s story, 236.
passage from AElian regarding the, 237.
Elk, 59. _See_ Deer; Mammalia.
Emydosauri, 321.
Emys trijuga, 290.
Englishman, anonymous, his story of a fight between elephants and horses,
84.

Falconer, Dr., height of Indian elephant, 99 _n_.
Falkland Islands, peculiarity in the cattle there, 372 _n_.
Fauna of Ceylon, not common to India, _Introd_. 62.
peculiar and independent, _Introd_. 62.
have received insufficient attention, 3.
first study due to Dr. Davy, 3.
subsequent, due to Templeton, Layard, and Kelaart, 3, 4.
Fishes of Ceylon, little known, 323.
seir fish, and others for table, 324.
abundance of perch, soles, and sardines, 324.
explanation of Odoric's statement, 324 _n_.
sardines, said to be poisonous, 324.
shark, and sawfish, 325.
sawfish, 325.
ray, 326.
swordfish, 328.
cheironectes of AElian, 331.
fishes of rare forms, and of beautiful colours, 332.
fresh-water fishes, their peculiarities, 335.
fresh-water, little known, _ib_.; reason, 335 _n_.
eels, 337.
reappearance of fishes after the dry season, 340.
Fishes, similar mysterious re-appearances elsewhere, 342 _n_.
method of taking them by hand, 340.
a fish decoy, 342.
fish filling from clouds, 342 _n_., 362.
buried alive in mud, 347.
Mr. Yarrell's theory controverted, 344.
travelling overland, 345.
the fact was known to the Greeks and Romans, 345.
instances in Guiana and Siam, 347.
faculty of all migratory fish for discovering water, 347 _n_.
on dry land in Ceylon, 348.
fish ascending trees, 349.
excerpt from letter by Mr. Morris, 348 _n_.
Anabas scandens, 349, 350.
Daldorf's statement, anticipated by Abou-zeyd, 350 _n_.
accidents when fishing, 351 _n_.
burying fishes and travelling fish, 351.
occurrence of similar fish in Abyssinia and elsewhere, 352.
statement of the patriarch Mendes, 553 _n_.
knowledge of habits of Melania employed judicially by E.L. Layard, 355
_n_.
illustrations of aestivating fish and animals, 356.
aestivating shell-fish and water-beetlea, 351.
fish in hot water, 358.
list of Ceylon fishes, 359.
Professor Huxley's memorandum on the fishes of Ceylon, 364.
Dr. Gray's memorandum, 366.
_Note_ on the _Bora-chung_, 367.
Fishing, native mode of, 340.
Fish insect, 475.
Flamingoes, 261. _See_ Birds.
Fleas, 433. _See_ Insects.
Fleurens, on the duration of life in the elephant, 232.
Flies, their instinct in discovering carrion