Spolia Zeylanica (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Colombo Museum

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330451163 ISBN 13 : 9781330451168

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore early 20th‑century natural history from Colombo Museum—field notes, species insights, and local fauna of Ceylon. This edition collects observational accounts, taxonomic notes, and brief essays on the island’s flora and fauna, offering a window into how scientists of the era documented new records and described life in Sri Lanka.

The selections blend species descriptions with practical science, from butterfly notes and moth illustrations to fish biology and biogeography. It combines field observations, museum collections, and discussions of distribution, endemism, and the connections between land, water, and life in Ceylon.

• Species notes and plates for butterflies and moths, with discussion of distribution and identification.


• Inland fishes like the mahseer and murrel, including habitat, feeding, and spawning details.


• Early zoogeography and endemism for Sri Lanka, with comparisons to regional faunas.


• Notes on anatomy and field methods to recognize native species in the wild and in collections.

Ideal for readers of natural history, museum enthusiasts, and anyone curious about Sri Lanka’s wildlife and the history of its study.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

By A. WiLLBY. AMONG the introductory paragraphs of Sir J. Emerson Tennent sS ketches of theN atural History of Ceylon (1861), the following quotation reproduced from his classical Account of the Island (1859) contains a succinct statement of the principal literature written in theE nglish language in which the Fauna of Ceylon had been dealt with in a more or less comprehensive or special manner before his time. I will repeat in full the paragraph to which I am referring, because Sir Emerson Tennent swords will perhaps form a fitting prelude to the quarterly record of observations and experiences, of which this is the first number to issue from the Ceylon Government Press :R egarding the Fauna of Ceylon, little has been published in any collective form, with the exception of a volume by Dr. Kelaart, entitled Prodromus Fauiice Ziylunicce [1852] ;several valuable papers by Mr. Edgar L, Layard in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for 1852 and 1853 ;and some very imperfect lists appended toP ridbam sC ompiled Account of the Island [1849]. Knox, in the charming narrative of his captivity, published in the reign of Charles II. [1681], has devoted a chapter to the animals of Ceylon, and Dr. Davy [1821] has described some of the reptiles :but with these exceptions the subject is almost untouched in works relating to the Colony. Yet a more than ordinary interest attaches to the inquiry, since Ceylon, instead of presenting, as is generally assumed, an identity between its fauna and that of Southern I ndia, exhibits a remarkable diversity, taken in connection with the limited area over which the animals included in it are distributed. The I sland, in fact, may be regarded as the centre of a geographical circle, possessing within itself forms whose allied species radiate far into the temperate regions of the north as well as into A frica, A ustralia, and the I s
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330451163
• ISBN 13: 9781330451168
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 38
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