INDEX. 
Carpenter bee, 418. See Insects. 
Caterpillars, stings of, 429, 
Cats attracted by the Cuppa-may-niya, 
33. 
Centipede, 474. See Myriapoda and Scolo- 
pendree. 
Ceratophora, 279. 
Cerithia, 381. 
-—— probably musical, 381 2. 
Cermatia, 473. See Mytiapoda. 
Cetacea, 48, 74. 
—— described by Megasthenes and lian, 
69. 
Chameleon, 278. See Reptiles. 
Chank shell, Turbinella rapa, 371. 
KoxyaAsous and Schenek. 
Cheetah, 26. See Leopard. 
Cheironectes, described by Elian, 331. 
Cheiroptera, 13, 74. 
Chelifer, 475. 
Chelonia, 322. 
Chena cultivation, 130. 
Cicada, 432. See Insects, 
Cirrhipeda, 486. 
Cissa, 252. 
Civet, 32. See Genette. 
Climbing fish ( Anabas scandens), 349. 
Cluverius, 68. 
Cobra de Capello, anecdotes of, 297. 
— legend of, 297 n. 
—— a white cobra, 298 n. 
— a tame cobra, 299 2. 
— cobra crossing the sea, 300. 
— curious belief as to the cobra, 500, 
301. 
— worship of, 303. 
Cobra-tel, poison, 272. See Kabara-tel. 
Cecilia glutinosa, 317. 
— attacked and killed by ants, 422, 
Coco-nut beetle, 407. 
Coffee-bug, Lecanium Caffee, 436. 
Coffee rat, 43. 
Coleoptera, 405. 
Columbide, 257. 
Conchlogy. See Shells. 
Cooroowe, elephant catchers, 181. 
Corral for taking elephants, 156, 164. See 
Elephant. 
— process of its construction, 170. 
— mode of conducting the capture, 156, 
169. 
Corse, Mr., account of elephants, 114. 
Cosmas Indico pleustes, his reference to 
chanks at Marallo, 371. 
Cotton-thief, 250. See Tchitrea. 
Crabs, 477. See Crustacea. 
Cripps, Mr., on sounds produced by ele- 
phants, 98. 
—— his story of an elephant which feigned 
death, 135, 
— his account of fishes after rain, 343, 
See 
491 
Crocodile, 282. See Reptiles. 
— its sensibility to tickling, 285. 
—— habit of the crocodile to bury itself in 
the mud, 286, 
— its flesh eaten, 284 2, 
— their vitality, 288 2. 
— one Killed at Batticaloa, 287. 
Crows, 253. See Birds. 
— anecdotes of, 254. 
—~ story of a crow and a dog, 255. 
Cruelty toturtle, &c., 291. 
Crustacea, calling crabs, 477. 
— Sand crabs (ocypode), 478. 
— Painted crabs, 478. 4 
— Paddling crabs, 478. 
— Hermit crabs, 478. 
—- Pea crabs, 479, 
List of Ceylon Crustacea, 486. 
Ctesias’ error as to the elephant's knee, 101. 
Cumming, Mr. Gordon, on the power of the 
elephant in overturning trees, 218 n. 
Cuppa-may niya plant, its attraction for 
cats, 33 2. 
Cuvier, on the elephant, 133, 
— on the structure of its tusks, 298. 
—— on the elephant’s age, 232. 
Daldorf's account of climbing fish, 350. 
—— his story doubted, 350, 
Darwin, burying-place of Namas and goats, 
236 n. 
—— on the coleoptera of Brazil, 405. 
Davy, Dr. John, describes the reptiles of 
Ceylon, 3. 
— stimulates study of natural history, 3. 
—— operation on a diseased elephant, 224. 
Dawson, Captain, story of an elephant, 107. 
Deafness frequent in elephants, 98, 
Death’s-head moth, 427. 
Decoy elephants, 157. 
Decapoda brachyura, 486, 
— anomura, 486. 
— macrura, 486. 
Deer, 57. 
—— meminna, 58. 
— Ceylon elk, 59. 
— milk-white, 59 n. 
Demon-worship, anecdote of, 408. 
Denham, error as to height of elephants, 
99, 
Devil-bird, 246. See Owls. 
—— Mr. Mitford’s account of, 247 2. 
Diard, M., sends home an elephant for dis- 
section, 123 2. 
Dicuil on the elephant, 103. 
Diptera, 434. 
Dogs, 33. 
—— device of, to escape fleas, 433, 434. 
— dog-tax, 33, 
— republican instincts, 34, 
— disliked by elephants, 82, 84. 
