atia_, 473. _See_ Myriapoda.
Cetacea, 68, 74.
described by Megasthenes and AElian, 69.
Chameleon, 278. _See_ Reptiles.
Chank shell, Turbinella rapa, 371. _See_ [Greek: Kochlious] and
_Schenek_.
Cheetah, 26. _See_ Leopard.
Cheironectes, described by AElian, 331.
Cheiroptera, 13, 74.
_Chelifer_, 475.
Chelonia, 322.
Chena cultivation, 130.
Cicada, 432. _See_ Insects.
_Cirrhipeda_, 486.
Cissa, 252.
Civet, 32. _See_ Genette.
Climbing fish (_Anabas scandens_), 349.
Cluverius, 68.
Cobra de Capello, anecdotes of, 297.
legend of, 297 _n_.
a white cobra, 298 _n_.
a tame cobra, 299 _n_.
cobra crossing the sea, 300.
curious belief as to the cobra, 300, 301.
worship of, 303.
Cobra-tel, poison, 272. _See_ Kabara-tel.
Coecilia glutinosa, 317.
attacked and killed by ants, 422.
Coco-nut beetle, 407.
Coffee-bug, _Lecanium Caffeae_, 436.
Coffee rat, 43.
Coleoptera, 405.
Columbidae, 257.
Conchology. _See_ Shells.
Cooroowe, elephant catchers, 181.
Corral for taking elephants, 156, 164. _See_ Elephant.
process of its construction, 170.
mode of conducting the capture, 156, 169.
Corse, Mr., account of elephants, 114.
Cosmas Indico pleustes, his reference to chanks at Marallo, 371.
Cotton-thief, 250. _See_ Tchitrea.
Crabs, 477. _See_ Crustacea.
Cripps, Mr., on sounds produced by elephants, 98.
his story of an elephant which feigned death, 135.
his account of fishes after rain, 343.
Crocodile, 282. _See_ Reptiles.
its sensibility to tickling, 285.
habit of the crocodile to bury itself in the mud, 286.
its flesh eaten, 284 _n._
their vitality, 288 _n_.
one killed at Batticaloa, 287.
Crows, 233. _See_ Birds.
anecdotes of, 254.
story of a crow and a dog, 255.
Cruelty to turtle, &c., 291.
_Crustacea_, calling crabs, 477.
Sand crabs (ocypode), 478.
Painted crabs, 478.
Paddling crabs, 478.
Hermit crabs, 478.
Pea crabs, 479.
List of Ceylon Crustacea, 486.
Ctesias' error as to the elephant's knee, 101.
Cumming, Mr. Gordon, on the power of the elephant in overturning trees,
218 _n_.
_Cuppa-moy niya_ plant, its attraction for cats, 33 _n_.
Cuvier, on the elephant, 133.
on the structure of its tusks, 228.
on the elephant's age, 232.

Daldorf's account of climbing fish, 350.
his story doubted, 350.
Darwin, burying-place of llamas and goats,
236 _n_.
on the coleoptera of Brazil, 405.
Davy, Dr. John, describes the reptiles of
Ceylon, 3.
stimulates stud