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قراءة كتاب Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

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Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

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An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and its Dependencies, by C. PRIDHAM, Esq. 2 vols. 8vo., London, 1849.

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An exception occurs in the list of shells, prepared by Mr. SYLVANUS HANLEY, in which some whose localities are doubtful have been admitted for reasons adduced. (See p. 387.)

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It is with deep regret that I have to record the death of this accomplished gentleman, which occurred in 1860.

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See p. 312.

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Commonly called "harvest-men."


CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.

MAMMALIA.

  • Neglect of zoology in Ceylon 3
  • Labours of Dr. Davy3
  • Followed by Dr. Templeton and others 4
  • Dr. Kelaart and Mr. E.L. Layard 4
  • Monkeys 5
    • The Rilawa, Macacus pileatus 5
    • Wanderoos5
    • Knox's account of them 5
    • Error regarding the Silenus Veter (note) 6
    • Presbytes Cephalopterus 7
    • Fond of eating flowers 7
    • A white monkey 8
    • Method of the flight of monkeys 9
    • P. Ursinus in the Hills 9
    • P. Thersites in the Wanny 10
    • P. Priamus, Jaffna and Trincomalie 10
    • No dead monkey ever found 11
  • Loris 12
  • Bats 13
    • Flying Fox, Pteropus Edwardsii 14
    • Their numbers at Peradenia 16
    • Singularity of their attitudes 17
    • Food and mode of eating 18
    • Horse-shoe bat, Rhinolophus 19
    • Faculty of smell in bat 19
    • A tiny bat, Scotophilus foromandelicus 20
    • Extraordinary parasite of the bat, the Nycteribia 20
  • Carnivora.—Bears 22
    • Their ferocity 23
  • Singhalese belief in the efficacy of charms (note) 24
  • Leopards 25
    • Erroneously confounded with the Indian cheetah 25
    • Curious belief 26

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