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Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and - Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and - Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) by James Emerson Tennent
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Showers of fish
Conjecture that the ova are preserved, not tenable
Fish moving on dry land
Instances in Guiana (note)
Perca Scandens, ascends trees
Doubts as to the story of Daldorf
Fishes burying themselves during the dry season
The _protopterus_ of the Gambia
Instances in the fish of the Nile
Instances in the fish of South America
Living fish dug out of the ground in the dry tanks in Ceylon
Other animals that so bury themselves, Melaniæ, Ampullariæ, &c.
The animals that so bury themselves in India (note)
Analogous case of (note)
Theory of æstivation and hybernation
Fish in hot-water in Ceylon
List of Ceylon fishes
Instances of fishes failing from the clouds
Overland migration of fishes known to the Greeks and Romans
Note on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley
Comparative note by Dr. Gray, Brit. Mus.231

CHAP. V.

MOLLUSCA, RADIATA, AND ACALEPHÆ.

I. Conchology--General character of Ceylon shells
Confusion regarding them in scientific works and collections
List of Ceylon shells
II. _Radiata_.--Star fish
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