PART II.
ZOOLOGY.
CHAPTER I.
MAMMALIA.
Neglect of Zoology in Ceylon Monkeys Wanderoo Error regarding the _Silenus Veter_ (note) Presbytes Cephalopterus P.Ursinus in the Hills P.Thersites in the Wanny P.Priamus, Jaffna and Trincomalie No dead monkey ever found Loris Bats Flying fox Horse-shoe bat Carnivora .-- Bears Their ferocity Singhalese belief in the efficacy of charms (note) Leopards Curious belief Anecdotes of leopards Palm-cat Civet Dogs Jackal The horn of the jackal Mungoos Its fights with serpents Theory of its antidote Squirrels Flying squirrel Tree rat Story of a rat and a snake Coffee rat Bandicoot Porcupine Pengolin _Ruminantia_ .-- The Gaur Oxen Humped cattle Encounter of a cow and a leopard Buffaloes Sporting buffaloes Peculiar structure of the hoof Deer Meminna Elephants Whales General view of the mammalia of Ceylon List of Ceylon mammalia Curious parasite of the bat (note) CHAP.

II.
BIRDS.
Their numbers Songsters Hornbills, the "bird with two heads" Pea fowl Sea birds, their number I._Accipitres_ .-- Eagles Falcons and hawks Owls--the devil bird II.

_Passeres_ .-- Swallows Kingfishers--sunbirds Bul-bul--tailor bird--and weaver Crows, anecdotes of III.

_Scansores_ .-- Parroquets IV.

_Columbiae_ .-- Pigeons V._Gallinae_ .-- Jungle-fowl VI.