SKETCHES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CEYLON

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Author

Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869

Title

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

Credits

Produced by Carlo Traverso, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Asiatic elephant -- Sri Lanka

Category

Text

eBook-No.

13325

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13325

Release Date

August 29, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SKETCHES — NATURAL HISTORY OF CEYLON — NARRATIVES AND ANECDOTES — MAMMALIA, BIRDS, REPTILES, FISHES, INSECTS, &c. — INCLUDING A MONOGRAPH OF
2. 2.THE ELEPHANT — WITH ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS — BY — SIR J. EMERSON TENNENT, K.C.S. LL.D. &c.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. — MAMMALIA. — CHAP. II — THE ELEPHANT — CHAP. III. — THE ELEPHANT — CHAP. IV. — THE ELEPHANT — CHAP. V. — THE ELEPHANT. — CHAP. VI. — THE ELEPHANT. — CHAP. VII. — THE ELEPHANT. — CHAP. VIII. — BIRDS. — CHAP. IX. — REPTILES. — CHAP. X. — FISHES. — CHAP. XI. — MOLLUSCA, RADIATA, AND ACALEPHÆ. — CHAP. XII. — INSECTS. — CHAP. XIII. — ARACHNIDÆ, MYRIOPODA, CRUSTACÆ, ETC.
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — MAMMALIA. — List of Ceylon Mammalia.
7. 7.CHAP. II. — THE ELEPHANT. — Structure and Functions.
8. 8.CHAP. III. — THE ELEPHANT. — Habits when Wild .
9. 9.APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III. — NARRATIVES OF THE NATIVES OF CEYLON RELATIVE TO ENCOUNTERS WITH ROGUE ELEPHANTS.
10. 10.CHAP. IV. — THE ELEPHANT. — Elephant Shooting. — NOTE.
11. 11.CHAP. V. — THE ELEPHANT. — An Elephant Corral .
12. 12.CHAP. VI. — THE ELEPHANT. — The Captives.
13. 13.CHAP. VII. — THE ELEPHANT. — Conduct in Captivity.
14. 14.APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VII.
15. 15.CHAP. VIII. — BIRDS. — List of Ceylon Birds . — ACCIPITRES. — PASSERES. — SCANSORES. — COLUMBÆ. — GALLINÆ. — GRALLÆ. — ANSERES. — NOTE.
16. 16.CHAP. IX. — REPTILES. — List of Ceylon Reptiles. — SAURA. — OPHIDIA. — CHELONIA. — EMYDOSAURI. — BATRACHIA. — PSEUDOPHIDIA.
17. 17.CHAP. X. — FISHES. — List of Ceylon Fishes. — I. OSSEOUS. — ACANTHOPTERYGII — PHARYNGOGNATHI. — MALACOPTERYGII (ABDOMINALES). — MALACOPTERYGII (SUB-BRANCHIATI). — MALACOPTERYGII (APODA). — LOPHOBRANCHI. — PLECTOGNATHII. — II. CARTILAGINOUS.
18. 18.NOTE (A.) — INSTANCES OF FISHES FALLING FROM THE CLOUDS IN INDIA. — ( From the Bombay Times, 1856.) — See Page 343 .
19. 19.NOTE (B.) — CEYLON FISHES. — ( Memorandum by Professor Huxley. ) — See Page 324. — CARTILAGINEA. — OSTINOPTERYGII.
20. 20.NOTE (C). — ON THE BORA-CHUNG, OR "GROUND-FISH" OF BHOOTAN. — See P. 353 .
21. 21.CHAP. XI. — SHELLS. — Mollusca.—Radiata, &c. — List of Ceylon Shells. — 2. RADIATA. — NOTE. — TRITONIA ARBORESCENS.
22. 22.CHAP. XII. — INSECTS. — List of Ceylon Insects. — "Order COLEOPTERA. — Order ORTHOPTERA. — Order NEUROPTERA. — Order HYMENOPTERA. — Order LEPIDOPTERA. — Order DIPTERA. — Order HEMIPTERA. — Class ARACHNIDA. — Order COLEOPTERA, Linn. — Order ORTHOPTERA, Linn. — Order PHYSAPODA, Dum . — Order NEUROPTERA, Linn. — Order HYMENOPTERA, Linn. — Order LEPIDOPTERA, Linn. — Order DIPTERA, Linn. — Order HEMIPTERA, Linn. — Order HOMOPTERA, Latr .
23. 23.CHAP. XIII. — ARTICULATA. — Arachinida—Myriopoda—Crustacea, etc. — ARTICULATA. — APTERA . — CRUSTACEA . — CIRRHIPEDIA . — ANNELIDA . — NOTE — ON THE FACULTY OF REPEATED RE-VIVIFICATION POSSESSED BY THE ROTIFERA , ETC.
24. 24.INDEX.

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