...NIETNER, of Colombo, I am likewise indebted for manyparticulars regarding Singhalese Entomology, a department to whichhis attention has been given, with equal earnestness andsuccess... 
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Insects, caterpillars, birds' eggs, and young birds are devouredby them; and the Singhalese say that the flying-fox will evenattack a tree snake...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Amongst the avengingscourges sent direct from the gods, the Singhalese regard both theravages of the leopard, and the visitation of the small-pox...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...The Singhalese distinguish one species of mongoos, which theydesignate "Hotambeya" and which they assert never preys uponserpents...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...The Singhalese have a belief that the hornbill never resorts tothe water to drink; but that it subsists exclusively by what itcatches in its prodigious bill while rain is falling...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
..."The Singhalese regard it literally with horror, andits scream by night in the vicinity of a village is bewailed as theharbinger of impending calamity...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...It is said to be oftenseen in company with another snake called in Singhalese LayMedilla, a name which implies its deep red hue...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...A Singhalese work, the Sarpadosā, enumerates fourcastes of the cobra;—the raja, or king: thebamunu, or Brahman; the velanda, or trader; and thegori, or agriculturist...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...They attain to the length of twelveinches, and to a weight of about two pounds; they live on smallmarine animals, and by the Singhalese the flesh (of some at least)is considered good for table...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...The individual most frequently seen in these excursions inCeylon is a perch called by the Singhalese Kavaya orKawhy-ya, and by the Tamils Pannei-eri, orSennal...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Conspicuous amidst these nocturnal moths is the richly-colouredAcherontia Satanas, one of the Singhalese representatives ofour Death's-head moth, which utters a sharp and stridulous cry whenseized...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Thus an almost new field remains for theEntomologist in the study of the yet unknown Singhalese Diptera,which must be very numerous...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...He givesthe Singhalese name as "koone meeyo...
Robert A. Sterndale 「Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon」
...—Mach-bagral, Bagh-dasha, Bengali; Bunbiral,Khupya-bagh, Hindi; Handoon-deeva, Singhalese...
Robert A. Sterndale 「Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon」
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