500 
INDEX. 
Tusks, Dr. Holland's theory of their forma- 
tion, 88 n. 
Tytler, Mr., story of an elephant, 133 n. 
Uropeltis, 301. 
Urre ! cry of the elephant drivers, 222. 
Valentyn's account of the mermaid, 70. 
Dutch mode of taking elephants, 164. 
Venloos Bay, its profusion of shells, 369. 
Vossius, Isaac, 68. 
Waloora. See Wild-boar, 59. 
dreaded by the Singhalese, 59. 
Wanderoo monkey, 5. 
Wasps, wasps' nest, 418. 
mason-wasp, 416. 
Water-fowl, 260,262. 
Water- snakes, 308. 
Weaver-bird, 251. 
Whales, 68. See Cetacea. 
White, Adam, Esq., Brit. Mus., Introd. 
White, of Selbourne, his theory of animals 
suckled by strange mothers, 113 n. 
White ants, 411. See Termites. 
Whiting, Mr., account of buried fishes, 342 
354. 
Wild-boar, 59. 
Wolf, Jo. Christian, travels in Ceylon, 99 n., 
115 n. 
his account of elephants there, 99. 
describes pitfalls for elephants, 157 n. 
Wood-carrying moth, 430. See Insects. 
Worms, parasite, 396. See Radiata. 
Wound when elephant shooting, 154. 
Wright, Thomas, Esq., F.S.A., 104. 
Yarrell's theory of buried fish, 342. 
Yule's embassy to Ava, 216 n. 
Zimb-fly, 434. 
Zoology neglected in Ceylon, 3. See Natural 
History. 
partial extent to which it has been 
cultivated, Introd. 
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