. Catalogue of the birds found in Ceylon : with some remarks on their habits and local distribution, and descriptions of two new species peculiar to the island . M*NHanha,rbTiop 1 ERYTHROSTERNA HYPERYTHRA %.2 I par P. Z. ,. MfcTOia-rihart imp BRACHYPTERYX PALLISERI 1872.] MR. E. W. H. HOLDSWORTH ON CEYLONESE BIRDS. 441 Ceylon ; and L. compressirostris may perhaps best be considered avariety of , India. Leucoeerca ? Mr. Hugh Nevill (J. R. A. S., Cey. Br., 1867- 70, pt. i. p. 138) records the occurrence in the country round NuwaraEliya of a Flycatcher which he calls Leuco
. Catalogue of the birds found in Ceylon : with some remarks on their habits and local distribution, and descriptions of two new species peculiar to the island . M*NHanha,rbTiop 1 ERYTHROSTERNA HYPERYTHRA %.2 I par P. Z. ,. MfcTOia-rihart imp BRACHYPTERYX PALLISERI 1872.] MR. E. W. H. HOLDSWORTH ON CEYLONESE BIRDS. 441 Ceylon ; and L. compressirostris may perhaps best be considered avariety of , India. Leucoeerca ? Mr. Hugh Nevill (J. R. A. S., Cey. Br., 1867- 70, pt. i. p. 138) records the occurrence in the country round NuwaraEliya of a Flycatcher which he calls Leucoeerca fuscoventris, characters he gives of the species are evidently taken from adescription of L. pectoralis, Jerdon ; and from what I know of thecircumstances I believe 1 am quite justified in saying that Mr. Nevillnever saw the Nuwara-Eliya bird except alive in the jungle. It is not unlikely, however, that a Leucoeerca, probably L. pecto-ralis, may be found on the Nuwara-Eliya hills, although it has notyet been clearly identified. 120. Myialestes cinereocapilla, Vieill. Resident and very common in the Nuwara Eliya district. It fre-quents the lower branches of trees and is very bold and familiar, somuch so as to be
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