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The green calotes . . 276 | Sardines, poisonous? : « 824 
The lyre-headed lizard . . 277 | Sharks. ‘ ; « 325 
Chameleon . ‘ az - 278 | Saw-fish . : - 0. 
Ceratophora . : ¢ . 279 | Fish of brilliant colours . - 326 
Geckoes, — their power of re- The ray . ; ‘i «tb. 
producing limbs ‘ . 281 | The sword-fish - 328 
Crocodiles : - 282 | Curious fish described by "Elian 330 
Their sensitiveness to tickling 285 | Salarias alticus é f . 832 
Anecdotes of crocodiles . . 286 | Beautifully coloured fishes . . ob 
Their power of burying them Fresh-water fish, little known,— 
selves inthe mud . . not much eaten. + 335 
Tortoises. — Curious parasite . 289 | Fresh-water fish in Colombo Lake 336 
Terrapins. : : - 290 | Perches . : - tb. 
Edible turtle . . . 291 | Eels 2 . . 337 
Crue] mode of cutting it up Immense profusion of fish i in the 
alive x . » tb. rivers and lakes. . 839 
Huge Indian tortoises (note) 293 | Their re-appearance after rain . 340 
Hawk’s-bill turtle, barbarous Mode of fishing in the a . 
mode of stripping it of the Showers of fish : . 341 
tortoise-shell . . . %b.| Conjecture that the ova are pre- 
Serpents.—Venomous species rare 294 served, not tenable : . 342 
Tic polonga and carawala . 296 | Fish moving on dry land . . 344 
Cobra de capello . E . 297 Ancient authorities, Greek and 
Tame snakes 5 (note) 298 Roman. « 345 
Anecdotes of the cobra de ca- Aristotle and Theophrastus . 346 
pello F F - 298, 305 Athenzeus and Polybius . . %. 
Legends concerning it . . 299 Livy, aoa ones, and 
Instance of land snakes found Juvenal . 10. 
atsea . 800 Seneca and Pliny . 6 2b. 
Singular tradition regarding Georgius Agricola, Gesner, &e. 347 
the cobra de capello . - a. Instances in Guiana (mote) id. 
Uropeltidae. — New species dis- Perca Scandens, ascends trees 348 
covered in Ceylon. . 302 Doubts as to the story of 
Buddhist veneration for the Daldorf . F . 350 
cobra de capello 7 . 803 | Fishes burying themselves during 
The Python : ‘ . id. the dry season . . 351 
Tree snakes F . + 305 The protopterus of the Gambia 352 
Water snakes 5 ° - 306 Instances in the fish of the 
Sea snakes . 7 e - ib. Nile : 1b. 
Snake stones : . . 312 Instances in the fish of “South 
Analysis of one. < - 815 America . - 353 
Cacilia , F . . 317 Living fish dug ‘out of the 
Frogs . . : : . 0. ground in the dry tanks in 
Tree frogs. e . 820 Ceylon. : - 354 
List of Ceylon reptiles P , B21 Molluses that bury themselves 355 
The animals that so bury them- 
CHAP. X. selves in India i . 857 
Analogous case of C . 358 
FISHES. Theory of astivation and 
Ichthyology of Ceylon, little hybernation —. . wd 
known a . 823 | Fish in hot water in Ceylon . 0. 
Fish for table, seit fish . - 324 | List of Ceylon fishes ‘ . 359 
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