SKETCHES
NATURAL HISTORY OF CEYLON
NARRATIVES AND ANECDOTES
MAMMALIA, BIRDS, REPTILES, FISHES, INSECTS, &c.
INCLUDING A MONOGRAPH OF
THE ELEPHANT
WITH ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS
BY
SIR J. EMERSON TENNENT, K.C.S. LL.D. &c.
INTRODUCTION.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
MAMMALIA.
CHAP. II
THE ELEPHANT
CHAP. III.
THE ELEPHANT
CHAP. IV.
THE ELEPHANT
CHAP. V.
THE ELEPHANT.
CHAP. VI.
THE ELEPHANT.
CHAP. VII.
THE ELEPHANT.
CHAP. VIII.
BIRDS.
CHAP. IX.
REPTILES.
CHAP. X.
FISHES.
CHAP. XI.
MOLLUSCA, RADIATA, AND ACALEPHÆ.
CHAP. XII.
INSECTS.
CHAP. XIII.
ARACHNIDÆ, MYRIOPODA, CRUSTACÆ, ETC.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I.
MAMMALIA.
List of Ceylon Mammalia.
CHAP. II.
THE ELEPHANT.
Structure and Functions.
CHAP. III.
THE ELEPHANT.
Habits when Wild.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III.
NARRATIVES OF THE NATIVES OF CEYLON RELATIVE TO ENCOUNTERS WITH ROGUE ELEPHANTS.
CHAP. IV.
THE ELEPHANT.
Elephant Shooting.
NOTE.
CHAP. V.
THE ELEPHANT.
An Elephant Corral.
CHAP. VI.
THE ELEPHANT.
The Captives.
CHAP. VII.
THE ELEPHANT.
Conduct in Captivity.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VII.
CHAP. VIII.
BIRDS.
List of Ceylon Birds.
ACCIPITRES.
PASSERES.
SCANSORES.
COLUMBÆ.
GALLINÆ.
GRALLÆ.
ANSERES.
NOTE.
CHAP. IX.
REPTILES.
List of Ceylon Reptiles.
SAURA.
OPHIDIA.
CHELONIA.
EMYDOSAURI.
BATRACHIA.
PSEUDOPHIDIA.
CHAP. X.
FISHES.
List of Ceylon Fishes.
I. OSSEOUS.
ACANTHOPTERYGII
PHARYNGOGNATHI.
MALACOPTERYGII (ABDOMINALES).
MALACOPTERYGII (SUB-BRANCHIATI).
MALACOPTERYGII (APODA).
LOPHOBRANCHI.
PLECTOGNATHII.
II. CARTILAGINOUS.
NOTE (A.)
INSTANCES OF FISHES FALLING FROM THE CLOUDS IN INDIA.
(From the Bombay Times, 1856.)
See Page 343.
NOTE (B.)
CEYLON FISHES.
(Memorandum by Professor Huxley.)
See Page 324.
CARTILAGINEA.
OSTINOPTERYGII.
NOTE (C).
ON THE BORA-CHUNG, OR "GROUND-FISH" OF BHOOTAN.
See P. 353.
CHAP. XI.
SHELLS.
Mollusca.—Radiata, &c.
List of Ceylon Shells.
2. RADIATA.
NOTE.
TRITONIA ARBORESCENS.
CHAP. XII.
INSECTS.
List of Ceylon Insects.
"Order COLEOPTERA.
Order ORTHOPTERA.
Order NEUROPTERA.
Order HYMENOPTERA.
Order LEPIDOPTERA.
Order DIPTERA.
Order HEMIPTERA.
Class ARACHNIDA.
Order COLEOPTERA, Linn.
Order ORTHOPTERA, Linn.
Order PHYSAPODA, Dum.
Order NEUROPTERA, Linn.
Order HYMENOPTERA, Linn.
Order LEPIDOPTERA, Linn.
Order DIPTERA, Linn.
Order HEMIPTERA, Linn.
Order HOMOPTERA, Latr.
CHAP. XIII.
ARTICULATA.
Arachinida—Myriopoda—Crustacea, etc.
ARTICULATA.
APTERA.
CRUSTACEA.
CIRRHIPEDIA.
ANNELIDA.
NOTE
ON THE FACULTY OF REPEATED RE-VIVIFICATION POSSESSED BY THE ROTIFERA, ETC.
INDEX.
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