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CHAP. VIII.

BIRDS.

• Their numbers 241
• Songsters 241
• Hornbills, the "bird with two heads" 242
• Pea fowl 244
• Sea birds, their number 245
• I. Accipitres.—Eagles 245
  • Falcons and hawks 246
  • Owls—the devil bird 247
• II. Passeres.—Swallows 248
  • Kingfishers—sunbirds 249
  • The cotton-thief 250
  • Bul-bul—tailor bird—and weaver 251
  • The mountain jay 253
  • Crows, anecdotes of 253
• III. Scansores.—Parroquets 256
• IV. Columbidæ.—Pigeons 257
• V. Gallinæ.—Jungle-fowl 259
• VI. Grallæ.—Ibis, stork, &c. 260
• VII. Anseres.—Flamingoes 261
  • Pelicans 262
  • Strange scene 263
  • Game—Partridges, &c. 265
• List of Ceylon birds 265
• List of birds peculiar to Ceylon 269