CHAPTER I.

MAMMALIA.

Neglect of Zoology in Ceylon Monkeys Wanderoo Error regarding the _Silenus Veter_ (note) Presbytes Cephalopterus P. Ursinus in the Hills P. Thersites in the Wanny P. Priamus, Jaffna and Trincomalie No dead monkey ever found Loris Bats Flying fox Horse-shoe bat Carnivora.--Bears Their ferocity

Singhalese belief in the efficacy of charms (note) Leopards Curious belief Anecdotes of leopards Palm-cat Civet Dogs Jackal The horn of the jackal Mungoos Its fights with serpents Theory of its antidote Squirrels Flying squirrel Tree rat Story of a rat and a snake Coffee rat Bandicoot Porcupine Pengolin _Ruminantia_.--The Gaur Oxen Humped cattle Encounter of a cow and a leopard Buffaloes Sporting buffaloes Peculiar structure of the hoof Deer Meminna Elephants Whales General view of the mammalia of Ceylon List of Ceylon mammalia Curious parasite of the bat (note)

CHAP. II.

BIRDS.

Their numbers Songsters Hornbills, the "bird with two heads" Pea fowl Sea birds, their number I. _Accipitres_.--Eagles Falcons and hawks Owls--the devil bird II. _Passeres_.--Swallows Kingfishers--sunbirds Bul-bul--tailor bird--and weaver Crows, anecdotes of III. _Scansores_.--Parroquets IV. _Columbiæ_.--Pigeons V. _Gallinæ_.--Jungle-fowl VI. _Grallæ_.--Ibis, stork, &c. VII. _Anseres_.--Flamingoes Pelicans Game.--Partridges, &c.176 List of Ceylon birds List of birds peculiar to Ceylon

CHAP. III.

REPTILES.

Lizards.--Iguana Kabragoya, barbarous custom in preparing the cobra-tel poison (note) The green calotes Chameleon Ceratophora Geckoes,--their power of reproducing limbs 185, Crocodiles Their power of burying themselves in the mud Tortoises--Curious parasite Land tortoises Edible turtle Huge Indian tortoises (note) Hawk's-bill turtle, barbarous mode of stripping it of the tortoise-shell Serpents.--Venomous species rare Cobra de capello Instance of land snakes found at sea Tame snakes (note) Singular tradition regarding the cobra de capello Uropeltidæ.--New species discovered in Ceylon Buddhist veneration for the cobra de capello Anecdotes of snakes The Python Water snakes Snake stones Analysis of one Cæcilia Large frogs Tree frogs List of Ceylon reptiles

CHAP. IV.

FISHES.

Ichthyology of Ceylon, little known Fish for table, seir fish Sardines, poisonous? Sharks Saw-fish Fish of brilliant colours Curious fish described by Ælian (note) Fresh-water fish, little known,--not much eaten Fresh-water fish in Colombo Lake Immense profusion of fish in the rivers and lakes Their re-appearance after rain Mode of fishing in the ponds Showers of fish Conjecture that the ova are preserved, not tenable Fish moving on dry land Instances in Guiana (note) Perca Scandens, ascends trees Doubts as to the story of Daldorf Fishes burying themselves during the dry season The _protopterus_ of the Gambia Instances in the fish of the Nile Instances in the fish of South America Living fish dug out of the ground in the dry tanks in Ceylon Other animals that so bury themselves, Melaniæ, Ampullariæ, &c. The animals that so bury themselves in India (note) Analogous case of (note) Theory of æstivation and hybernation Fish in hot-water in Ceylon List of Ceylon fishes Instances of fishes failing from the clouds Overland migration of fishes known to the Greeks and Romans Note on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley Comparative note by Dr. Gray, Brit. Mus.231

CHAP. V.

MOLLUSCA, RADIATA, AND ACALEPHÆ.

I. Conchology--General character of Ceylon shells Confusion regarding them in scientific works and collections List of Ceylon shells II. _Radiata_.--Star fish Sea slugs Parasitic worms Planaria III. _Acalephæ_, abundant Corals little known

CHAP. VI.

INSECTS.

Profusion of insects in Ceylon Imperfect knowledge of I. _Coleoptera_.--Beetles Scavenger beetles Coco-nut beetles Tortoise beetles II. _Orthoptera_.--Mantis and leaf-insects Stick-insects III. _Neuroptera_--Dragon flies Ant-lion White ants Anecdotes of their instinct and ravages (text and note) V. _Hymenoptera_.--Mason Wasps Wasps Bees Carpenter Bee Ants Burrowing ants VI. _Lepidoptera_.--Butterflies Sylph Lycænidæ Moths Silk worms (text and note) Wood-carrying Moths Pterophorus VII. _Homoptera_ Cicada VIII. _Hemiptera_ Bugs IX. _Aphaniptera_ X. _Diptera_.--Mosquitoes General character of Ceylon insects List of insects in Ceylon

CHAP. VII.

ARACHNIDE, MYRIOPODA, CRUSTACEA, ETC.

Spiders Strange nests of the wood spiders _Olios Taprobanius_ _Mygale fasciata_ Ticks Mites.--_Trombidium tinctorum_ Myriapods.--Centipedes Cermatia Scolopendra crassa S. pollipes _Millipeds_--Iulus _Crustacea_ Calling crabs Land crabs Painted crabs Paddling crabs _Annelidæ_, Leeches.--The land leech Medical leech Cattle leech List of Articulata, &c.307