(viii 
Ola Covers. ITI. 11, 17 
Ola Manuscripts. III. 1 
Opal. IT. 62 
Orioles. IIT. 33 
Ornithology. If. 190 
Oviparity. IIT. 158, 235, 237 
Owls. If. 83, 192, 193; IIT. 29 
Oyster and Mouse. I. 63 
Paars. I. 56 
Paddy Fly. III. 159 
Paddy Pounder, III. 25 
Painted Snipe. I. 66; III. 32 
Painted Pottery. IV. 15 
Palmyra Palm. III. 3 
Pangolin. I. 2; II. 195; IIL. 38, 162 
Paradise Flycatcher. II. 194; III. | 
33 
Paradoxure. III. 37 \ 
Parasites. I. 27, 28, 45-55; II. 65; 
UNITES Kats} 
Paroquets. III. 30 
Parrot Fishes. III. 46 
Passerine Birds. I. 4; III. 33-34 
Peacock Pillars. III. 25 
Peatow!l. L. 10: LL. 32 
Pearl Banks. III. 48 
Pearl Fishery. I. 56-65; III. 6 
Pearl Formation. II. 200 
Peradeniya. I. 113 
Perahera. IIT. 12 
Pests. I. 116 
Petigammana Pillar. III. 23 
Phasianide. III, 31 
Phlogopite. II. 61; IIL. 60 
Phosphorescence. IT. 202 
Pimbura. III. 230 
Pinnawala Lintel. IIT. 25 
Pintail Snipe. I. 66; III. 32 
*Pit Vipers. III. 40, 229 
Plovers. III. 32 
Plumbago. IIT. 53 
Poison (Stings and Bites). 
197, 227, 231 
IIT. 159, 
Pollicha, ..5 
Pol-mal-karawala. IIT. 40, 232 
Polonnaruwa. III. 19 
Pond Heron. If. 194 
Porcupine. I. 39 
Portuguese. III. 9, 22, 24 
Potters. ITV%"°2—5 
Potterya ll, 14238 LV. 1= 38s 
135-141 
Pottery Song. IV. 135 
Powder Horns. III. 14 
Protective Coloration. IT, 195; IV. 
34 
Pupe. 1.73 
III. 31 
UWE ay 
Quails. 
Quartz. 
Rainfall. I. 4 
Rallia. I. 8 
Ratnapura. II]. 192, 199 
Rays. III. 45-46 
Regeneration. II. 200 
Relict Fauna. I. 3 ° 
Reptiles. I. 6, 10; ILL. 40 



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Rice Mortar. III. 52 
Rilawa. III. 37 
Robber Crab. I. 6 
Rocks. III. 50 
Rodiyas. III. 151 
Ruanweli Slab. ITT. 23 
Sabaragamuwa. I. 4} 
Salarias. II. 46 
Sambur. I. 39; III. 29 
Samusadu. IIT. 213 
Sapphire. ‘III. 2 
Sarcosporidiosis. II. 69 
Saw Fish. III. 45 
Scaly Ant-eater. I. 2 
Scent Sprinklers. III. 9 
Schedule (Colubride). TIT. 233 
Scorpion Flies. ITI. 219 
Scorpion Stings. III. 197,215; Ty. 
a" 
Sea Bat. IT. 52 
Sea Snakes. III. 43; 229; IV. 166 
Seasonal Variations. I. 15, 71 
- Sedimentary Rocks. III. 52, 63, 
199 
Seir Fish. IIL. 46 
Serendibite. II, 63; III. 61 
Sharks. III. 44-45 
Shells. III. 48 
Short-eared Owl. IT. 192 
Sigiriya Frescoes. IIT. 26 
Silimanite. IT. 60; ITI. 59 
Silver Plate (Dutch). IV. 35 
Silverware. ITI. 11 
Simhasana. IV. 150 
Skinks. TI. 8 (see Lizards) 
Sloth Bear. I. 2 
Snake Fatality. IV. 176 
Snakes. I. 81-89; ITI. 40, 144, 201, 
202, 227-234; IV. 174 (see also 
Earth Snakes and Sea Snakes) 
Snipe. I. 66; III. 32 
Sociable Lawping. II. 190 
Sooty Tern. I. 79 
Spear Heads. ITI. 14 
Spears. III. 9 
Sphene. II. 64 
Spiders. IV. 182 
Spinel. III. 53, 57 
Spoon Racks. ITT. 13 
Spotted Deer. III. 29 
Spur Fowl. III. 31 
Squirrels. III. 39 
Sri-pada (or Sri-patula). III. 26 
Statistics. III. 228 
Statue (Parakrama Bahu). III. 21 
Steatite. II. 63 
Stick Insect. II. 199 
Stilbite. IT. 63 
Stone Gallery. III. 18 
Stone Implements. IV. 188 
Stridulation. III. 47, 226; IV. 179 
Strike Valleys. I.110 © 
Stylus. III. 2, 14 
Subsidence. IIT. 238 
Suprabranchial Apparatus. I. 22 
Swastika. IIT. 26 
Sword Fish. | IIT. 46 
Swords. III. 12, 14, 15, 
Symbiosis. I. 117; III. 224 
