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CHAP. II.

BIRDS.

• Their numbers 163
• Songsters 163
• Hornbills, the "bird with two heads" 164
• Pea fowl 165
• Sea birds, their number 165
• I. Accipitres.—Eagles 166
• • Falcons and hawks 166
  • Owls—the devil bird 167
• II. Passeres.—Swallows 167
• • Kingfishers—sunbirds 168
  • Bul-bul—tailor bird—and weaver 169
  • Crows, anecdotes of 170
• III. Scansores.—Parroquets 172
• IV. Columbiæ.—Pigeons 173
• V. Gallinæ.—Jungle-fowl 174
• VI. Grallæ.—Ibis, stork, &c. 175
• VII. Anseres.—Flamingoes 175
• • Pelicans 176
  • Game.—Partridges, &c.176
• List of Ceylon birds 177
• List of birds peculiar to Ceylon 180

CHAP. III.

REPTILES.

• Lizards.—Iguana 182
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