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to the fact that rinderpest had destroyed numbers of these 
creatures. [I am informed that in the Panawa Pattu alone 
that disease killed the wild and tame buffalo alike, and that 
thousands died in a few months. I found one herd on the 
Kumbukkan in which I counted some thirty individuals, while 
in 1906, on the Gajabahu plain, I counted in a single herd 
over one hundred. 
(22) Sambur (Cervus unicolor).—Moderately common. 
(23) Spotted Deer (C. axis)—Common, especially in the 
valley of the Kumbukkan river. I repeatedly came on herds 
in this river, in one case finding over 200 drinking in the 
stream at noon. 
(24) Mouse Deer (Tragulus meminna).—Moderately common, 
but more so in the south. 
(25) Wild Pig (Sus cristatus)—Fairly common, but much 
less abundant than in 1906, owing to their having been killed 
out by rinderpest. 
(26) Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)—I found traces of 
this animal occasionally, and by inquiry I heard frequently of 
its occurrence. It is, however, not common near the coast. 
Of reptiles, the crocodile is plentiful where there is water, 
either in tanks, rivers, or backwaters towards the sea, as, for 
instance, at Setawe, and all up the Kumbukkan river I found 
these creatures in abundance. 
The Monitor or Talla-goya is fairly plentiful. It is eaten by 
‘both Tamils and the Sinhalese of this locality. I am inclined 
to believe that there is a dark and a pale race of this species, 
as I remarked that the latter were much more numerous 
towards the sea coast, and much lighter coloured than examples 
obtained near Muppane. 
The Kabaragoya is comparatively rare. I only saw one or 
two examples near Muppane. This scarcity I attribute 
entirely to the absence of water all the year round. 
On the north bank of the Kumbukkan I found a (?) Cerato- 
phora in considerable abundance. These animals are pro- 
tectively marked, and usually select trees with dark rugged 
bark to take up their position upon, their own colouring 
assimilating precisely with that of the bark. Under sexual 
stimulus in the males the lips become a rich crimson red, with 
