84 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CEYLON NATURAL 
HISTORY SOCIETY. 
Twenty-first General Meeting. 
THE Twenty-first General Meeting of the Society was held 
in the Colombo Museum Library on November 16, 1917, at 
5.15 p.m., the Rev. Father M. J. Le Goce in the Chair. 
A paper entitled ‘“‘ Notes on Colombo Water Plants ’’ was given 
by the Rev. P. T. Cash, and illustrated by many specimens. 
In the absence of the contributors, Mr. W. A. Cave read the 
following papers :— 
(i.) Further notes on the Wellawatta Horse, by Mr. E. J. 
Wayland. 
By Mr. G. M. Henry :— 
(ii.) Note on an albino Barbet (Cyanops flavifrons). 
(iii.) Tameness of nesting Fantail Flycatcher (Rhipidura 
albifrontata). 
(iv.) Land Leeches (Hemadipsa zeylanica) attacking Snails 
(Achatina fulica). 
(v.) Food of the Water Tortoise (Nicoria trijuga). 
New Members :—G. H. Elliott; R. A. Senior-White; Dr. 
Gerald H. de Saram ; C. Ismail. 

