2oa 



ISLAND OF CEYLON, 



a mere concretion like the human calculus, and of courfe of 

 no kind of efFecSt. 



Soj-iRREL. The white legged fquirrel, ii. p. 139. Var. a. is a variety of 



the common fquirrel. 



The CeyloneJ'e fquirrel, or Dandoelana, Ind, ZooL tab. i. is 

 remarkable for being three times the fize of our fquirrel, and 

 having a tail twice as long as its bod^r. 



The palm fquirrel, N" 346, lives much in the coco trees, 

 and is yery fond of the Sury^ or wine extracted from the palms. 



Shrew. The perfuming fhrew, N''424, is a native of this and others 



Q,i \\\Q Indian ifles. Its mufky odor is fo fubtil, as to pervade 

 every thing it runs over. It will totally fpoil the wine in a well- 

 corked bottle, by barely paffing over the furface. 



Sloth. The two-toed lloth, N° 251, and Wolf^ 181, is common to 



Ceylon, India^ and South- America. 



The fliort-tailed Manis, N' 460, inhabits this ifland. 



Ant-Bear. The Talgoi is a fpecies of ant-bear, or eater ; we cannot afcer- 



tain the fpecies, unlefs it be the fame with the Cape, N" 466. 

 A Mr. Stracban, in the Ph. TranC Abr. v. 180, gives an account 

 of one found in this ifland, with the fame manners as the 

 others, of its laying its llimy tongue before the ants' neft, and 

 pulling it into its mouth as foon as it finds it covered with 

 thofe infedts. If it is not the fame it is a new fpecies. In the 

 Faunula Indie a I have made two, this and the Obfcure^. 



Bat. The cordated bat, N" 499, with its heart- fhaped appendage 



to the nofe; and the flriped, or Kiriivoula, N* 507, inhabit 



* Doctor Thunberg, iv. p. 1 78, mentions a fpecies, but leaves it undefcribed. 



4 Ceylon. 



