Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon : with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. : including a monograph of the elephant and a description of the modes of capturing and training it : with engravings from original drawings / by Sir J. Emerson Tennent

"London: Printed by Spottiswoode and Co."--Verso of half title. Publisher's advertisements on paste-downs. Errata: p. [xxiv] and slip tipped-in following p. [xxiv]. Revised and enlarged version of the zoological section of the author's: Ceylon : an account of the island ... Also available online. Also issued online. SCNHRB copy (39088013489752) inscribed in ink on t.p.: J.H. Morison (?). SCNHRB copy stamped on verso of t.p.: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Aug 10 1894 [ms. acc. no.] 148271. SCNHRB copy in original green publisher's cloth binding, stamped in blind with gilt decorations on front cover and spine; housed in an archival cardboard portfolio. Elecresource