horse-shoe bat, 19.
  sense of smell and touch, 19.
  small bat, Scotophilus Coromandelicus, 20.
  their parasite (Nycteribia), 20-22. 
Batticaloa, musical fish, 380. 
Bears, 22. See Mammalia.
  ferocity of, 23.
  charm to protect from, 25 n. 
Beaters for elephants, 150. 
Beaver, on African elephant, 234. 
Beckman’s account of fishes on dry land, 346. 
Bees, 419. See Insects. 
Beetles, 405. See Insects.
  instincts of the scavenger beetle, 405.
  coco-nut beetle, 407.
  tortoise beetle, 408. 
Bell, Sir Charles, on the elephant’s shoulder, 108. 
Benary, his derivation of the word elephant, 76 n. 
Bengal mode of taking elephants, 164. 
Bennett’s account of Ceylon, Introd.
  work on its Ichthyology, 323. 
Bernier, on the Ceylon elephant, 209. 
Bertolacci, on form of chank shell, 372. 
Bestiaries, 104. 
Bicho de Mar. See Holothuria. 
Birds of Ceylon, 241.
  their number and character, ib.
  few songsters, 242.
  pea-fowl, 244.
  eagles and hawks, 245.
  owls, devil bird, 246, 247.
  swallows, 248.
  edible bird’ nests, 248.
  kingfisher, sun birds, 249.
  bulbul, tailor bird, weaver bird, 251.
  crows, anecdotes of, 253.
  paroquets, 256.
  pigeons, 257.
  jungle-fowl, 259.
  grallae, flamingoes, 260.
  list of Ceylon birds, 265. 
Bird-eating spiders, 469. 
Birds’ nests, edible, 248. 
Blainville, De, on the age of the elephant, 232. 
Blair, on the anatomy of the elephant, 123 n. 
Bles, Marcellus, on the elephants of Ceylon. 113 n., 215 n. 
Blood-suckers, 275. 
Blyth, Mr., of Calcutta, his cultivation of zoology, 4.
  his revision of this work, Introd. 
Boa, 303. See Python. 
Boar, wild, 59. 
Bochart, 68.
  his derivation of the word “elephant,” 76 n. 
Bora-chung, a curious fish, 367. 
Bosquez, Demas, account of a mermaid, 70. 
Bowring, Sir John, on the fishes of Siam, 348. 
Broderip, on the elephant, 122. 
Browne, Sir Thomas, vulgar errors, 100, 105.
  error as to elephants’ joints, 102. 
Brun, Le, account of the elephants at Colombo, 77 n. 
Bruno or Braun, his account of the Guinea worm, 397. 
Buchanan, story of buffalo “rogues,” 115 n. 
Buffalo, 54. See Mammalia.
  its temper, 54.
  sporting buffaloe, 55.
  peculiar structure of its foot, 56.
  rogue buffalo, 115 n.
  buffalo’s stomach and its water-cells, 129 n. 
Buffon, on the elephant, 113 n., 215. 
Bugs, 433. See Insects and Coffee-bug. 
Buist, Dr., account of fish fallen from clouds, 362. 
Bulbul, 251. See Birds.
Bulimi, their vitality, 357.
Bullia, curious property of, 370. 
Bullocks for draught, 50. 
Burying fishes, 351. 
Butterflies, 403, 425. See Insects.
  migration of, 403 n.
  the spectre butterfly, 426.