FISHES.

Ichthyology of Ceylon, little known [205]
Fish for table, seir fish [205]
Sardines, poisonous? [206]
Sharks [207]
Saw-fish [207]
Fish of brilliant colours [207]
Curious fish described by Ælian (note) [207]
Fresh-water fish, little known,—not much eaten [208]
Fresh-water fish in Colombo Lake [209]
Immense profusion of fish in the rivers and lakes [209]
Their re-appearance after rain [209]
Mode of fishing in the ponds [210]
Showers of fish [210]
Conjecture that the ova are preserved, not tenable [212]
Fish moving on dry land [213]
- Instances in Guiana (note) [214]
- Perca Scandens, ascends trees [215]
- Doubts as to the story of Daldorf [217]
Fishes burying themselves during the dry season [218]
- The protopterus of the Gambia [218]
- Instances in the fish of the Nile [218]
- Instances in the fish of South America [219]
- Living fish dug out of the ground in the dry tanks in Ceylon [220]
- Other animals that so bury themselves, Melaniæ, Ampullariæ, &c. [220]
- The animals that so bury themselves in India (note) [220]
- Analogous case of (note) [221]
- Theory of æstivation and hybernation [221]
Fish in hot-water in Ceylon [224]
List of Ceylon fishes [224]
Instances of fishes failing from the clouds [226]
Overland migration of fishes known to the Greeks and Romans [227]
Note on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley [229]
Comparative note by Dr. Gray, Brit. Mus.[231]