hypnale

[Footnote 1: Mr. Bennett, who resided much in the south-east of the island, ascribes the rarity of serpents in the jungle to the abundance of the wild peafowl, whose partiality to snakes renders them the chief destroyers of these reptiles.] [Footnote 2: See DAVY'S _Ceylon_, ch. xiv.] [Footnote 3: Dabois elegans, _Grey_.] [Footnote 4: Naja tripadians, _Gunther_.] [Footnote 5: Trigonocephalus hypnale, _Wegl_.] _Cobra de Capello_.

Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836