CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII. 



Part XXIX.— January, 1912. 



PAGE 



1. Kieffer, Dr. J. J.— 



Nouveaux Chirohomides de Ceylan . . . . 1 



2. Kieffer, Dr. J. J.— 



Cecidomyies de Ceylan decrites . . . . 25 



3. Pearson, Dr. J.: — 



Biological Survey of Trincomalee Harbour . . 30 



4. Pearson, Dr. J. — 



Survey of Lake Tamblegam, September, 1911 .. 41 



5. Fernando, H. F. — 



WTiales washed ashore on the Coast of Ceylon from 1889 



to 1910 .. .. ..52 



6. Henry, G. M.— 



Ornithological Notes . . . . . . 55 



7. Henry, G. M.— 



Fishes of Batticaloa, Trincomalee, and Jaffna . . 62 



8. Notes.— 



1. Tipulidse from Ceylon . . . . 65 



2. Arboreal Habits of the Kabaragoya and the Tala- 



goya. C. T. Symons . . . . 65 



3. Ai'rival of Migrant Birds in Colombo. C. T. Symons 



and W. A. Cave . . . . 66 



4. Vibration of the Tails of Snakes. T. Bainbrigge 



Fletcher . . . . . . 67 



5. " Megaderma lyi'a. " T. Bainbrigge Fletcher .. 67 



6. The bell at Kayitian's Gate. P. E. Pieris . . 68 



7. The growth of Marine Organisms in Colombo Harbour 68 



8. Composition of Ancient Bronze from Polonnaruwa. 



G. Brinton PhilUps . . . . 69 



9. Notes on the Food of the Jackal and that of the 



Talagoya. G. M. Henry . . . . 70 



10. Spur Fowls breeding in captivity. H. Steventon . . 70 



11. The Habitat of Bamcia inepta, Annandale. A. J. 



MacDougall . . . . . . 71 



12. Note on a Web-spinning Psocid. E.E.Green .. 71 



Part XXX.— Jtjne, 1912. 



1. Symons, C. T.— 



The Ceylon Natural History Society . . . . 73 



2. . Green, E. E.— 



The Pioneers of Ceylon Natural History . . 76 



