The Taprobanian (1.1885/1886(1887))

INDEX.

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K&ngar, “ brazier33 .............. 101
Kuvera 138, 139
Malabathrum 164-189
Medical prescriptions, enigmatic 33
Miwa, the Bassia 102
Patchouli 164-189
Ruk, derivation .. ... 187

PAGE
Sinhalese grammar ...
... •.103
Suwathi Amman .
... . 56,57
Vaedda dialect .
.• 13, 31
Vaedda vocabulary
. 29, 30
Vathanan, derivation
. 54, 55
Waka, a waterfowl
. 3
“ Wood,” a derivation ...
.131

VERTEBRATA.

Alopecias vulpus .
.167
Batrachostomus moniliger ...
. 72
Bird-lore, a correction.
. 3
Black-backed goose .
. 2
Brown bear of Ceylon.
. 1
Cat, the golden tiger ... ...
. 33
Calictis ..
... ... 60,61
Calogale.
. 63
Coris n. sp.
.165
Dendrocygna major ..
... 71
Dugong .
. 2
Elephant, fossil tooth ... ...
. ... 130
Felis moormensis.
. 33
Fish, new to Ceylon .
.165, 167
Frog, eaten by snake .
... .. 37
Gallinula chi or opus .
. 97
Herpestes Ceylanicus .
. 62
Herpestes Ellioti.
. 61
Herpestes flavidens .
... . 61
Herpestes fulvescens .
. 60, 61
Herpestes griseus.
. 61
Herpestes Jerdonii .
. 60, 61
Herpestes monticolus .
. 61
Herpestes rubiginosus.
. 61
Herpestes Smithii.
. 61, 62
Herpestidae (mungooses)
...... 58-63

Leopard, Leopardus pardus.
. 33
Lizard, weird cries .
. 37
Maldivian fauna .
.147
Monticola cyana .
. 71
Onychogale .
... 60, 63
Oreocincla imbricata ..
. 71
Owls, the devil bird, the bay owl...
... 37, 72
Pelican, unidentified species ...
. 162
Peristethus, n. sp.
.166
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis .
. 71
Phodilus assimilis.
... 37, 72
Ploceus manyar .
... ... 97
Rahu Walas .
. 2
Rhinodon typicus.
.187
Rhipidura albi-frontata.
. 71
Sarkidiornis melanonota .
... 2, 197
Serranus, n. sp.
.166
Skua, antarctic ..
.132
Stercorarius antarcticus .
.132
Strix flammea.
. 72
Syrnium Indrani ...
... 37, 72
Tseniogale .
. 61
Terpsiphone paradisi .
. 97
Turtle, marine .
. 38
Ursus inornatus, Puch.
. 10
Waka, a name (S.) for waterfowl
. 3

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.

Bligh, .. 58“61
Ferguson, D. W • • ••• 147—149
Green, E. E 163
Haly, A . 167-70
Munro, S. C. .

Nevill, H passim
Parker, H <• 97
Vigors, C. D 163, 164
Zylva, A. de 68

CORRIGENDA.

(Several typographical errors have crept into the text, for
to blame. The following
Page 48. For karesi, read karesi; for Saliyaw-
hayo read Saliyawhayo.
„ 57. For Thiru-pal-kada, read Thiru-pal-
kadal.
,, 72. The third line of Mr. Munro’s note

hich the Editor’s inexperience in correcting proofs is partly
corrections are material.)
“ night cries” has been displaced, and
occupies the line of signature to the
preceding article by the editor. Read
“ Editor” in its place and transpose it.
Page 78. For Salli, read Sali.