INDEX TO VOLUME IX. 



SUBJECT INDEX. 



Africa, east coast of, 94 



Alanturai Paar, 132, 192, 259 



Aldabra, 53 



Ambalangoda, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 



Ambalantota, 31 



Amboina, 56, 229, 242 



Amboyna, 41 



American Museum, 92 



Anaivilundan Paar, 253 



Andaman Islands, 197 



Ant (Red), predatory, 142-143 



Anuradhapura, 11, 14, 29, 39, 147 



Apples, 42 



Aripu Paar East, 254 



Asparagus, 42 



Australia, 93 



Australian Museum, 92 



Avissawella, 8, 9 



Babbler (Ceylonese Scimitar), 273 



Babbler (Rufous), 272 



Balangoda, 9, 119 



Band a, 41 



Bandarawela, 121, 122 



Barbet (Brown-headed), 274 



Barbet (Crimson-breasted), 274 



Barbets, 27, 32 



Barbet (Yellow-fronted), 272 



Bar reef, 261 



Batticaloa-Hambantota, 39 



Bee-eater (Blue-tailed), 273 



Bee-eater (Chestnut-headed), 273 



Bee-eater (Green), 30, 34 



Belgium, 122 



Bengal, Bay of, 197 



Bird-nesting in Ceylon, 33 • 



Birds (Ceylon), eggs, nests, and breeding 



seasons, 21-35 

 Birds in Hakgala and Nuwara Eliya, 



271-274 

 Bittern (Black), 22 

 Blackbird (Ceylonese), 273 



Blackbird (Ward's Pied), 272 



Black Bittern, 22 



Bloodsucker Lizard, 143 



Blue-breasted Quail, 23 



Blue Coot, 30 



Bombay, 12 



Bone needle, 119 



Bronze-wing Pigeon, 34 



Brown-capped Quaker Thrush. 24 



Bulbul, 32 



Bulbul (Black), 272 



Bulbul (Bush), 33 



Bulbul (Madras), 29, 273 



Bulbul's nest, 34 



Bulbul (Yellow-eared), 272 



Burma, 40, 236, 245 



Burma, Butterflies of, 37 



Burma — coast of, 205 



Bush Bulbul, 33 



Butterflies (Ceylon), some aberrations 



of, 1-6 

 Butterflies, distribution of, 36-40 

 Butterflies, Indian and Ceylon, 39 

 Butterflies, Indian, list of, 38 

 Butterflies, length of life, 143 

 Butterflies of India, Burma, and 



Ceylon, 37 

 Butterflies peculiar to Ceylon, 38 

 Butterflies, South India, 38 



Caribbean Sea, 187 



Cestodes, 127 



Ceylon, 12 



Ceylon Butterflies, 37 



Ceylon Company of Pearl Fishers, 130 



Ceylon Jungle Fowl, 272 



Ceylon Pearl Banks, 88, 236 



Ceylon Quaker Thrush, 25, 34 



Ceylon Stone Implements, 265-268 



Challai Paar, 132, 256 



Challenger Expedition, 88, 90 



Challenger Publication, 130 



Chert, 119 



Chert chips, 120 



Cheval Paar, 127 



Cliilaw, 5, 261 



Chittagong, 245 



Cinnamon Thrush, 32, 33 



Clamorous Reed-warbler, 30, 31 



Cloves, 42 



Cobra, poison gland of, 16-20 



Coleoptera, 108 



Colombo, 10, 38 



Colombo District, 39 



Colombo Museum, 88, 267 



Colotis, 38 



Coot (Blue), 30 



Coot (Purple), 31 



Copepoda (surface, in Gulf of Mannar), 



191 

 Cormorants, 31 

 Coucal (Common), 271 

 Crake, Eastern Baillon's, 23, 34 

 Crocodiles, 146, 147, 148 

 Crow (Jungle), 272 

 Crow Pheasant, 34 

 Crows, 29 

 Crystal, 119 



Did-he-do-it, 30 



Diyatalawa, 2, 9, 10, 14, 122 



Dolosbage, 122 



Donnan's Muttuvaratu Paar, 260 



Dove (Bronze-winged), 271 



Dove (Spotted), 274 



Drift Bottle Experiment, 129-133 



Dublin Museum, 66, 177 



