| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | SEEING A SNAKE FEED, | [27] |
| II. | SNAKES OF FICTION AND OF FACT, | [41] |
| III. | OPHIDIAN TASTE FOR BIRDS’ EGGS, | [59] |
| IV. | DO SNAKES DRINK? | [75] |
| V. | THE TONGUE OF A SNAKE—PART I. WHAT IT IS ‘NOT,’ | [94] |
| VI. | THE TONGUE OF A SNAKE—PART II. WHAT IT ‘IS,’ | [107] |
| VII. | THE TONGUE OF A SNAKE—PART III. ITS USES, | [115] |
| VIII. | THE GLOTTIS, | [129] |
| IX. | BREATHING AND HISSING OF SNAKES, | [142] |
| X. | HIBERNATION, | [159] |
| XI. | THE TAIL OF A SNAKE, | [170] |
| XII. | OPHIDIAN ACROBATS: CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRICTION, | [192] |
| XIII. | FRESH-WATER SNAKES, | [221] |
| XIV. | THE PELAGIC OR SEA SNAKES, | [233] |
| XV. | ‘THE GREAT SEA SERPENT,’ | [247] |
| XVI. | RATTLESNAKE HISTORY, | [268] |
| XVII. | THE RATTLE, | [294] |
| XVIII. | THE INTEGUMENT—‘HORNS,’ AND OTHER EPIDERMAL APPENDAGES, | [315] |
| XIX. | DENTITION, | [342] |
| XX. | VIPERINE FANGS, | [368] |
| XXI. | THE CROTALIDÆ, | [381] |
| XXII. | THE XENODONS, | [395] |
| XXIII. | OPHIDIAN NOMENCLATURE, AND VERNACULARS, | [413] |
| XXIV. | DO SNAKES INCUBATE THEIR EGGS? | [431] |
| XXV. | ANACONDA AND ANGUIS FRAGILIS, | [452] |
| XXVI. | ‘LIZZIE,’ | [470] |
| XXVII. | DO SNAKES AFFORD A REFUGE TO THEIR YOUNG? | [483] |
| XXVIII. | SERPENT WORSHIP, ‘CHARMING,’ ETC., | [507] |
| XXIX. | THE VENOMS AND THEIR REMEDIES, | [532] |
| XXX. | NOTES FROM THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, | [561] |
| | INDEX, | [593] |
