Jackal, 35.

its cunning, 35.

probably the "fox " of Scripture, 35.
its sagacity in hunting, 36.
subject to hydrophobia, 36.

jackal's horn, the narric.comboo, 37.
superstitions connected with, 37.
Jackdaw, fable of, 244. See Avitchia.
Jardine, Sir W., error as to elephants shed-
ding their tusks, 79 n.

Jay, the mountain, 252. See Cissa.
Joinville, on the parasite of the bat, 20.
Julus, 477.

Jungle fowl, 259. See Birds.

Juvenal's allusion to fishes on land, 346.

Kabragoya, 272, 273. See Iguana.

Kabara-tel, poison, 274.

Kanats in Persia, 339 n.

Keddah, for taking elephants, 164.

Kelaart, Dr., work on the Zoology of Cey-
lon, 4.

examination of the Radiata, 395.

discoveries as to the pearl oyster, 375.
Kingfisher, 249. See Birds.

Kinnis, Dr., cultivates zoology, 4.
Kite, on Egyptian sculpture, 246 n.
Knife-grinder, 432. See Cicada.

Knox, R., account of Ceylon fauna, Introd.
his description of the Wanderoo, 5.

of elephants executing criminals, 87.
of the mode of catching elephants,
157.

Knox, his description of natives fishing, 340.
Κοχλίους, 571.

Kombook tree, its bark, 170.

Korahl, 165. See Kraal and Corral.

derivation of the word, 165 n.
Kornegalle, beauty of the place, 167.
Kottiar, immense oysters, 371n. See Cottiar.
Kraal, 165. See Corral and Korahl.
Krank-bezoeker, 71 n.

Layard, E. A., his knowledge of Ceylon
zoology, 4.

his collections of Ceylon birds, 241.
story of fish on dry land, 348.

anecdote of burying molluscs, 355.
Leaf insect, 408-410. See Insects.
Leaping fish, 332. See Salarias alticus.
Lecanium Caffeæ, 436.

Leeches, 479. See Annelida.

land leech, 479.

medicinal leech, 483.

cattle leech, 844.

Leopard, 25.

in Ceylon confounded with the cheetah,
26.

superstitions regarding, 26.

anecdotes of their ferocity, 27.
attracted by the small-pox, 28.
story of Major Skinner, 29.
monkeys killed by leopards, 31.
Lepidoptera, 424.

Lepisma, the fish insect, 474.

Lima, General de, his account of the weight
of elephants' tusks at Mozambique,
79 n.

Livingstone's account of the " rogue" hip-
popotamus, 115 n.

Llama of the Andes, its stomach, 128 n.
Livy, account of fishes on dry land, 346.
Lizards, 271. See Reptiles.
Lophobranchi, 362

Loris, 12. See Mammalia.

two varieties in Ceylon, 12.
torture inflicted on it, 13.

Lucan, description of the ichneumon, 39.
Lycanidæ, 426.

Lyre-headed lizard, 277.

Macabbees iii. Book, allusion to elephants,
87 n., 211 n.
Macacus monkey, 5.

Machlis described by Cæsar, 101.
Macready, Major, account of a noise made
by elephants, 97.

his opinion as to the vulnerable point
in the elephant's head, 145 n.
Mahawanso, mentions a white elephant, 93.
Mahout, an elephant driver, 181. See Pon-
nekella.

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 machiis, 101 n.

his knowledge of the vulnerability of
the elephant's head, 144 n.

of fishes on dry land, $46.

Ponnekella. See Mahout.

Polybius' account of fishes on dry land, 346.
Pomponius, Mela, account of fishes on land,
346.

K K

Rat-snake, domesticated, 299 n.

Ray, 326, 327.

Reinaud, on the ancient use of the ele.

phant in Indian wars, 205 n.

Reptiles of Ceylon described by Dr. Davy,

Introd.

lizards, iguana, 271.

kabara-tel, poison, 272.

blood-suckers, 275.

calotes, the green, 276.

lyre-headed lizard, 277.

chameleon, 278.

ceratophora, 279.

gecko, anecdotes of, 281, 282.

crocodile, anecdotes of, 282, 283.

crocodile and alligator, skulls of, 283.
tortoises, 289.

parasites of the tortoise, 289.
Terrapins, 290.

cruel mode of cutting up turtle, 291.
turtle, said to be poisonous, 292.
hawk's-bill turtle, 293.

cruel mode of taking tortoise-shell, 293.
snakes, few poisonous, 294.
tic-polonga, 296.

cobra de capello, 297.

legends of the cobra, 297-298 n.

Mr. Henley's memorandum, 386.
uncertainty as to species, 387.
list of Ceylon shells, 388.
Siam, fishes on dry land, 347.
Silk, cultivated by the Dutch, 429.
Silkworm. See Insects.

Sindbad's story of the elephants' burying-
place, 236.

Skinner, Major, knowledge of Ceylon. In-
trod. n.

adventure with a leopard, SO.

great number of elephants killed by
him, 142.

description of the Panickeas or ele-
phant catchers, 158, 159 m.
anecdotes of elephants, 118.
collection of Ceylon fish, 359.
Small-pox attracts the leopard, 28.
native superstition. 29.

Snakes, 294. See Reptiles.

few venomous, 296.
tic-polonga, 296.
cobra de capello, 297.
· legends of, 297 m.

stories of, 298.