PICARIAE 
FAMILY PICIDAE (3 species peculiar to Ceylon) 
SUB-FAMILY PICINAE 
10. CHRYSOCOLAPTES STRICKLANDI (Layard’s Woodpecker) 
SUB-FAMILY GECININAE 
11. BRACHYPTERNUS CEYLONUS (the Red Woodpecker) 
IP.. BRACHYPTERNUS PUNCTTCOLLIS • (Southern Golden-Backeu Woodpecker) 
FAMILY CAPI TONI DAE (3 species peculiar to Ceylon) 
SUB-FAMILY MAGALAEMINAE 
13. MEGALAEMA ZEYLANICA (The Brown Headed Barbet) 
14. MEGALAEMA FLAVIFRONS (The Yellow Fronted Barbet) 
15. XANTHOLABMA RUBRICAPILLA (The Little Ceylon Barbet) 
