REPTILES.INSECTS.FISHES.
- Ichthyology of Ceylon, little known [323]
- Fish for table, seir fish [324]
- Sardines, poisonous? [324]
- Sharks [325]
- Saw-fish [325]
- Fish of brilliant colours [326]
- The ray [326]
- The sword-fish [328]
- Curious fish described by Ælian [330]
- Salarias alticus [332]
- Beautifully coloured fishes [332]
- Fresh-water fish, little known,—not much eaten [335]
- Fresh-water fish in Colombo Lake [336]
- Perches [336]
- Eels [337]
- Immense profusion of fish in the rivers and lakes [339]
- Their re-appearance after rain [340]
- Mode of fishing in the ponds [340]
- Showers of fish [341]
- Conjecture that the ova are preserved, not tenable [342]
- Fish moving on dry land [344]
- Ancient authorities, Greek and Roman [345]
- Aristotle and Theophrastus [346]
- Athenæus and Polybius [346]
- Livy, Pompomus, Mela, and Juvenal [346]
- Seneca and Pliny [346]
- Georgius Agricola, Gesner, &c. [347]
- Instances in Guiana (note) [347]
- Perca Scandens, ascends trees [348]
- Doubts as to the story of Daldorf [350]
- Fishes burying themselves daring the dry season [351]
- The protopterus of the Gambia [352]
- Instances in the fish of the Nile [352]
- Instances in the fish of South America [353]
- Living fish dug out of the ground in the dry tanks in Ceylon
[354]
- Molluscs that bury themselves [355]
- The animals that so bury themselves in India [357]
- Analogous case of [8]
- Theory of æstivation and hybernation [358]
- Fish in hot water in Ceylon [358]
- List of Ceylon fishes [359]
- Instances of fishes falling from the clouds [362]
- Note on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley [364]
- Comparative note by Dr. Gray, Brit. Mus. [366]
- Note on the Bora-chung [367]
MOLLUSCA, RADIATA, AND ACALEPHÆ.
- I. Conchology.—General character of Ceylon shells
[369]
- Confusion regarding them in scientific works and collections
[369]
- Ancient export of shells from Ceylon [370]
- Special forms confined to particular localities [372]
- The pearl fishery of Aripo [373]
- Frequent suspensions of [374]
- Experiment to create beds of the pearl oyster [375]
- Process of diving for pearls [377]
- Danger from sharks [379]
- The transparent pearl oyster (Placuna placenta) [380]
- The "musical fish" at Ballicaloa [381]
- A similar phenomenon at other places [383]
- Faculty of uttering sounds in fishes [384]
- Instance in the Tritonia arborescens [385]
- Difficulty in forming a list of Ceylon shells [386]
- List of Ceylon shells [388]
- II. Radiata.—Star fish [395]
- III. Acalephæ, abundant [398]
- The Portuguese man-of-war [400]
- Red infusoria [400]
- Note on the Tritonia arborescens [401]