208 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Measurements taken. 
Total length of chick from beak to tip of tail 125 mm. 
Lengths of normal legs (R’ and L)— 
Femur 21 mm. 
Tibio-tarsus 33 mm. 
Tarso-metatarsus 21 mm. 
Foot with four toes, longest toe 24 mm. 
Lengths of extra legs (R? and R8)— 
Femur 21 mm. 
Tarso-metatarsus 21 mm. . 
JOSEPH PEARSON. 

22. Sun-fish caught near Jaffna.—In May last I received word 
from the Government Agent, Northern Province, of the capture of 
a peculiar fish in Kayts harbour, near Jaffna. A photograph of the 
fish was sent on to me, and is here reproduced. So far as I can make 
out it is a specimen of Orthagoriscus truncatus, a fish which has a very 
wide distribution throughout the Atlantic and Pacific. So far as 
I am able to determine this is the first time this species has been 
recorded from Ceylon waters. In 1885 a small sun-fish was caught 
off Colombo and created a small sensation. The fish was exhibited 
in the Pettah, and hundreds of natives paid a small fee to see it. It 
is unfortunate that the fish was not identified nor obtained for the 
Museum collections. 
The present specimen agrees with O. truncatus in having small 
hexagonal markings on the skin. In the original photograph these 
markings were readily made out on the side of the body with the 
aid of a hand lens. The size of the specimen was— 
Greatest length 26 inches. 
Greatest height 13 inches. 
Greatest thickness 4 inches. 
The photograph which is reproduced was sent by the Government 
Agent, Northern Province. JOSEPH PEARSON. 
23. The Giant Tortoise at Galle.—Rambling about the grounds of 
Hirimbura, Garstin Hill, Galle, at present occupied by Mr. J. Black, 
is a fine old giant tortoise belonging to the same species as the old 
Colombo tortoise, viz., T’estudo gigantea. This is undoubtedly the 
‘* Matara tortoise”? to which I have already referred in Spolia 
Zeylanica, Vol. VII., Part XXVI.,p.109. The history of this tortoise 
