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Colombo Harbour — marine organisms 



in, 68-69 

 Colombo, migrant birds in, 66 

 Colornbo — snakes in, 305 

 Combs (ivory), 166 

 Coppersmith, 67 

 Copra, 174 

 Coral beads, 180 

 Corals, 32, 198 

 Cormorant, 61 

 CoroncMya, 181 

 Cotta, stone carvings, 188 

 Coucal, 57 

 Crake, 66, 111 

 Crow (black), 303 

 Crows, 95 



Crows nest raided by Kabaragoya, 307 

 Crustacea (at Madampitiya), 152 

 Crustaceans, 32 

 Cup (drinking) of ivory, 166 

 Cup marked rock, 289 

 Curious tree, 140 

 Curlew, 60 

 Cymbals, 172 



Dabchick, 114 



Dagaba — meaning of, 157 



Daggers, 164 



Darter, 61 



Dat-kapana-gal, 178 



Davul Bere, 172 



Demala Bere, 171 



Demons, 171, 172, 185-7 



Deraniyagala, 170 



De Saram loan collection, 167 



Devil Ceremonies, 171, 172, 173, 185-7 



Dewanagalla, 163 



Dharma chakra, 155 



Dharmapala, King, 170 



Dhatu Sena, 154 



Dhoney, 173 



Dikoya — snake in, 305 



Dimbula — snakes in, 305 



Divers (fishery), 31 



Diving at pearl fisheries, 201 



Diving operations (Tamblegam), 45 



Dodan-keliya, \11 



Domestic appliances, 175, 176, 177 



Donations, Colombo Museum, 307, 308 



Dondrahead, 158 



Dondra pillar, 158 



Dondra slab, 158 



Door frame (ivory), 165 



Door frame (Kandyan), 163 



Dove, 110, 115 



Dove (bronze-winged), 59 



Dragon flies capturing butterflies, 299 



Drift bottles, 208 



Drinking vessels, 175 



Dromiids, 40 



Drongos, 58, 97 



Drum (ivory), KHi 



Drums, 171 



Ducatoons, 183 



Ducats, 183 



Dugong and mermaid, 203 



Dutch gold medal, 146, 147 



Dutch medals, 296-298 



Dutch Pearl Fisheries, 203 



Eagles, 56 



Ear ornaments, 180 



Earpicks (ivory), 166 



Earring (gold) from Halloluwa, 180 



Eaves tiles, 169 



Echinoids, 33, 37, 39 



Egrets, 61, 114 



Ehunugalla slab, 159 



Elephant Pass, 249 



Elephant Pass — snake in, 305 



Elephant Stylobate, 141, 194 



Etagala, 295 



Ethnological Gmde, Colombo Museum, 



153-194 

 Eyefly — breeding place of, 288 



Falconet, 287 



Fanams, 182 



Fan handles (ivory), 166 



Fantail flycatcher, 302 



Firearms, 164-5 



Fireflies, 288 



Fish and Crustacea at Madampitiya, 



152 

 Fish, eggs of — hatched by male in the 



mouth, 247 

 Fishery appliances, 173 

 Fishes, 62-64 

 Fishes (fresh water), Ceylon, 243- 



250 

 Fishes — remarkable ones (Ceylon), 294 

 Fishing rights — pearl banks, 204 

 Fish (singing), 150 

 Flags (Sinhalese), 163, 167, 168 

 Flasks (medicine), 166 

 Flints, 142 

 Flutes (ivory), 166 

 Fly (bloodsucking), new species, 90, 



91 

 Flycatchers, 58, 66, 99 

 Flycatcher — white-browed fantail, 302- 



304 

 Foraminifera, 39 

 Fom- korales — flag of, 167 

 Fowls (spur), 70 



Fresh- water fishes of Ceylon, 243-250 

 Frigate bird, 113 



Gajanayaka, 297 

 Gaja-sinha, 155 

 Galle trilingual stone, 122-132 

 Games, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179 

 Gampola stone pillar, 188 

 Ganesha, 161 

 Gastropods, 36, 39 

 Gejji, 172 

 Gini-hora, 294 

 Oiri Devi, 171 

 Globe fish, 203 

 Gneiss pillar, 163 

 Goshawk (Indian), 55 

 Gourami, 248, 249 

 " Grasshopper " gun, 164 

 Gray mullet, 248 

 Grebe (Indian), 114 

 Guardian Deities, 156 

 Guide, Colombo Museum — Archaeo- 

 logical and Ethnological, 153-194 



