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Page 127
... Blyth ' , the distinguished naturalist and curator of the Calcutta Museum . 1 Journ . Asiat . Soc . Bengal , vol . xv . p . 280. 314 . The birds and rarer vertebrata of the island were thus CHAPTER I P Ursinus in the Hills MAMMALIA.
... Blyth ' , the distinguished naturalist and curator of the Calcutta Museum . 1 Journ . Asiat . Soc . Bengal , vol . xv . p . 280. 314 . The birds and rarer vertebrata of the island were thus CHAPTER I P Ursinus in the Hills MAMMALIA.
Page 128
... Blyth for the zealous and untiring energy with which he has devoted his attention and leisure to the identification of the various interesting species forwarded from Ceylon , and their description in the Calcutta Journal . To him , and ...
... Blyth for the zealous and untiring energy with which he has devoted his attention and leisure to the identification of the various interesting species forwarded from Ceylon , and their description in the Calcutta Journal . To him , and ...
Page 132
... Blyth.1 3. The P. Thersites , which is chiefly distinguished from the others by wanting the head tuft , is so rare that it was for some time doubtful whether the single specimen procured by Dr. Templeton from Neuera - kalawa , west of ...
... Blyth.1 3. The P. Thersites , which is chiefly distinguished from the others by wanting the head tuft , is so rare that it was for some time doubtful whether the single specimen procured by Dr. Templeton from Neuera - kalawa , west of ...
Page 149
... , Elliot ; ) and Mus ne- moralis , Blyth . 2 Coryphodon Blumenbachii . 3 Golunda Elliot , Gray . inhabit the forests , making their nests among the roots L 3 CHAP . I. ] 149 THE RAT - SNAKE . Tree Story of a rat and a snake Coffee.
... , Elliot ; ) and Mus ne- moralis , Blyth . 2 Coryphodon Blumenbachii . 3 Golunda Elliot , Gray . inhabit the forests , making their nests among the roots L 3 CHAP . I. ] 149 THE RAT - SNAKE . Tree Story of a rat and a snake Coffee.
Page 159
... Blyth , and P. Thersites , Elliot . 3 Sorex montanus , S. ferrugineus , and Feroculus macropus . 4 Herpestes fulvescens , KELAART , Prod . Fann . Zeylan . , App . p . 42 . 5 Sciurus Tennentii , Layard . Sciuropterus Layardi , Kelaart ...
... Blyth , and P. Thersites , Elliot . 3 Sorex montanus , S. ferrugineus , and Feroculus macropus . 4 Herpestes fulvescens , KELAART , Prod . Fann . Zeylan . , App . p . 42 . 5 Sciurus Tennentii , Layard . Sciuropterus Layardi , Kelaart ...
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