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Water clocks, 178 



Water hen (white-breasted), 111 



Weaver bird (common), 115 



Weligatta, 303 



Wellassa — flag of, 167 



Whales, 52-54 



Great Indian Fm Whale, 



53, 54 



Sperm, 52, 54 



Whipsnakes, 306, 307 



White-eye (common), 96 



Wind instruments, 172 



Window pane oyster — close season, 237 



^ — — eaten by fish, 



224, 225 



fishery, 41-51 



. growth of, 231- 



234 

 in the Colombo 



Lake, 151 

 investigations, 



223, 242 



Window pane oyster — pearl production, 



237 

 — rainfall, effect of, 



237 

 . spawnmg period, 



236, 237 

 . transplanting of, 



234, 236 

 Wirawila, 303 

 Wolvendahl Church, 297 

 Woodpecker, 56, 115 



Yak Bere, 172 

 Yakdessa, 295 

 Yala — snake in, 305 

 Yantra, 175, 186, 187 

 Yantra-gala, 156 

 Yapahu window, 155 

 " Yoda-weda," 290 



Zostera, 63 



NAME INDEX. 



Abercromby,. A. F., 67, 304-307 

 Abesinge, N. D., 297 

 Annandale, Dr. N., 71, 85, 136 

 Armstrong, F. Brooke, 83 

 Arumugam, Mathematical boy, ^91 



Backhouse, E., 122, 126, 127, 130 



Barnes, Sir Edward, 202 



Beddard, 272 



Beling, H. P., 188 



Bell, H. C. P., 128, 129, 141, 156, 158, 



193 



Bemiett, J. W.,294 



Bingham, 137 

 Bligh, S., 81 

 Boake,Rev. B.,82 

 Bobeau, Dr. G., 116-121 

 Boulenger, 134 

 Brodie, A. O., 294 

 Brown, Peter, 77 

 Brues, 85 

 Brunetti, 85, 90 

 Brutus, 203 

 Buchanan, 243 

 Caesar, 203 



Casie Chitty, Simon, 79 

 Cave, Walter A., 94 

 Chahners, Dr., 68 

 Champion, Major, 78 

 Chapman, Dr., 137 

 Clifford, Sh Hugh, 149 

 Codrington, H. W., 165 

 CoUett, Oliver, 83 

 Coomaraswamy, A. K., 159 

 Crawford, M.S., 294 



Davy, John, 78 

 Davy, Sir Humphrey, 78 

 Day, Dr., 243, 247 

 De Hoedt, 52 

 Denham.E. B., 188 

 De Niceville, 137 



DeVos, F. H., 298 

 Dissanayaka, D. D. W., 146 

 Dittmars, 67 

 Donnan, Capt.,197,215 

 Drieberg, C, 140, 307 



Edwards, F. W., 65 

 Edwards, George, 294 

 Emerson, 243 

 Enderlein,Dr. G., 72 



Faviell, N. B., 142, 144 

 Fayrer, 67 

 Fletcher, 65, 67, 68 

 Ferguson, D., 124 

 1 Ferguson, Wm., 80 

 Fernando, Eric, 302 

 Fernando, H. F., 52-54, 70, 300-304 

 Fernando, N. S., 129 

 Ferrers, Earl, 295 

 Fowler, G.M., 248 

 Frederick, Caesar, 203 

 Fryer, J. C. F., 71 

 Fryer, Sir John, 77 



Gadow, 67 



Gardiier, Dr. George, 78 



Gilbert, C.C, 298 



Giles,Dr. H. A.,122, 127 



Goonetilleke, L. B., 70 



Gravely,F.H.,90,93 



Green, E. E., 65, 68, 71-72, 76-84, 



89 90. 134, 136-139, 150, 277, 



285-288, 294, 298, 299 

 Green, Staniforth, 81 

 Gregory, Sir William, 81 ,,, .■ 



Gunasekara, Mudaliyar A. Mendis, 



141 

 Gunther, 67 



