CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIIL 



No. 26.— 1883. 



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Sinhalese Bird-lore. — By W. Knight Jame9, Esq., f.e.g.s., 



F.R.HIST.SOC. ... ... ... ... 1 



The Panikkans of Muchali.— By G. M. Fowler, Esq., c.c.s. ... 13 



Notes on Ancient Sinhalese Inscriptions, — By Dr. E. 



Muller ... ... ... ... 18 



Sinhalese Customs and Ceremonies connected with Paddy 

 Cultivation in the Low-country. — By H. C. P. Bell, 

 Esq., c.c.s. ... ... ... ... 44 



No. 27.— 1884. 



Report on Archaeological Discoveries at Tissamaharama, in the 

 Southern Province of Ceylon. — By Henry Parker, Esq., 

 r.G.s., f.z.s., f.r.hist.soc, &c, Irrigation Officer, Public 

 Works Department ... ... ... 94 



No. 28.— 1884b. 



Papers on the First Fifty Jatakas. — Edited by the Lord 



Bishop of Colombo ... ... ... 192 



No. 29.— 1884. 



Notes Illustrative of Buddhism as the Daily Religion of the 

 Buddhists of Ceylon, and some Account of their Ceremonies 

 before and after Death.— By the Hon. J. F. Dickson, 

 m.a.oxon. ... ... ... ... 297 



The Language of the Threshing-floor.— By J. P. Lewis, Esq., 



c.c.s. ... ... ... ... 331 



Notes on the Ornithology of the Balangoda District. — By 

 Frederick Lewis, Esq. 



365 



