INDEX. 
497 
Oiketicus, 430. 
Oil-bird, 269. 
Ophidia, 321. 
Ortelius, 68. 
Orthoptera, 408. 
Ouanderoo. See Wantleroo. 
Owen, Professor, on the structure of the 
elephant's tusk, 228. 
on the Protopterus of the Gambia, 352. 
Owls. See Birds. 
Oxen, their uses and diseases, 50. 
anecdote of a cow and a leopard, 51. 
while, eight feet high, seen by Wolf, 
52 w. 
Oysters at Bentotte, 371. 
immense, at Kottiar, 371 n. 
Pachydermata, 59, 74. 
Padivil, the great tank, 262. 
Pallegoix, on the elephants of Siam, 98 n. 
on the fishes of Siam, 347. 
Palm-cat, 32. 
Panickeas, elephant catchers, 150, 158. 
their skill, 159. 
Pariah dogs, 33. 
Paris, Matthew, on the elephant, 103. 
Paroquets, their habits ; anecdote of, 256. 
Passeres, S48. 
Patterson, R,, Esq., Introd. 
Pea-fowl, 244. See Birds.' 
fable of the jackdaw, 244. 
Pearl fishery of Ceylon, its antiquity, 373. 
dreary scenery of Aripo, 373. 
— disappearances of the pearl-oyster, 
374. 
— — capable of transplantation, 376. 
operation of diving, 377- 
endurance of the divers under water, 
377- 
— growth of the pearl-oyster, 379. 
pearls of Tamblegam, 380. 
Pelicans, 262. 
— strange scene at their breeding place, 
263. 
Pengolin, 46. 
its habits and food, 47. 
skeleton of, 48. 
Phile, his account of the elephant, 103. 
> error as to its joints, 107. 
. describes its drinking, 121 n. 
its dispositions, 216 n. 
on the elephant's ear, 224. 
on elephants burying their dead, 235. 
Phillipe, on the elephant of Ceylon, 209. 
Phyllium, 410. See Leaf Insect. 
Physalus urticulus, 400. See Portuguese 
Man-of-war. 
Pictet, Mon., his derivation of the word 
" elephant," 76 «. 
Pigeons, 257. See Birds. 
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Pigeons, Lady Torrington's pigeon, 258. 
Placuna placenta, pearls of, 380. 
Planaria, 398. See Radiata. 
Pliny's nereids, 72 n. 
error as to elephants shedding their 
tusks, 79 n. 
error as to their antipathy to other 
animals, 85. 
— — error as to elephant's joints, 100. 
account of the machlis, 101 n. 
his knowledge of the vulnerability of 
the elephant's head, 144 n. 
. of fishes on dry land, 346. 
Ponnekella. See Mahout. 
Polybius' account of fishes on dry land, 346. 
Pomponius, Mela, account of fishes on land, 
346. 
Porcupine, 45. 
Portuguese belief in the mermaid, 69- 
Man-of-war, 400. 
Pott, his derivation of the word elephant, 
76 n. 
Presbytes cephalopterus, 7. 
ursinus, 6, 9. 
Thersites, 6. 10. 
its fondness of attention, 10. 
— — Priamus, 10. 
its curiosity, 11. 
Protopterus of the Gambia, 352. 
Pseudophidia, 322. 
Pterois volitans, 333. 
Pferophorus, 430. See Insects. 
Pteropus, 14. See Flying Fox. 
Pyrard de Laval, on the Ceylon elephant, 
209. 
Python, its great size, 303. 
Cjuadrumana, 5, 74. 
Quatrefage on the Rotifera, 487. 
Radiata, star-fish, 395. 
sea-slugs, holothuria, 396. 
parasitic worms, 396. 
Guinea worm, 397. 
planaria, 398. 
acalephas, 398. 
Portuguese Man-of-war, 400. 
Red infusoria, 400. 
Raja-kariya, forced labour, in elephant 
hunts, 170. 
Raja-welle estate, story of an elephant at, 
133 n. 
Ramayana, Ceylon elephants mentioned in, 
210. 
Rats, 42. 
eaten as food in Oovah and Bintenne, 
43. 
liable to hydrophobia, 43. 
coffee rat, 43. 
bandicoot, 44. 
Rat. snake, anecdote of, 43. 
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