INDEX. 
491 
Carpenter bee, 418. See Insects. 
Caterpillars, stings of, 429. 
Cats attracted by the Cuppa-may -niy a, 
33. 
Centipede, 474. See Myriapoda and Scolo- 
pendrse. 
Ceratopkora, 279. 
Cerithia, 381. 
probably musical, 381 n. 
Cermatia, 473. See Myriapoda. 
Cetacea, 68, 74. 
described by Megasthenes and iElian, 
69. 
Chameleon, 278. See Reptiles. 
Chank shell, Turbinella rapa, 371. See 
Ko-^Kiovg and Sckenek. 
Cheetah, 26. See Leopard. 
Cheironectes, described by iElian, 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 w. 
a tame cobra, 299 n. 
— cobra crossing the sea, 300. 
curious belief as to the cobra, 300, 
301. 
worship of, 303. 
Cobra-tel, poison, 272. See Kabara-tel. 
Ccecilia glutinosa, 317. 
attacked and killed by ants, 422. 
Coco-nut beetle, 407. 
Coffee-bug, Lecanium Caffece, 436. 
Coffee rat, 43. 
Coleoptera, 405. 
Columbidas, 257. 
Conchology. 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-pleust.es, 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. 
Crocodile, 282. See Reptiles. 
its sensibility to tickling, 285. 
habit of the crocodile to bury itself in 
the mud, 286. 
its flesh eaten, 284 to. 
their vitality, 288 n. 
one killed at Batticaloa, 287. 
Crows, 253. See Birds. 
anecdotes of, 254. 
story of a crow and a dog, 255. 
Cruelty to turtle, &c, 291. 
Crustacea, calling crabs, 477- 
Sand crabs (ocypode), 478. 
— Painted crabs, 478. 
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 -my a plant, its attraction for 
cats, 33 n. 
Cuvier, on the elephant, 133. 
on the structure of its tusks, 228. 
on the elephant's age, 232. 
Daldorf's account of climbing fish, 350. 
his story doubted, 350. 
Darwin, burying-place of llamas 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 n. 
Diard, M., sends home an elephant for dis- 
section, 123 n. 
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. • 
