INDEX.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
Am., American; Ass., Association; Br., British; co., cobra; Con., Convention; cons., constrictor; cro., crotalus; cy., cyclopædia; C.M.Z.S., Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society; F.Z., Fellow of the Zoological Society; hist., history; nat., natural; N.Y., New York; py., python; Soc., Society; s., snake; ss., snakes; ser., serpent; v., viper; vs., vipers; U.S., United States; z., zoological; Z.G., Zoological Gardens; Trans., Transactions; Proc., Proceedings.
A
‘Aberfoyle’ (the barque), sea-ser. seen from, [249].
Abnormal development, of teeth, [67];
of sea-sers., [265], et seq.;
of hair, [302];
two heads, [189].
Abnormal, health in captivity, [84], [440], [450], [457], [565];
gestation, [437], [439], et seq., [459], [466], [505].
Academy of Sciences, Paris, [444].
Acaltetepon, the, [590].
‘Account, of the Beasts in Virginia’, [280];
of the rattlesnake, [275].
[Acrobats], [181], [196], [198], [214], et seq., [219], [239], [472], et seq.
[Adaptation], of organization, [70], [135];
of habits to temperature, [159], et seq. (see [hibernation]);
of ribs in progression, [207];
of form, [215].
Adaptive development, of head bones, [31], [34];
of spine bones, [70];
of windpipe, [132];
of salivary glands, [342], [350], [537], [557];
of teeth, [348], [350], [364], [408].
Adipose tissue, [394].
Admiralty, the, report of a sea-ser. to, [255], [259].
Advance of Ophiology, [3], [21], [75], [81], [191], [273], [353], [363], [372], [443], [485], [515], et seq.
Ælian, an error traced to, [191].
Æsculapius, his remedies, [522].
Africa, range of sea-s., [236].
Air-bladder, the, [262].
Air-breathers, [44], [146], [222], [265].
Air-tube, [132], [135], [137], et seq. (see [glottis], [respiration]).
‘Albert Nyanza’, the, [358].
Alceste, Voyage of the, [111], et seq.
Alcohol a popular remedy, [548], et seq.
Aldrovandus, [102];
his work, [272].
Alexander the Great, [407] (see [Bucephalus]).
Amazon, the Jararaca, [421];
Wallace’s ‘Travels in’, ib.;
anaconda from, [455].
‘American Agriculturist’, the, [485].
American Ass. for the Advancement of Science, [485], et seq., [572];
secretary to, [490].
American colonies, the, [284].
‘American Naturalist’, the, [93], [151], [308], [310], [450], [485], et seq., [490];
editor of, [485] (see [Putnam]).
American sea-ser., [252].
Ammonia an approved remedy, [533], [547].
Amphibia, the, [46].
Amsterdam, py. at, [437].
of the spine, [209];
of the rattlesnake, [275].
‘Anatomy of the Vertebrates’, [67], [119], [131], [143], [147], [180], [184], [196], et seq., [212], [336] (see [Owen]).
‘Anecdotes of Serpents’, [216], [523].
‘Animal Biography’, [134].
Animal kingdom, [51].
‘Animal Physiology’, [147], [210] (see [Carpenter]).
‘Animal Physiology’ (Roget’s), [120], [195] (see [Roget]).
‘Animal World’, the, [169].
‘Animalium Mexicanum’, [190], [590].
‘Annales des Sciences Naturelle’, [78], [91], [442], [444].
Antennæ of insects, [118], [120], [126], et seq.
Antidotes, [275];
Fayrer’s definition of, [533];
various reputed ones, ib., [534], [539], [547], et seq.
Apodal, ss. are, [206].
Appendages, mythical, [101];
caudal, [172], et seq.;
epidermal, [315];
‘horns’, [320];
crest, [325];
tentacular, [326];
as ‘claws’, ib. (see [rattle], [epidermis]).
Aquatic ss., [53], [145], [150], [174], [221], [225], et seq., [233], et seq., [401], [423], [453], [495], [496].
Arabs chew herbs, [525].
Archeopteryx, [44].
Aristotle, his name for reptiles, [45];
bite of s., [96];
marine ss., [244];
vs., [432], et seq.
Arius, the, [489].
Armadillo, [413].
Association, Am., [485], et seq.
Association, Br., [42].
Atlantic, the, [249];
sea-ss. in, [238];
sea-ser., [252].
Atrophied limbs, [326].
Atter, ætter, [479].
‘Aunt Judy’s Magazine’, [21], [72], [303], [312], [333], [470].
Aural: powers of anguis fragilis, [476];
apparatus of ground ss., [527].
Australia, s.-hunting in, [167];
‘Australia, Snakes of’ (see [Krefft]).
Axolotl, [44].
B
Bacon, Lord, quoted, [49], [57];
a poor naturalist, [99].
Bagrus, the, [489].
Baird of U.S. on the bull-s., [502].
Baker, Owen, a sea-ser. seen by, [257], et seq.
Baker, Sir Samuel: v. fangs, [357].
Balance of Nature, [17], [57].
[Balfour]’s ‘British India’, [74], [76], [86].
Balfour’s ‘Cyclopædia of India’, [86].
Bancroft, H. H., ser.-worship, [514].
Banks, Sir Joseph, action of ribs, [207];
letter to Waterton, [418].
Bard of Avon, the, [97].
Bartlett, Mr. A. D., on the sea-ser., [255], [261], et seq.;
presenting a v., [322];
buying an anaconda, [455].
Barton, Benjamin Smith, on the Cro., [299].
Bartram (Mr., of U.S.): a ‘roaring’ s., [155];
‘cluster of teeth’, [371].
Bates (H. W.): a cannibal s., [39];
Jararaca, [421].
Batrachia, the, [51].
Battues of ss., [286], et seq., [289].
Beal (J. W., of U.S.): sound of the rattle, [309].
Beaufort, Duke of (A.D. 1709), [173].
Beaumont and Fletcher, quotation from, [487].
Beauvoir, Palisot de, his testimony, [488].
food of ring-s., [74];
his tame s., [76];
his ‘British Reptiles’, ib.;
a trustworthy herpetologist, [78];
ss. drink, ib., [91];
editor ‘Zoological Journal’, [140];
on anguis fragilis, [453];
gestation of anguis fragilis, [466];
sloughing of anguis fragilis, [481];
the maternal refuge, [493].
Bellowing s., [155], et seq.
Ben Jonson, [99].
Bengal, Bay of, range of sea-ss., [236].
Berkeley; rattlesnake remedies, [538].
Beverley, Colonel: a stinging tail, [174];
his ‘History of Virginia’, [281];
a severed head biting, [390].
Bezoar, [523].
Bibron, [80] (see Duméril).
Bingley, a boa feeding, [134].
‘Blackie’, [458], et seq.
Bladder, the swim-, [145].
Blake (Colonel, of Virginia), a rattlesnake, [284].
Blanket, swallowed, [35];
disappointing, [588].
Blowing: the, vi. 152;
as ‘puffing’, [148];
like a bull, [155].
Bluets, [65].
Bond, Rev. H., his testimony, [491].
Bones: of the head, [30];
intermaxillary, [31];
of spine, [178], [198], [213];
in Deirodon, [67];
of tail, [183];
of ‘claw’, [220] (see [jaw], [vertebræ], [tails], etc.).
Borneo, Crotalidæ in, [386].
Boston, U.S., sea-ser. off, [251].
Buffon, [197];
his era, [383].
Bourbon, Isle of, py. incubating in, [444].
Bournemouth, lizards at, [164];
a capture, [458].
Bourrelets, of the rattle, [304].
Bowerbank, a two-headed s., [190].
Braden, J. G., Esq.: specimens of rattle, [306].
Brazil, tree s. in, [219];
‘Discourse’ of, [271];
names of Crotalidæ, [277];
Jararaca in, [396];
‘Travels’ in, [397];
experiments in, [406];
vernaculars of, [419], [423], et seq.
[Breathing]: irregular, [142], et seq.;
sometimes partial, [144];
suspension of, [145], [161], [168], [253];
as ‘puffing’, [149], [155] (see [hibernation], [respiration]).
Bridgewater Treatise, [120].
British Ass., [42].
British Guiana, Hist. of, [420].
British India (see [Günther], [Fayrer], [Balfour], [Nicholson], etc.).
[British] Museum, [19], [131], [291], [377], [405], [418];
Dr. Günther’s catalogue of ss. at, [354].
‘British Reptiles’ (Bell’s), [76], [140], [453] (see [Bell]).
Brittain, Mr., evidence of, [504].
Broderip, Dr. J., a naturalist, [113];
his works, ib.;
on the larynx, [135];
quoted by Gosse, [112];
observations by, [134], et seq.
Browne, Sir Thomas: ‘Vulgar Errours’, [171];
a two-headed s., [191];
the maternal refuge, [487].
Bruton, Dr. Lauder, [552].
[Buckland], Frank: his visit to Chelsea, [13];
a ‘flannel sausage’, [36];
a waggish s., [104];
a mistake of, [115];
sensitiveness of tail, [183];
a sea-s., [238];
a ribbon fish, [250];
sea-ser., [255], et seq., [264];
two-headed s., [189];
reserve fangs, [346];
s. eggs, [437];
anaconda, [455];
invited, [464];
obituary notice of ‘Cleo’, [515].
Bull -frog, [156].
Bullen, George, Esq., of Br. Museum, [19].
Bulletin, U.S., Zoological ‘Reports’, [291], [309], [388].
Burman coast, sea-ss. range, [238].
Burrowing ss., [46], [53], [188], [459], [468].
C
Caledonia, New, sea-ss. at, [238].
Cannibalism, [37], [182], [199], [401], [562];
sometimes unintentional, [38], [572];
common among the Elapidæ, [567], [571].
Cañons, ss. in, [162].
[Cantor], Dr. Theodore, sea-ss. drinking, [82];
quotes Schlegel, [90];
tongue of sea-ss., [125];
sea-ss. asleep, [169];
on pelagic sers., [235];
their poison, [243];
their food, [245];
number of species, [246].
Cape, the, sea ser. at, [252], [259].
Capybara, the, [229].
Carbolic acid, kills ss., [544];
a remedy for the venom, ib.
Carinate scales, [319] (see ‘[keel]’).
‘Carolina, History of’ (see [Lawson]).
‘Carolina, Natural History of’ (see [Catesby]).
[Carpenter], Dr., F.R.S., etc., links and transitions in nature, [44];
his opinion of Bacon, [99];
lungs of ss., [143];
hibernation, [165];
length of spine, [210];
insalivation of food, [352];
vegetable protectives, [539].
Carver, Jonathan, a ‘blowing’ s., [153];
large swarms of ss., [225];
the maternal refuge, [487].
[Catesby], Mark: an egg robber, [63];
the ‘blowing v.’, [152];
‘water vs.’, [226];
rattle-ss., [284];
‘hog-nosed’ ss., [410];
Indian remedies, [538].
Catlin, George, rattlesnake battues, [287];
an alarm, [391];
conjugal ss., [502];
Indian superstitions, [509].
Cats, their whiskers as feelers, [124];
tenacious of life, [559];
resist venom, ib.
Caudal, eloquence, [155], [179], [311], [587];
appendages, [170], et seq. 174 (see [tail], [rattle], etc.).
Caverns, the retreat of ss., [287], [443].
Caves, sacred, [509];
abode of ss., [124], [162], [166], [288].
Centipedes, legs of, [212].
‘Ceylon, History of’ (see [Tennant]).
Chalk epoch, [262].
‘Challenger’, voyage of the, [262].
Chambers: ‘Anecdotes of Serpents’, [216], [523];
editor of the ‘Journal’, [23];
observations at the Z.G., [217];
the ‘Miscellany’, [523].
Chancery, ss. in, [13], [515].
Chandernagor, travels in, [444].
Charas, Moyse: his work, [273];
he ‘grovels’ for fangs, [359], [372];
experiments on vs., [371];
a ‘nursery’ of fangs, ib.;
knew of the mobility of fangs, [372].
Charming, Sir H. Sloane on, [281];
its origin, [515], et seq., [578], [585] (see [fascination]).
Charms, [281];
in s. relics, etc., [509], et seq.
Chase, a, with a s., [214].
Chased by a s., [185].
Chateaubriand’s descriptions of ss., [153], [175], [197], [307];
the maternal asylum, [487].
Chelonia, [51].
Chelsea, tame ss. at, [13], [27], [515], [525].
Chicago, observations at, [496].
Chimaphila, [65].
Chinese mythologies, [509].
Chittagong, rare beast from, [261].
Chordæ vocales, [147].
Circulation of blood, [56];
checked by cold, [161];
renewed by warmth, ib.;
moisture essential to it, [162] (see [hibernation], [respiration], etc.).
‘City of Baltimore’, the, sea sers. seen from, [249].
Clarke’s translation of Der Hoeven’s ‘Handbook of Zoology’, [118].
at present defective, [51];
five principal groups of ss., [53];
by dentition unsatisfactory, [354], et seq.;
difficulties occurring in, [413], [421];
Krefft on, [423] (see nomenclature).
Clayton, Mr. J., the ‘tayle’ of rattlesnakes, [280].
Climbing, [180], et seq., [196], [214], et seq., [230];
of sea-ss., [238];
of Anguis fragilis, [475], [482].
Cockburn versus Mann, [13].
in convolutions, [185];
for a spring, [198];
to substitute hands, [199], et seq., [206];
swiftness of, [200];
flexibility of, [218];
of the sea-ser., [257];
of Natrix, [569];
of the Lacertines, [571] (see [constriction]);
before striking, [573].
Cold; ss. affected by, [143], [159], [165], [584], et seq.
Cold-blooded, [56];
why so, [142], [146], [159] (see [hibernation], etc.).
Colours of ss., [10];
under excitement, [153], [572];
of rattlesnakes, [270], [285];
of African vs., [321], [338], et seq.;
of ‘Bushmaster’, [417], et seq., [426];
variable in young ss., [424];
in other ss., ib.;
after moulting, [508] (see [sloughing]).
Combats between ss., [37], [199], [563].
Congress (U.S.), Government Commissions, [199], [376].
[Constriction], [29], [199], [203], [214], [245];
of young boas, [216], [439], [446];
sometimes feeble, [583].
Constrictors, [14], [35], [38], [135], [141], [182], [198], et seq., [213], et seq., [258], [336], [438], [446], [454], [583].
[Convention], a, of ss., [104];
U.S. on ss., [485], [505], [552], [572].
Cooke, M. C., ‘Our Reptiles’, [491];
editor ‘Science Gossip’, ib.;
a herpetologist, ib.
Cooper, W. R., ‘Serpent Myths’, [514].
Cope, Professor, of U.S., [386].
Cotton, Dr., of Tennessee, his rattlesnake, [298].
Coues, Dr. Elliott, of U.S., a combat, [199];
sound of the rattle, [309];
development of rattle, [312];
action of fangs, [362];
cro. fang, [376], et seq.;
species of cro., [386];
virulence of bite, [390];
pigs not exempt, [394].
Council of Z. Soc., [78], [322].
Cows sucked by ss., [84], [478].
Coypu, [229].
Cragin, Mr. F. W., on Heterodon, [450].
Cranberry swamps, the Massasauga, [393].
Crepitaculum caude, the, [294].
Crispe, Dr. Edwards, F.Z.S., on the œsophagus, [490];
the maternal refuge, ib.
Crotalina, [292].
Crotalum, [292].
Crotchets mobiles, [353], [362].
Cruden, s. poison, [102].
Cruelty, [17], [169], [206], [321], [469].
‘Curiosities of Natural History’ (see [Buckland]).
Cuvier; his classification, [46];
his ‘boa’, [47];
he distinguished fangs, ib.;
quoted by Darwin, [176];
his ‘vs.’, [353];
‘Cyclopædia of Anatomy’, [118]
‘Cyclopædia of India’, [86].
‘Cyclopædia, the Penny’, [113], [120].
D
Dahomey,
ser. deities at, [514];
natives fearless of vs., [523].
Dalton, the ‘Bushmaster’, [420].
Danish vernaculars, [479].
[Darwin]; complex organisms, [44];
cro. mutus, [176];
a living fossil, [244];
the Platypus, [263];
survival of the fittest, [267];
on the rattle, [311];
atrophied limbs, [326], [452].
Davidson, Mr. (R. N.), a sea-ser., [251].
Davis’ Lectures at the Z. G., [24], [51], [214], [413] (see [Flower], [Huxley], [Mivart]).
Dean, Dr., a sea-ser. seen by, [249].
‘Deccan Days’, [517] (see [Frere, Miss]).
Deer kill rattlesnakes, [394].
Deglutition; manner of, [30], [111], et seq., [132];
facilitated by saliva, [35], [109], [113];
in drinking, [92], et seq.;
Schlegel on, [362];
watched at the Z. G., [581], et seq.
De Kay; ‘Zoology of N.Y.’, [85].
Demerara, ‘Bushmaster’ there, [423].
of Deirodon, [67], et seq.;
of sea-ss., [241];
of sea-ser., [266];
various forms of, [342], et seq.;
distinguishing names in, [347];
illus. of, [349], [355], [356], [360];
not used in classification, [353];
Cuvier’s distinctions, [353];
Günther on, [354];
dentition of Zamenis, [137];
of Xenodons, [400], [404], [408];
of Liophis, [408] (see [fangs]).
Der Hoeven, on the tongue, [118];
on gestation, [435].
Dermis, see [epidermis], [sloughing], etc.
Desquamation, [329] (see [sloughing]).
Development; of poison glands, [535];
of fangs, [356] (see [fangs], etc.).
Digestion;
assisted by salivary secretions, [352], [557].
Dinornis, [43].
Dinotherium, [43].
‘Discourse of Brazil’, [271].
to facilitate escape, [36], [39], [61];
from terror, [61].
Dissection;
of a rattlesnake, [275], et seq.;
of Xenodon, [405].
Dog-teeth, [347], [369], [370] (see fang).
Doubleday, H., Esq., important evidence, [491].
Drachen, [48].
Dracon, ib.
Dracunculi, [196].
Drevar, George, a sea-ser. seen by, [257].
Drink, Do ss.? 76, et seq.
Drinking; 76, et seq.;
frequently, [79], et seq., [83];
die without, [89];
milk, [76], [85], [88], et seq.;
two methods of, [80];
by suction, ib., [92];
by lapping, [89], [93] (see [milk]).
Drosera, [458].
Drummond, Lieutenant (R.N.), sea-ser. seen by, [260].
‘Dublin University Magazine’, [21], [312], [333].
Du Chaillu: ‘whistling’ ss., [154];
his Wild Life, [186].
Dudley, Paul: on the cro., [281];
a long rattle, [302].
Professor d’Erpétologie, [78];
py. drinking, [80];
on Schlegel, [90];
the tongue, [122], et seq.;
la languette, ib., [138];
hissing, ‘soufflement’, [147], et seq., [157];
quotes Linnæus, [161];
absorption of heat, [164];
physical feats of ss., [181];
anaconda, [228];
its spots, [338];
the rattle, [303];
cro. does not hiss, [313];
system of dentition, [347];
species of vs., [374];
les fossettes, [384];
tail of Lachesis, [387];
species of cro., [388];
the Jararaca, [427];
Python bivitatus, [444], et seq.
Duncan, Professor Martin, [376], et seq.
E
Echidnine, [534].
Edentata, [413].
Effeldt, Rudolph; observations of the tongue, [124].
Egg: producers, ‘insects’, [43];
covering, [432], [433], [435], et seq. (see [incubation], [oviparous], [ovoviviparous], etc.).
produced by pys., [437], [442], et seq., [446], [449];
by boas, [449], et seq.;
by anaconda, [456];
by anguis fragilis, [462], et seq.;
by other ss., [431], [433], [435], [437], [440], et seq.
Eggs; of birds food of ss., [59], [63], [66], [430];
swallowed whole, [60], et seq.;
sometimes disgorged, [62], [69];
‘sucked’, [70];
‘Egypt, History of’, [96];
sculptures of, [508];
jugglers in, [523];
ser. deities in, [172], [511];
myths of, [514];
antidotes in, [525].
Electric fluid, [161].
‘Elementary Lessons in Physiology’, [121], [303] (see [Huxley]).
‘Elsie Venner’, [301].
Elwes, Mr. A. T., artist, [25], [516];
a witness, [185].
Emblems, [101], et seq., [172], [272], [509], et seq., [518].
Embryo, [435], [448], [451], [462], [466].
Emmons’ ‘Nat. Hist. of N.Y.’, [85].
expressed by the tail, [177], [179], et seq., [183];
Encyclopædias, as books of reference, [90];
perplexing, ib., [418];
‘Encyclopædia of Anatomy;’ the tongue, [118];
incubation, [434].
‘Encyclopædia Metropolitana;’ the ‘Bushmaster’, [420].
Endurance, powers of, [124], [166], [168], [321], [457], [489].
[Epidermis]; expansile, [30];
scales of, [46], [193], [316];
illustrated, [316];
magnified, [317];
head-shields, [318];
carinated, [319];
developments of, [325], et seq.;
casting or sloughing, [329], et seq.;
the process watched, [333], [481];
health affected by, [329], [337];
patterns of skin, [338], et seq., [517];
Epiglottis, [132] (see [glottis]).
Erie, Lake, U.S., swarms of water ss., [226];
and of rattlesnakes, [289].
‘Erpétologie Générale’ (Suites de Buffon), [80], [122], [136], [147], [157], [161], [164], [181], [223], [305], [313], [384], et seq., [427], [444] (see [Duméril]).
‘Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpents’, [35], [77], [182];
translation of, [3], [209], [356], [363] (see [Schlegel]).
Essequibo, rambles in, [419].
Estivation, [162].
Evolution, [70], [132], [314], [327];
in fangs, [342], [350], [364].
Ewart, Dr., his experiments, [552].
Expansion: of the throat, [31];
of jaws, ib.;
of the skin, [30];
‘Expedition to the Zambesi’, [230].
Expedition; U.S. Explorations, [162], [291], [376].
Experiments; on vs., [273], [281], [321];
on the fangs, [369], et seq., [377], et seq.;
in s. venom, [534], [535], et seq.;
in antidotes, [537], et seq.
Explorations, U.S., [162], [291], [309].
Eye of ss., [285], [328], et seq., [337], [350];
watching, [581], et seq.;
easily injured, [586].
Eye covering, [328], et seq.
F
Fabulous; animals, [101];
ideas of reptiles, [511].
‘Fairie Queen’, the, [486].
[Fangs]; Cuvier’s distinction, [47], [353];
early experiments with, [274], [281];
mobility of early, described, [278], [283], [369], et seq.;
a means of defence, [311], [516];
functional pair, [345], [364], et seq.;
construction of, [356];
the ‘slit’, involution, [356], [358], [372];
illus. of, [356];
diversities of, [357];
succession of, [346], [350], [363], [372], et seq.;
action of, [370];
specially described, [377], et seq.;
a hypodermic syringe, [364], [379];
control of, [375];
fixed and moveable, [362];
reserve or supplementary, [366];
shedding of, ib., [376];
exquisite finish, [358];
illus., [349], [355], [356], [360];
fangs of young vs., [360], [361];
of young cos., [361];
of Heterodon d’Orbignyi, [409];
of Bucephalus, [407];
of Ring Hals, [582].
[Fascination], Sir Hans Sloane on, [281];
investigated, [527], et seq.;
conclusions, [531].
Fat; abundant in ss., [165];
absorbed during hibernation, ib.;
an article of commerce, [286];
protective to pigs, [394].
Fatalists in India, [22], [511], [513], [540], [555].
[Fayrer], his Thanatophidia, [5], [19];
swallow them whole, ib.;
drink milk, [87];
Echis carinata, [150];
prehensile tails, [177];
sea-ss., [236];
Enhydrina, [238];
illus. of scales, [240];
bite of sea-ss., [241], et seq.;
sloughing of co., [332];
illus. of dentition, [349], [355], [356];
fangs of young cos., [361];
renewal of fangs, [364];
in vipers, [365];
vibratile fangs, [375];
the Crotalidæ, [386];
‘Bushmaster’, [422];
vernaculars of India, [425];
cos. incubating, [442];
maternal affection, [503];
Hindû superstitions, [512];
what an antidote is, [533];
virulence of Echis venom, [537];
of co. venom, [554], et seq.;
effect of strychnine, [543];
carbolic acid and creosote, [544];
how to deal with the bites, [545], et seq.;
gift of cos. to the Z. Soc., [563].
Fear; a strong feature in ss., [387], [412], [471], [517], [565], [574], [578], et seq.;
paralyzing effect of, [529];
causes a bitten victim to succumb, [536], [544], [558].
[Feeding]; mode of, [28], et seq., [133], [199], et seq., [528] (see [Friday, notes from the Z.G.]).
Feeling; expressed by tail, [155], [158] (see [tail]);
by the tongue, [126] (see [tongue]);
by sound, [526];
vibration, ib.
Ferguson, ‘Tree and Serpent Worship’, [513].
Fernandez, ‘Animalium Mexicanum’, [190], [279], [590].
Festivals to snake deities, [63], [74], [511].
Fetish customs and superstitions, [514].
Fiction; ss. of, [41], [50], [101];
tongues of, [94], [97], [102].
Fish; lizard, [44];
experiments with, [243];
ribbon, [250];
supposed sea-sers., [251], [255], et seq.;
living at great depths, [262];
carrying their eggs, [489].
Fissure, the gular, [328].
Fistulous teeth, [280].
Fitzinger, [383].
Flappers, [255], et seq., [267].
Flattening; of head, [410];
of body, [215], [216], [217], [411].
Floods, ss. carried down by, [230], [231], et seq.
[Florence]; Redi on vs., [273];
experiments at, ib., [275];
Fontana at, [368], [370], [372];
‘knowing physicians’ at, [273], [556];
the ‘Florentine philosopher’, Redi, [555].
[Flower], Prof., on Armadillos, [413].
Follicles, secreting, [384].
Fontana, Felix, structure of fangs, [368];
prior observations, [370];
earlier experiments, [274].
Food; often declined, [62], [83], [460], [566], [567];
sometimes disgorged (see [disgorged], [feeding], [constriction], [Z.G.], etc.).
Forbes, Alexander K., co. guardians, [511].
Forbes, F. E., ‘The Dahomeans’, Fetish deities, [514];
natives fearless of vipers, [523].
Forms; sectional, of ss., [215];
of scales, [337] (see [epidermis], [scales], etc.).
Forsyth, Mr. D. M., saw a ‘monster’, [255].
Fosse; the gular, [328];
nasal, [385], et seq. (pit.).
anomalous, [263];
living ones, [244].
Fraxinius Americanus kills rattlesnakes, [541].
French, early naturalists, [4], [273], [383].
[Frere], Miss, ‘Old Deccan Days’, [513], [517].
Fresh -water ss., [55], [224], et seq.
Friar, a, of Brazil, [271] (see [Purchas]).
Friar, a, of Portugal, [271].
[Friday], feeding-day at the Z.G., [38], [94], [138], [585], et seq. (see [Z.G.]).
Frogs; food of ss., [28], et seq.;
gigantic, at sea, [256];
sometimes reappear, [489];
de profundis, [504].
Functions retarded, [431], [434], et seq., [497].
G
Galileo, [480].
Gall a remedy for bites, [284].
Gambia, Lepidosiren of, [244].
Ganges, sea-ss. climbing, [239].
Gape of ss. wide, [31], [378].
Gardens, Zoological, of London, [10], [16], etc. (see [Z.G.]).
Garnett, Richard, Esq., of the Br. M., [25].
Gastric juice, [489].
Gatty, Mrs. Alfred, [21].
Gautier, Prof., his experiments, [556].
‘Generall Historie of Virginia’ (John Smith, 1632), Indian beliefs, [272].
‘Geographical Distribution of Animals’, A. R. Wallace, [382].
Geophagus, the, [489].
Gesner, his ‘Historia Animalium’, [102], [272].
[Gestation]; period of uncertain, [431], [434], [457], et seq.;
depends on temperature, [458], [466].
Gigantic; worms, [45];
gooseberry, [254];
developments, [251], [261], [266].
Gilmore, Parker, water vs., [227];
‘puff adders’, [501].
Gill, Prof., on the maternal refuge, [489].
Gills retained through life, [44], [244].
[Glands], salivary, [35], [109], et seq., [113], [350], [352], [536], [556], [560];
of the Heloderm, [590].
[Glottis]; position of, [133], [136];
sheath of, [137];
of water ss., [223];
how far extended, [140].
Glyphodon, [347].
Goode, Prof. Browne, on the maternal refuge, [485], et seq., [498], [572].
how ss. drink, [90];
quotes M’Leod, [112];
the tongue, [120];
ss.’ power of springing, [186];
on the sea-ser., [248];
the ‘Bushmaster’, [419];
Chilobothrus, [449], et seq.;
vegetable antidotes, [525].
Gossip, [94], [105], [321], [480], [585].
Gradations; in teeth, [342], [348];
in length of jaw, ib.;
in glands, ib.;
in venomous secretions, [408].
Grasshopper, a ‘reptile’, [43].
Gray, Dr. E., [5];
quotes Schlegel, [90];
on the tongue, [118];
species of cro.[, [291];
ed. of ‘Zoological Miscellany’, [385];
Jararaca, ib.
Gray, Captain David, on the sea-ser., [255], [264].
Green, Joseph H., muscles of the larynx, [141].
Green, Mr., collector at Bournemouth, [461].
Greenland, sea-ser. off, [251].
Grooved; scales, [320];
teeth, [225], [347], [356], et seq.;
of Heloderm, [590];
Grosvenor Gallery, [117].
Ground -snakes, [53], [54], [187], et seq., [458], [479].
Grovelling for fangs, [359], [372], [378].
Gular; teeth, [67], et seq.;
illus. of, [68];
fissure, [328].
Gullet; of Deirodon, [67], et seq.;
Gunpowder used for bites, [543], [544], [546].
[Günther], Dr. Albert, F.R.S., etc., of the Br. M., [5], [24];
deglutition, [30];
Br. M. collection of snakes, [50];
his five groups, [53];
ss. require water, [89];
Schlegel an authority, [90];
abundant saliva, [109];
on the tongue, [118];
vibrating tails, [177];
burrowing forms, [188];
a mistake of Schlegel, [209];
fresh-water ss., [222], [224];
a semi-pelagic s., [243];
the epidermis, [315];
names of head-shields, [316];
illus. ib., [318];
a friend in need, [322];
on dentition, [354];
the Xenodon, [400];
a poser, [405];
on the venom, [536].
Gurney, Mr. T. H., [491];
the maternal refuge, [492].
H
Hakluyt’s voyages, [99], [271], [276].
Halford, Prof.: a vain search, [405];
disclaims an ‘antidote’, [533];
his experiments, [547];
explanations, ib.;
‘On the Condition of Blood from Snake-bite’, [548];
approves of stimulants, [547], [550].
Halifax, sea ser. off, [251].
Hall, Captain, dissection of rattlesnake, [370].
Hardwicke’s ‘Science Gossip’, ed. of, [491];
evidence, [492].
Harrison, Captain, R.N., describes a marine animal, [251].
Harting, J. E., F.Z.S., etc., [411].
Hartwig, Geo., ‘Tropical World’, [418].
Haynes, Lieutenant, R.N., describes a gigantic anomaly, [255].
Hayward, S., Esq., viper-swallowing evidence, [493].
Hayward’s Heath; hibernating ss. found, [166].
Head; expansile, [30];
double, [189], et seq.;
shields of, [315], et seq.;
illus., [316]-18;
generic characters of, [319], [383], et seq., [427];
appendages of, [320] (see [horns], etc.).
Hebrides, sea-ser. off, [251].
Hellmann, [5];
on the tongue, [120].
Heloderm, the, [590], et seq.
double-headed s., [190] (see Fernandez), [279], [591].
Herpetology, confusion in, [45];
derivation of, [47].
[Hibernation]; character of, [159];
convenience of, [160];
analogy in vegetation, [161];
renewal of vitality after, [162];
when partial, [163];
when fatal, [165];
fat absorbed during, [165];
in communities, [166];
seasons of, [168];
of sea-ss., [169];
Hindû; superstitions, [22], [425], [509], [511], et seq., [517], [555];
eggs sacred offerings of, [74], [86];
vernaculars, [425];
transliteration, [429].
Hissing, [148];
prolonged, [149];
variations in, [147], [153], et seq., [158].
‘Histoire Naturelles’ (Daudin), [488].
‘Historiæ Rerum’, etc. (Marcgravius), [397].
‘History of British Guiana’ (Dalton), [420].
‘History of Egypt’ (F. Holt Yates), [96].
‘History of Selborne’, [490].
‘History of Virginia’ (Col. Beverley, 1722), [174], [281].
[Holbrooke], Dr. J. E., of the U.S.A., ss. like milk, [86];
on the Bull s., [155];
‘thorn tail s.’, [175];
battues of rattlesnakes, [289];
length of the rattle, [301];
on Heterodon, [412].
[Holland], Mr., keeper at the Reptilium; ss. drink often, [91];
ss. don’t ‘lick’, [110];
ss. sloughing, [334];
bitten, [438];
in danger, [448] (see [Z.G.]).
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, ‘Elsie Venner’, a tradition, [301].
Holodontes, [347].
Home, Sir Everard; action of ribs, [207];
Hood, the, of co., [31], [327], [517].
sloughed, [320];
peculiar action of, [323] (see [epidermis]).
‘Horrid’, [592];
original signification of, ib.
Howe, ‘History of Ohio’, [191];
battues of ss., [289].
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, [22];
co. performances in India, [87].
Humboldt, antitoxic plants, [539].
Hunter, St. Jno. Dunn, rattlesnake testimony, [488].
Hutchinson, Mr. H. F., progression of ss., [216].
[Huxley], Prof., F.R.S., etc., prehistoric man, [42];
smell and taste, [121];
locomotion of ss., [196];
a beautiful bit of anatomy, [211];
growth of nails, [303];
on evolution, [327];
‘eyelids’ of ss., [329];
teeth, [342];
perfection of fang, [364];
a hypodermic syringe, ib.
Hybrids born at the Gardens, [425], [440].
Hypodermic syringe, [364], et seq.
I
Ichthyic, [244].
Ichthyosauria, [44].
Illustrations; often misleading, [12], [102], [116], [190], [229], [324].
Illustrators, responsibility of, [12], [25], etc.
Imbricated scales, [317], et seq.
Immunity from venom, [523], [524], [538], et seq., [559].
Inadvertent intruder, an, [309].
‘Inchantments’, [281].
[Incubation] of py., [79], [442], et seq., [434];
mentioned by Aristotle, [441];
of Jamaica boa, [449], et seq.
India; Prince of Wales in, [22], [87];
superstitions of, [22], [511], et seq., [517], [555].
Indian Ocean; range of sea-ss., [236];
sea-ser. seen in, [256].
‘Indian snakes’ (see [Nicholson]).
Indian vernaculars, [425].
Indians, N. Am., their traditions, [272], [294], [486], [509];
quick of hearing, [527];
good physicians, [282];
prompt in danger, [391], [544].
Ingenious chirurgeons, [268], [272];
taking the lead in science, [273], [274].
Insalivation of food, [352] (see [glands]).
‘Insects’, what they were, [43].
Insensibility produced by venom, [577], [590].
Institution, London, Lectures at (see [Huxley], [Ruskin]).
Integument; expansion of, [30];
modifications in, [315], [320], et seq.;
hood of co., [327];
sloughing, [329];
patterns and colouring, [338], et seq. (see [epidermis]).
Intermaxillary, [31].
Intoxication counteracted by venom, [548], et seq.
Iowa, the first rattle, [295];
the whiskey cure, [549].
Ipecacuanha, an approved medicine, [537].
Irritability; of rattlesnakes, [312];
of young slow-worms, [463].
Isodon, [347].
Isodontiens, [347].
Italian, a noble, [278] (see [Redi]).
J
‘J. J. A.’, shoals of sea ss., [238].
Jamaica, blind worms in, [187] (see [Gosse]).
Japan, Indian Crotalidæ, [386].
Jardin des Plantes, Paris, [165].
Java, Indian Crotalidæ, [386].
Java Naja, a double-headed s., [190].
Jaws, the; six, [32];
sometimes seven, ib.;
action of, [34];
how articulated, [30], et seq.;
widely extensible, [37], [139], [141], [409], [569];
adjustment of, [59], [72], [139];
independent action of, [32], [343];
all furnished with teeth, ib.;
Jesse, [77];
important evidence, [491].
Johnson ‘wrot on Brazile’, [277].
[Jones], Rymer, bulk of ss.’ tongue, [118];
sense of touch, [195], et seq., [198];
pliancy of the spine, [196], [212];
on the rattle, [307];
an inadvertence, [308];
ss.’ eyelids, [329];
Jourdan, [414].
‘Joynts’; of the rattle, [280];
of the jaw, [370].
‘Juyce of the bag’, [556] (see [salivary], etc.).
K
Kamptee, snakes at home, [501].
Kansas, observations in, [498].
developed in the Tropidonoti, [320];
elaborated in viperine, [317], [320], [374], [421], [426];
illus. of, [176], [193], [317].
Keeper at the Z.G. in danger, [39], [589] (see [Holland], [Tyrrell], [Z.G.]).
Kentucky, rattle from, [296].
Killing prey, three ways of, [29] (see [Z.G.]).
Kingdom, animal, [51];
Kingsley, the Cascobel, [397];
charm of a discovery, [404].
Kingston, a ‘fearful beauty’, [418].
Kirtland, Jared, of Ohio, on increase of ss., [57];
describes the Massasauga, [292], [393];
cro. named from him, ib.
Klein, [353].
Kniuet, Master Anthony, on Brazil, [271].
‘Knowing Physicians’, experiments, [273], [556].
[Krefft], Gerard: ‘drumming’ ss., [154];
hibernating, [162];
s. hunting, [167];
death adder, [172];
climbing ss., [219];
the Homalopsidæ, [224];
sea-ss., [235];
on classification, [416], [423].
Krishna, Hindû god, [518].
L
Lacépède, [383];
le rativoro, [228];
la rude, [414].
Lacerda, experiments, [416], [557].
Lacerta agilis, [458].
Laidley worm, the, [117].
Lamarrepiquot, M., incubation, [444].
Landells, J. H., sea ser. seen by, [257].
Lapping, [80], [82], [92], [122];
of anguis fragilis, [89].
‘Larkes’, how caught, [50].
Larynx, the, [132], [133], [135], [222].
‘Last Rambles among the Indians’ (Catlin), [289].
Laurenti, [383].
his ‘reptiles’, [43];
milk-drinkers, [86];
‘blowing’ vs., [152];
‘thorn tail’ or ‘horn’ s., [172], [173];
dedication of his work, [173];
water-ss., [226];
the poison teeth, [370].
Leathes, Col., a sea-ser., [252].
‘Leaves from the Notebook of a Naturalist’ (W. J. Broderip), [140];
boa feeding, [113].
Lectures, the ‘Davis’, [24], [51], [214], [413];
Lond. Inst., [41], [195], [196], [211], [327], [329], [342], [364];
St. George’s Hall, [50], [266].
Lee, H., Esq., on the sea ser., [262], et seq.
‘Leisure Hour’, the, on snakes, [115], et seq.;
illus., [116].
s. drinking, [81], [83], [120], et seq.;
on the tongue, [123], et seq.
Lepidosiren, the, [44], [263];
ichthyic characters of, [244].
‘Letters from Alabama’ (P. H. Gosse), [9].
Lewarn, W., sea-ser. seen by, [257].
Licking, [83], [110], et seq., [117].
‘Life among the Indians’ (see Catlin), [391].
‘Life in the South’ (Catherine C. Hopley), [6], [64], [156].
‘Lightning’, H.M.S., voyages of, [262].
Lilford, Lord, an ophiophilist, [20], [567].
Lincolnshire, ‘larkes’ in, [50].
Linnæus, his systems, [46];
his ‘colubers’, [47];
out of date, [90];
temperature of ss., [161];
his successors, [382];
dumb rattlesnake, [387];
Coluber scaber, [414];
slow-worms, [452].
Liverpool, statements at, [256].
Livingstone, egg-eating ss., [66];
ss. come to drink, [82];
a bleating s., [154];
ss. on board, [230].
Zootica sheltering her young, [491];
the Heloderm, [589].
‘[Lizzie]’, very thirsty, [89], [481];
her achievements, [459], [471], et seq.;
her wrong names, [471], et seq.;
illus., [472];
in a knot, [478];
two libels, [480];
climbing, [482].
Loades, Mr. Henry (1682), his gift to the R. Soc., [275].
Lockwood, Mr., of U.S., pine s. drinking, [93];
mystic coils, [151];
‘blowing’ s., [155].
‘Lolo’, a tame snake, [516].
Loomis, Rev. Chauncey, [Convention on Snakes], [489].
Lord, John Keast, [216];
Egyptian jugglers, [523].
Lovering, Prof. Jno., President of the Am. Ass., [485].
Lubbock, Sir Jno., gift of a Heloderm to Z. Soc., [589].
[Lubrication], [35], [92], [108], et seq.
Lubricity, [49], et seq.
Lycodon, [347].
M
Maçeio, a cannibal s. at, [39].
Mackeney on the Am. Indians, [509].
M’Leod, his book, [111];
boa feeding, ib., et seq.
M’Quhæ, Capt. of H.M.S. Dædalus, official report of a sea-ser., [259].
Madagascar, range of sea-ss., [236].
Madras, experiments of Dr. Shortt, [390], [550], [552].
Maine, U.S.A., Am. Ass. held at Portland (see [Convention on Snakes]).
Malacca, marine salamander off, [251].
Malay, Indian Crotalidæ, [386];
antitoxic plants, [539].
Mammals, necks of, [211].
Mann, Mr., pet snakes, [13], [92], [515], [525].
Marcgravius, [272], [276], [397].
Marine fauna, [233] (see [sea-ss.], [sea-ser.]).
‘Master teeth’, [273], [370], [556].
Maternal; instincts, [290], [431], et seq., [442], [447], [464], [488], et seq.;
affection of ss. witnessed, [442], [448], [450], [491], et seq., [502], [504].
Maternal refuge, [483];
an old belief, [486];
physiologically possible, [489];
examination of evidence, [492];
speculations on, [505].
Maunder’s ‘Treasury of Natural History’, [111].
Maxillary bone (see [jaws], [dentition], etc.).
Maximus and Minimus, [452], et seq.
Mechanism, ‘curious’, [380] (see [spine], [fangs]).
Medical College of London, [275].
Meham, member of Am. Con., [489].
‘Memoirs of Captivity among the Indians’, [488].
‘Menina’, tame boa, [516].
Merembergius on Brazil, [277].
Merrem, herpetologist, [383].
Mexican; vernaculars, [277], et seq., [423], [590];
rattle, [296];
illus. of, [306].
Mexico, Gulf of, shoals of ss., [231];
ancient temples in, [510];
Heloderm from, [590].
Michigan, Mr. Beal on the rattle, [309];
the Massasauga there, [393].
Milan, experiments at, [280].
[Milk], drinkers of, [76], [86];
saved by, [87].
Mischief; by the tongue, [94], et seq.;
by the tail, [171], et seq., [187];
by stings, ib.;
of delay in a bite, [544], [545].
‘Mischiefs’, source of, [273], [280], [556].
Missionary Travels (Livingstone), [154], et seq.
Mississippi, the, [295], [549].
[Mitchell], Dr. Weir, of U.S., [5];
his experiments, [291];
vibration of rattle, [312];
replacement of fangs, [364], [375];
capsules of, [378];
rapidity of stroke, [379];
number of species, [388];
expiration, [389];
virulence of bite, [390];
the headless trunk, [391].
[Mivart], Prof., F.R.S., orders of reptiles, [51], [52];
on classification, [413].
Moisture; essential to ss., [162], [166], [224];
to the hatching of eggs, [434], [457].
Monsters, [249], [254], [267].
Monstrosities, [189], et seq., [254], [256], [517].
Moore, Mr., his testimony, [255].
Mouth of ss. (see [jaws], [teeth], etc.).
[Movements], [151], [181], [195], [218], et seq. (see [coiling], [constriction], [swimming]).
Mucous secretions abundant, [36] (see [lubrication], [salivation]).
Müntras, Hindû belief in, [512], [555].
Muridæ, the, [229].
Mus coypus, [229].
Muscles: of the larynx, [141];
of the tail, [180], [182], [183], [587];
in the slow-worm, [472];
irritability of, [183], [471].
Muscular powers of ss., [38], [181], [199], [202], [204].
Musée d’Histoire, [443], [444].
Museum, Br. (see [Br. M.]).
Museum;
Australian, [246];
of Washington, [488].
Music, ss.’ love of, [525], et seq.
Myopotamus, the, [229].
Mythology, ancient serpent symbols, [508].
N
Nâg, Nâgo, Nâgowa, caste names of India, [513].
National Library, our, [444].
Natter, [479].
Natural History, development of, [272];
at Florence, [368];
in England, [3], [45], [49], [99], [261], [273], [363], [372], etc.
‘Natural History of New York’, [85].
‘Natural History of Carolina’ (see [Catesby]).
‘Natural History of Reptiles’ (Gosse), [90].
‘Naturalist in Jamaica’ (Gosse), [186].
‘Naturalist’s Notes from South Africa’, [70].
‘Naturalist on the Amazon’ (Bates), [421].
‘Naturall Historie of Serpentes’, [101].
Neck: vertebræ of, [211];
snakes have none, ib.
Neck -toothed ss., [67], et seq.
Netto, Dr., experiments with venom, [557].
Neuwied, [228].
Nevada, incident in, [549].
New Caledonia, sea ss., [231], [238].
‘New Experiments on Vipers’ (1673), [273], [371].
New Jersey, Lockwood on the pine s., [93].
New York State, battues of rattlesnakes, [289].
Newman, Ed., editor of ‘Zoologist’, [3], [492];
maternal affection of Zootica vivipara, [491].
Newspapers quoted: American, [231], [248], [486];
‘Echo’, [247];
‘Field’, the, [20], [61], [83], [164], [237], et seq., [439], [490], [493], [498], [504], [522], [530];
‘Illus. Lond. News’, [247];
‘Knowledge’, [592];
‘Land and Water’, [20], [231], [239], [249], et seq., [254], [261], [399], et seq., [405], [417], [422], et seq., [439], [455], [465], [516], [524], [526], [530];
Liverpool, [256];
‘London General Advertiser’ (1752), [285];
‘Modern Thought’, [18];
‘Nature’, [217], [249], [267], [329], [474], [536];
Weeklies, [417].
Nicander, his two-headed s., [190].
[Nicholson], Dr. Ed., of Madras: ‘Indian Snakes’, [5];
ss. drinking, [89];
sea-ss., [235];
replacement of teeth, [344], [375];
four stages of development in, [349];
on the maternal refuge, [504];
the Russell’s v., [537];
important statistics, [541];
efficacy of tobacco, [542];
self-inflicted bites, [559].
Nicols, Arthur, Esq., F.G.S. (‘Zoological Notes’), on the tongue, [125];
rattle, [310];
instance of maternal refuge, [504].
Nicotine fatal to ss., [542], et seq.
Nightingale, Mr. W., a cure by alcohol, [551].
Nocturnal, most ss. are, [2], [56], [386], [503].
Noise, not ‘music’, [526], et seq.
Nomenclature, perplexing, [10], [43], [277], [396], et seq.;
why so, [413], [419], [421], et seq., [423] (see [classification], [vernaculars]).
Norfolk, important evidence from, [491].
‘North -American Herpetology’, [86], [175], [301] (see [Holbrooke]).
Norway, sea-sers. frequent, [251].
Nostrils, ss. breathe through, [139], [143];
opposite the glottis, ib.;
higher in water ss., [223];
vertical in anaconda, [228];
and in sea-ss., [234];
double in the Crotalidæ (see ‘[pit]’).
‘Nova Animalium Mexicanum’, [590] (see [Hernandez]).
‘Novum Organum’ (Lord Bacon), [99].
Nubians use antitoxics, [525].
O
Obsolete teachings, [49], [99], [174], [191], [478], etc.
Ocquago, rattlesnake den, [289].
‘Odontography’, [32], [67], [408] (see [Owen]).
Œsophagus, [67];
gular teeth there, [69].
Ogmodon, grooved tooth, [347].
Ohio; Dr. Kirtland’s observations in, [57], [292], [393];
battues of s., [289];
evidence of the maternal refuge, [496].
Oil; abundant in ss., [165], [286];
of vs., a remedy for their bite, [522], [541].
Oldenlandia, [65].
Oligodon, few toothed, [347].
Ophidarium, the, [16], [61], [163].
Ophidia; divisions of, [46], [51], et seq.;
groups of, [53];
all carnivorous, [56];
and oviparous, ib.;
prejudices regarding, [3], [97], [103], [189], et seq.;
well supplied with teeth, [344];
sub-orders of, [354];
complications in classification, [413].
Ophidiana, s. gossip, [1], [26].
Ophidion, [49];
Ophiodes, ib.
Ophiology;
meaning of, [47];
Ophis, the seeing, [48].
Oppel, herpetologist, [383].
‘Organization of the Animal Kingdom’ (see [Jones]).
‘Origin of Species’, [263], [311] (see [Darwin]).
‘Osborne’, the (Royal yacht), marine animal seen from, [252], [254], [261].
[Oviparous], [56], [431], [433], [497] (see [gestation], [incubation], etc.).
[Ovoviviparous], [431], et seq., [505];
exceptional cases, [434], et seq., [449], [462], [505].
[Owen], Professor, F.R.S., etc., [22];
on the jaws, [32];
the Deirodon, [66], et seq.;
the tongue, [119];
the glottis, [131];
lung of ss. 142, et seq.;
chordæ vocales, [147];
prehensile tails, [180];
saltatory motion, [184];
exquisite organization of the spinal column, [196], [336];
ss. are acrobats, [198];
spine of py., [210];
ichthyic characters of the Lepidosiren, [244];
the sea-ser., [254];
the Bucephali, [408].
P
Paca, the, [229].
Pacific, sea-ss. in, [238].
Palate, armed with teeth, [30], [34], [343], [402];
illus., [355];
two jaws, [343].
Palmer, Dr. E., of the Smithsonian Institute, U.S., important evidence, [488].
Panama, sea-ss. at, [236], [238];
boa from, [438].
Paradox, the, [263].
Paraguay, ss. washed down from, [232];
observations in, [488].
Pauline (the barque): sea-ser. testimony, [251], [256], et seq.
Pearson (Commander of Royal yacht Osborne): report of a gigantic marine animal, [255].
[Pelagic] serpents, [82], [235], [240] (see [Cantor]).
Penny Cyclopædia, [113].
Penny Magazine, [141].
Pepys quoted, [49].
Pernambuco, Xenodons from, [400].
Persia, ‘Travels in’ (Sir R. Ker Porter), [113].
Peru, ‘Travels in’, [419] (see [Tschudi]).
Phares, Dr. D. L., Science Convention on Snakes, [489].
Pharmacopœia, the homœopathic, [556].
Phené, Sun and Serpent Worship, [514].
[Philosophical] Transactions: first tropical s., [117];
Dr. Tyson on the larynx, [135];
two-headed s., [190];
a porcupine swallowed, [192];
Sir E. Home on progression, [208];
stimulating influence, [273];
anatomy of a rattlesnake, [275];
Vipera Caudisona, [276], et seq.;
Sir Hans Sloane’s experiments, [281];
early observations, [295];
a venerable cro., [302];
sloughing of reptiles, [331];
mobility of fangs, [370];
reserve fangs, [371];
succession of fangs, [373];
how they become fixed, [363];
brooding of eggs, [443].
Philosophical Society, [117].
Physicians, ‘knowing’ ones at Florence, [273].
‘Physionomie des Serpents’ (see [Schlegel]).
‘Pilgrimage’, the, of Purchas, [276].
Pipe -fish, the, [489].
‘[Pit]’, the, of cro.: first observed by Tyson, [277];
its use still undetermined, [381];
a plague to classifiers, [382], et seq.;
‘secreting follicles’ of Owen, [384];
‘fossettes lacrymales’ of Duméril, [385];
Bothrophidæ named from them, [383];
the Crotalidæ of modern ophiologists, [385].
Pitfield (Captain O. A.): shoals of ss. seen by, [231].
Plate, River, ss. washed down, [232];
vernaculars of, [423].
Platt, Mr., a Florentine enthusiast, [273].
Platypus, the, [263].
Pliny, [84], [96], [168], [189], [196].
Poison, renewed, [351];
‘spouted’, ib.
Poisonous; tongue, [97], et seq.;
teeth (see [fangs]).
Pontoppidan: Bishop, sea-ser. history, [247], [251].
Porcupine; swallowed, [192];
H.M.S., [262].
Porter, Sir R. Ker, sensationalism, [112];
his travels, [113].
Portland, U.S., Convention on Snakes, [485], [506].
Portuguese: the, as colonists, [4], [354];
a friar of, on Brazil, [271];
name for snake, [354].
‘Prairie Farms’, [227] (see Gilmore).
Prehensile tails, [180], [202], [224];
of sea-ss., [233];
of anaconda and anguis fragilis, [472].
Prey, how caught, [27], [198], [203] (see [Notes from the Z.G.]);
bulk of, [29], [34], [409], [585];
shifted in the mouth, [29];
Prince of Wales in India, [87].
Pringle, Mr. E. H., sea-ss. on shore, [237];
a supposed sea-ser., [249].
by the ribs, [208];
like swimming, [217], [430] (see [movements], [acrobats]).
Psalms, the, [103].
Pseudo -fangs, [403], et seq.
Pseudoxia, or ‘Vulgar Errours’, [171], [191].
Psylli, the, [522].
Pterosauria, [44].
Puffing, [148], et seq.
Pulmonary bag, the, [142].
[Purchas], [271], [369], [397], [428].
[Putnam], F. W., of U.S., editor of the ‘American Naturalist’, [485];
secretary to the Am. Ass., [485];
on the maternal refuge, [486], et seq., [497].
Q
Queensland, species of ss. in, [540].
Questions yet undecided: the use of the rattle, [294];
the ‘pit’, doubles narines, or fosses lacrymales, [381];
‘sleeping’ of ss., [169];
origin of the maternal refuge, [505];
nature of gigantic marine animals, [267].
R
Raleigh, Sir W., [99].
‘Rambles and Scrambles’ (Sullivan), [419].
Rattells, Indian charms, [272].
[Rattles], their use, [294], [307];
speculations regarding, [308], [311], et seq.;
their age, [296], et seq., [302];
form and colour, [296], [299], et seq.;
structure, [303], [305], et seq.;
Duméril’s conclusions, [313].
Rattlesnake dens, [289], [301].
[Redi]: Osservazione intorno alle Vipere, [372];
knew of the mobility of fangs, ib.
Règne animal, Cuvier, [47].
‘Relations of the World’, by the Pilgrim Purchas, [270], [369].
Repose; after food, [40], [64];
of sea-ss., [235];
periodical (see [hibernation]).
Reptiles; how divided, [51];
definition of the name, [206].
‘Reptiles of British India’, by Dr. A. Günther, F.R.S., of the Br. M. (see [Günther]).
‘Reptiles, Natural History of’ (see [Gosse]).
‘Rerum Naturalium Thesauri’ (Seba), [278].
‘Rervm Natvralivm Braziliæ’ (Marcgravius), [397].
[Respiration]; sometimes partial, [144];
cessation of, [145];
weak, [146];
in sea-ss., [132] (see [glottis], [hibernation], etc.).
Ribs; action of, [207];
number of, [213];
expansion of, [36], [39] (see [emotions], [feeding], etc.);
‘Ricerche fisiche sopra il veleno della Vipere’ (by Felix Fontana, 1761), [368].
Richards, Dr. Vincent, experiments in artificial respiration, [552].
Rocky Mountains, cañons haunts of ss., [162].
[Roget], P. M., quotes Hellmann, [120];
perception of touch in ss., [195];
the spinal column, [210].
‘Romance of Natural History’ (Gosse), [248].
R.C.S., Museum of, [24], [68], [408], [415].
Royal Family, the, [20].
Royal herpetologists, ib.
[Ruskin], Prof., lecture on ss., [41];
classical names of, [48];
Russell, Lord Arthur, a herpetologist, [20];
a friend of the Ophidia, ib.
Ruthven, S. S., Esq., of U.S., a large brood of ss., [497].
S
‘S.’ Captain, bitten by a sea-s., [241].
Saades and Samp Wallahs, the, [515], [522].
Salamanders, [164].
Saleratus an Am. remedy, [553].
Saliva, abundant, [35], [109], [112], [352].
[Salivary] apparatus: of ss. complicated, [35], [109], [350], et seq.;
an aid to digestion, [352].
[Salivation] of prey, [36], [110].
Saltatory actions of ss., [184], [186], [448].
Santos, pelamis bicolor there, [238].
Sao Gabrielle, observations by Wallace, [421].
Sauria, the, [51];
saurians, [71], [327], [331], [590].
Saurophidians, [44].
[Scales]; illus. of, [46], [176], [193], [234], [240], [316], et seq.;
ss. classified by, [46], [316];
size of, [337];
head shields, [316];
ventral, [176], [213] (see [epidermis]).
Sceva, Mr., [365] (see [Fayrer]).
‘Schlangen und Schlangen Feind’ (H. O. Lenz), [81].
[Schlegel], Herman: his work, [3];
salivary glands, [35];
an authority, [90];
doubts snakes drinking, [77];
power of tail, [182];
vertebræ, [209];
fangs, [362];
involution of, [356];
action of, [363];
translation of his works, [3], [209].
Schliemann, Dr., vegetable antidotes, [524].
Schneck, Dr. J., of U.S., on Heterodon, [412].
Science Gossip, [490], et seq.
Science News, [411].
Sclater, P. Lutley, Esq., F.R.S., Sec. to the Z. Soc., Lond.: the carinate birds, [320];
a communication to, [404];
the brood of boas, [516].
Scorpione, the, [590].
Scutæ, overlapping, [194] (see [scales], [epidermis]).
[Sea] -ss., [233], et seq. (see [Pelagic]).
Sea -sers. hard to identify, [248], et seq.;
gigantic marine forms seen, [251];
most frequent in the North Atlantic, [252];
probable hibernation of, [253];
not necessarily ‘monsters’, [254];
official reports of, [255], et seq.;
Mr. Bartlett on, [261];
speculations, [264], et seq.;
existence still doubtful, [267].
Searle, Mr. E. W., on the brood of young boas, [439].
Seba, a crowing s., [154];
on the anaconda, [228], et seq.;
vernaculars of the rattlesnake, [278].
Seh, Fetish god, [514].
Sensations, complex, [121];
in ss. dull, [56], [161], et seq.
Septic, a, s. venom is, [552].
Serpent: of Cuvier, [47];
of mythology, [48], [102], [508];
‘sting’ of, [49];
Lord Bacon on, ib.;
the name defined, [206];
myths of, [514];
worship of, [2], [513], et seq.;
symbol, ib.
‘Serpentes’, of Topsell, [43], [101];
of Purchas, [369].
Serpentine movements, [195].
‘Serpentum Braziliensis’ (Wagler), [383], [427].
Shakspeare, his popularity, [97];
not a naturalist, ib.;
contemporary literature, [99];
quotations from, [100].
Shaler, Prof., U.S., on natural selection, [308].
Shell -breaker, ‘Sunkerchor’, [63].
Shields, [316] (see [scales], [epidermis]).
Shortt, Dr., of Madras, gives milk to snakes, [87];
approves of alcoholic remedies, [550];
claims originality with liquor potassæ, [552].
Silliman’s Journal of Science, [248].
Skeleton, of cobra, [31];
of jaws, [349].
Skin, shedding of (see integument, [epidermis]).
Sleeping after meals, [40];
with open eyes, [64], [169], [421].
Sloane, Sir Hans: ‘Inchantments’, etc., [281];
experiments, [370].
[Sloughing] of lizards, [331], [481] (see [epidermis]).
Smith, Dr. Andrew: egg-eaters, [66], et seq.;
his work, [230];
the Bucephali, [407], et seq.
Smith, a Mr., Coluber smithii, [416].
Smith, Captain John, the rattells, [272].
Smith, Prof. Lawrence, Pres. of the Am. Ass. (see [Convention on Snakes]), [485].
Smith, Sydney J., Esq., U.S., testimony, [438].
Smithsonian Contributions, [364].
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., [488].
‘Snakes of Australia’ (Krefft), [154], [172].
Snakes, Lectures on (see [Huxley], [Ruskin]).
Snakes: a home for, [61], [592];
groups of, [53];
their place in nature, [56];
length of life, [56];
their uses, [57];
cruel packing of, [169];
powers of (see [constriction], [deglutition], [dentition], [fangs], [glottis], [hibernation], [progression], [respiration], [teeth], etc.);
by name:
ABOMA, [454];
acanthophis, [172];
adder, [49], [172], [392], [410], [424], [471];
aglyphodontes, [347];
amphisbœna, [44], [91], [174], [189], [190], [353];
[anaconda], [112], [210], [228], [232], [441], [454], et seq.;
ancistrodon, [11], [495], [571], [572];
anguis 48, [54], [89], [93], [171], [183], [187], [279], [346], [353], [410], [452], et seq., [471];
anholodontes, [347];
anodon, [66], [343], [347], [414];
apistoglyphes, [347];
aproterodontes, [347];
asp, [268];
avusamans, [230].
BLACK s., [6], [63], as ‘racer’, [180], [182], [199];
‘Blackie’, [458], et seq.;
blauser, [152], et seq.;
blindworm, [44] (see anguis);
boa, [35], [47], [111], [134], [157], [183], [220], [228], [353], [435], [584], et seq.;
boiginininga, boiguira, [277];
boicinininpeba, boycininga, [430];
boodon, [347];
boomslange, [407];
boschmeester, [420];
bothrops, [383], [385], [416], [422], [426], et seq.;
broad-scaled s.,423;
bull s., [155], et seq.;
‘bull-killer’, [229];
bungarus, [349], [357], [501];
bushmaster, [176], [387], [422], et seq.
‘CALICO’ s., [410];
callophis, [537];
Cape adder, [149];
capra capella, [190];
cascavel, [272], [277], [423];
cascobel, [397];
caudalis, [374];
cecilia, [353];
cenchris, [175], [176], [224], [226], [562], [577];
cerastes, [168], [315], [320], [324], [351], [389];
chicken s., [439];
[chilobothrus], [63], [93], [186], [437], [440], et seq., [449], et seq.;
‘Cleo’, Cleopatra, [15], [515], [525];
clothonia, [85];
[cobra], [13], [33], [60], [87], [181], [190], [268], [327], [349], [354], [363], [390], [401], [423], [442], [502], [511], [517], [537], [543], [560], [578];
cœnicoussi, [420];
coluber, [27], [47], [48], [52], [63], [74], [85], [91], [139], [180], [208], [353], [414], [437], [442], [495], [500], [567];
colubrines, [178], [316], [318];
constrictor, [14], [39], [111], [135], [141], [178], [183], [198], et seq., [202], [213], [232], [247], [258], [267], [327], [438], [584];
cophias, [422];
copper-head, [176], [289], [392], [571];
coral, [10];
coronella, [83], [424], [435];
corral, [423];
counacouchi, counicouchi, [417];
courracouchi, [421];
craspedocephalus, [388], [396], a seq., [421], [423], [427];
crebo, cribo, [177];
[crotalidæ], [176], [270], [302], [318], [355], [357], [359], [362], [368], [381], et seq., [397], [494], [503];
[crotalus], [162], [269], et seq., [353], [375], [387], [421], [426], [495], [501], [519], [534], [541], [544], [553], [573], [574];
crotalophorus, [292], [388], [393];
cucurijuba, curucucu, [429];
cucuriù, cucuriubù, [454];
curucucu, [428];
cylindrophis,188;
cynodon, [347].
[DABOIA], [349], [365], [407], [436];
dasypeltis, [414];
deaf adder, [424];
deer-swallower, [229];
deirodon, [67], [72], [412], [415];
domina serpentum, [277];
dryadidæ, [218];
dryophidians, [325];
dumb rattlesnake, [392];
durissus, [366].
ECACOATL, [279];
echis, [150], [320], [351], [366], [389], [424], [440], [537], [554], [580];
[elaphis], [20], [185], [202], et seq., [336];
elapidæ, [39], [186], [338], [353], [355], [362], [422], [430], [535], [548], [567];
el trago venado, [454];
enhydrina, [237];
epicratis, [147], [203], [440];
eryx, [220];
eunectes, [456] (see [anaconda]);
eutania, [495].
FER-DE-LANCE, [319], [388], [423];
flammon, [419];
four-rayed s. (see [elaphis]);
furia, [422].
geoptyas, [38];
glyphodon, [347];
gokurrah, [425];
guiarranpiaquana, [430];
great sea-ser., [221], [247], et seq.;
green mamba, [154].
HALYS, [386];
[hamadryad], [181], [333], [352], [387], [390], [442], [503], [567];
herpetum, [326];
heterodon, [152], [347], [350], [395], [401], [403], et seq., [407], [409], [422];
hexacornis, [325];
hoacoatl, [277];
holodontes, [347];
homalopsidæ, [224], [228], [234];
hoop s., [184];
hopplocephalus, [184], [423], et seq.;
horn s., horned v., [224];
horse-shoe s., [137];
hydrophidæ, [169], [222], [232], [318], [348], [350], [355].
IARARACA, iararacuassa, [396], [429], [535];
ibibo, ibiboco, ibiboboca, [429], [430];
iffulu, [230];
isodon, [347];
isodontiens, [347].
JACULUS, [196];
jacumama, [454];
Jamaica boa, [92], [119] (see [chilobothrus]);
jararaca, [10], [119], [359], [369], [402], [417], [421], [426], et seq.;
jarraracca, jararacussu, [396], et seq., [400], [406], [423], [429];
jararacucu, [369];
jararacpeba, [430], et seq.;
jeboia, [423].
KALA-SAMP, [425];
kamoudi, [429];
keautiah, [425];
king-snake, [177];
krait, [349];
kunikusi, [421].
LACERTINES, [14], [138], [570];
lachesis, [176], [357], [359], [365], [374], [387], [401], [416], [417], et seq., [421], et seq., [426], et seq., [556];
langaha, [325];
‘Lizzie’, [89], [470], et seq.;
lophophrys, [325];
MAMBA, [154];
mangeur de rats, [228];
massasauga, [393];
megæra, [422];
mocassin, [7], [10], [227], [410], [424], [439], [571] (see [Tropidontus]);
morelia, [384].
NAG SAMP, [425];
naja, [154], [328], [425] (see [cobra]), [580];
nasicornis, [224], [317], et seq.;
natrix, [52], [138] (see [ring-s.], [Tropidontus]).
OGMODON, [347];
oligodon, [66], [343], [347], [414];
ophiophagus, [62], [181], [333], [390], [422], [425], [442], [565] (see [Elaps], [Hamadryad]).
PASSERITA, [325];
pelagic ss., [233], [235], et seq.;
pelamis, [238], et seq.;
pilot-s., [155], [182], [213];
pit-vs., [176] (see [crotalidæ]);
pituophis, [151], [156], [217];
platurus, [243];
prickly-s., [175];
proteroglyphes, [347];
psamophis, [152];
[ptyas], [85], [213], [332], [348], [349] (see [rats].);
puffadder, [13], [177], [358], [562];
python, [78], et seq., [178], [202], [443], [446], [449], [514], et seq., [516], [583], et seq.
RACER, [6], [63], et seq., [86], [155], [169], [177], [180], [182], [199];
raetel-schlange, [277];
[rat-s]., [38], [177], [214] (see [Ptyas]);
rat-tail s., [177];
rativoro, [228];
rattle-s., [116], [138], [165], [177], [193], [199], [210], [268], et seq., [272], [274], [289], [307], [353], [360], [370], et seq., [390], [394], [487], [496], [501], [509], [521], [541], [549], [563], et seq. (see [crotalus]);
red adder, [392];
[ring-s.], [27], et seq., [52], [74], [76], [83], [95], [167], [442], [566], et seq.;
river-s., [223];
river Jack, [137], [150], [223];
rudis, la rude, [414];
Russell’s v., [436] (see [Daboia]).
SCHLANGE, [49];
sea-ser., [248], et seq.;
serpente, [49];
sea-snakes, [222], [231], [318] (see [Pelagic]);
sepedon, [347]
serpentes à sonnettes, [279];
seven-banded s., [437], [439];
shiraraca, [396], et seq., [429];
simotes, [407];
slow-worm, [167], [327], [330], [424], [458], et seq. (see ‘[Lizzie’]);
sorococo, [419];
sucariuba, [454];
surucurù, [421];
surukuku, [419];
surucujù, [454].
TANGADOR, [277];
teuchlacotzauhqui, [279];
teutlacocauehqui, [277];
thanatophides, [383];
thorn-tail, [172], [173], [175], et seq., [224];
toboba, [423];
tortrix, [220];
‘Totsey’, [201], [216], [439], [516];
trigonocephalus, [172], [175], [176], [177], [226], [227], [319], [373], [388], [392], [397], [421], [422], [427];
trimuresuri, [177], [181], [386];
[tropidontus], [37], [52], [89], [95], [127], [217], [223], [226], [227], [437], [439], [440], [450], [495], et seq., [571], et seq.;
URICANA, [421];
uropeltis, [188];
uropsophus, [388].
VAIA, [423];
viperidæ, [348], [353], [355], [368];
v. atropos, [149];
v. aquatica, [174];
v. arietans, [148];
v. caudisona, [135], [275], [292], [370], et seq.;
vipers, [13], [137], [168], [224], [274], [318], [324], [363], et seq., [371], et seq., [424], [432];
v. caudalis, [177];
v. cornuta, [322];
v. nasicornis, [224], [317], [320], [324], [360], [387], [436], [441];
v. rhinosceros, [137], [150], [223];
vivera de la cruz, [423].
water rattle-s., [174];
water-ss., [225];
XENODON, [155], [347], [359], [395], [401], et seq., [407], [413], [421], et seq.
YELLOW BOA, [63] (see [Chilobothrus]).
ZAMENIS, [137].
Sound, ss. affected by, [525], et seq.
Specimens, badly-prepared, [45], [117].
Spencer, Edmund, ‘Fairie Queen’, [486].
joints of, [213];
peculiar processes, [68];
illus., [68] (see [adaptation], [anatomy], [vertebræ], etc.).
‘Spittle from the Bag’ (1670), [556];
tasted and tested, ib.
Spix and Martin; ‘Travels in Brazil’, [397];
the jararacas, ib. 427.
Sprengle, Mr. C. J., letter to the R. Soc. (1722), [280];
experiments with vipers, ib.
‘Springing teeth’, [282], [370].
Squires, [514].
‘Sting:’ of a snake, [9], [95], et seq., [105];
of the tail, [170], et seq.;
the word defined, [49].
Stradling, Arthur, Esq., M.D., C.M.Z.S. etc., cannibalism, [39];
tongues of ss., [127];
effect of warmth, [164];
the ‘Cribo’, [178];
sensitiveness of tail, [183];
‘Totsey’, [216], [439], [516];
illus. of, [201];
movements of ss., [217];
carried down by floods, [232];
sea-ss. in the Atlantic, [238];
can they climb? 239;
valuable specimens, [339], [359];
crotalus bite, [366];
a gift to the Z. Gardens, [398];
C.M.Z.S., [399];
investigations, [400];
pseudo-fangs, [405], et seq.;
vernaculars, [422], et seq.;
confusion in names, [427];
ring s. incubating, [442];
an ‘affectionate’ snake, [516];
an eligible offer, [521];
ss. insensible to music, [526];
‘fascination’, [530];
antidotes, [534];
venoms differ chemically, ib.;
fangs protective, [536];
disintegrating power of venom, [557].
Stridulating apparatus, [309].
Styng, [49].
Sucking; of eggs doubted, [73];
of cows and women impossible, [84], et seq.;
by suction, [90];
the process watched, [92].
‘Suites de Buffon’, [80] (see [Duméril]).
Sullivan, ‘Rambles in Essequibo’, [419].
‘Sun and Serpent Worship’ (J. S. Phené), [514].
Swallowing (see deglutition): vipers, their young? 483, et seq.
Swim -bladder, the, [145].
[Swimming], action of, [145], [175], [213], [217] (see [water-ss.], [sea-ss.], etc.).
Synonyms, [48];
a plague to students, [396], et seq., [417], et seq.;
a stumbling-block to writers, [395], et seq., [418], et seq.;
the derivations useful, [416], [422], [427].
T
[Tail]; horny tip, [155], [172], et seq.;
‘stinging’, [170], et seq.;
feelings expressed by, [155], [176], [179], [180], [587];
prehensile, [180], [202], [224], [233], [245], [472];
sensitiveness, [183];
of burrowing ss., [188], et seq., [472], et seq.;
a propeller, [213], [223], [233], [472];
of Lachesis, [387];
of Xenodon, [155];
of water-ss., [223];
of sea-ss., [233];
of rattlesnakes (see [rattle]);
sloughs, [336];
how discarded, [337];
illus., [176], [188], [296], et seq.
Tasmania;
broad-scaled ss., [423].
assisted by the tongue, [72], [86], [528];
Huxley on, [121].
Taxidermy, formerly bad, [45], [117].
Taylor, Colonel Meadows, Indian castes, [513].
for grasping, [34];
replacement of, [344];
gradations in, [342];
specialties, [347];
exceeding fineness of, [137], [348], [360];
sometimes absent, [66], et seq. (see [dentition], [fangs]).
Telegraph cable, the, sea-s. caught in, [239].
Templer, Mr., catching a ‘Larke’, [50].
[Tennant], Sir Emerson; sea-ss. near Ceylon, [245];
affection of cobras, [502].
Texas; cannibal ss. observed, [571].
‘Thanatophidia, the’ (see [Fayrer]).
Todd, ‘Cyclopædia of Anatomy’, [118], [434].
Tombes, Charles, Esq., M.A., ‘On the Succession of Poison Fangs’, [363], [365], [373].
[Tongue]; sensitiveness, [72];
use in drinking, [80];
‘a sting’, [95], [106], et seq.;
not a brush, [108];
a feeler, [109], [112], [121];
position of, [125];
activity, [126];
colour, [127], et seq.;
Shakspeare on, [97], et seq.;
of journalists, [103];
Topsell; his ‘Serpentes’, [43], [477];
his Natural History’, [101].
Torpor, period of, [162];
variable, [163] (see [hibernation], [respiration]).
Torquata, the collar, [52].
Tortoise; an ‘insect’, [43];
vulgarly ‘turtle’, ib.
Tortugas, sea-ss. off, [231].
Trachea, [133] (see windpipe, [glottis]).
Traill, Dr. Thos. Stewart, translator of Schlegel’s work, [3].
Transactions; of the Royal Society (see [Phil. Trans].);
of the Z. Soc., [82], [235], [440], [516], [592].
‘Travels in the Amazon’, [158], [396], [421].
‘Travels in Brazil’ (Spix and Martin), [397].
‘Travels in Peru’ (Tschudi), [419].
‘Travels Round the World’ (Kingston), [418].
Tree ss., [53], [54], [67], [181], [218], [386], [430].
‘Tropical World’ (Hartwig), [418].
Tropidos, the keel, [223].
[Tschudi], the Flammon of Peru, [419].
[Tyrrell], keeper at the Reptilium, a witness, [185];
an assistant, [402] (see [Zoo. Gardens]).
Tyson, Dr. Edward; dissection of Vipera caudisona, [275];
on the larynx, [135];
on the ‘pit’, [277];
volitionary action of [fangs], [370] (see [Phil. Trans. 1683]).
U
United States of America;
Association for the Advancement of Science, [485];
Science Convention on Snakes, [485], et seq.;
Exploring Expeditions, [162], [291], [293], [309], [376];
official Reports to Congress, [162], [291];
Dr. Elliott Coues, [199], [309], [376], [394];
herpetologists of, quoted, De Kay, [85];
Emmons, ib.;
Holbrooke, [86], et seq.;
Dr. Weir Mitchel, [535], et seq.;
F. W. Putnam, and the members of the Con., [485];
ophiological experiments (see Coues, Mitchel, [Putnam], etc.).
V
Valenciennes; on the py., [78], et seq., [444], et seq.
Vallée gave drink to the py., [79].
Valley of Wyoming infested with ss., [289].
Veleno, il della vipera (Fontana, 1767), [368].
Venner, Elsie, [301].
Venom; varies in ss., [534];
intensity of, [360], [537], [533];
remedies for, [552], et seq.;
modes of treatment, [545], et seq. (see [Fayrer], [Mitchell], etc. etc.).
[Vernaculars], [277], [279], [397], [419], [429];
Stradling on, [423].
[Vertebræ]; of Deirodon, [67];
number of joints, [209], [210];
articulation, [212];
capabilities of, [196], [202], et seq., [212], [587];
distinctions in, [211] (see [spine], [constriction]).
Vestiges of limbs, [54];
in form of ‘claws’, [219], et seq.;
Darwin on, [326];
Huxley on, [327].
Vibratile; action of fangs, [278], [375], [403], [409];
of tail, [155], [180], et seq., [587].
Vibration through solids affects ss., [526].
Virginia, [5];
‘Generall Historie of’, [272];
‘Account of’, [274];
‘History of’ (Beverley), [281], (Howe), [289];
old writers on, [369];
Viviparous, [431];
not peculiar to vs., [433] (see [incubation], [gestation]).
Voice, [146], et seq. (see [breathing], etc.).
‘Voyage of the Alceste’, Captain M’Leod, [111].
W
Wagler; eunectes, [228];
a herpetologist, [383];
not trustworthy, [427].
Wales, H. R. H. the Prince of, [22], [87].
Wales;
numbers of ss. in, [167];
a ‘venomous’ worm in, [480].
Wallaby hunters, [167].
Wallace, A. R., F.R.S., etc.; a half-strangled boa, [157];
sound of rattle, [309];
the Jararaca, [396];
the Surucurù, [421].
‘Wanderings’ (see [Waterton]).
Washington, D. C., Smithsonian Contributions, [374].
[Water] ss., [174], [221], et seq.
[Waterton], Charles, Esq.; the Counacouchi, [417];
high colouring, ib.;
a stumbling-block, [419].
Webster, Noah;
a doubtful snake, [396].
‘Western World’, the (Kingston), [418].
Whisky; a popular remedy, [548];
enormous doses, [549];
approved by Halford, [550];
Mitchell, ib.;
Shortt, ib.;
generally efficacious, [549], et seq.
White, Gilbert; believed the maternal affection of vipers, [490].
Whydah, py. deities at, [514].
‘Wild Life’ (Du Chaillu), [186].
Wilson, Dr. Andrew; reptiles not highly organized, [18];
unscientific observers, [50];
imaginary sea-ser., [250];
abnormal developments, [265].
Wind -pipe, the, [130];
with a volitionary action, [131];
Owen on, ib.;
formation of, [133];
length, [134];
Tyson on, [135];
Duméril, ib.;
observations, [137], et seq.;
muscles of, [141] (see [glottis]).
Wood (‘Natural History’); the slow-worm, [453].
Woodward, the Messrs., ‘South Africa’, [70], et seq.
Worcester; a doubtful s., [397].
Worms, gigantic, [45];
the Laidley, [117];
occasionally ‘venomous’, [480].
Wright; a doubtful snake, [397].
‘Wrongly -named’, [470] (see ‘[Lizzie’]).
Wucherer, Dr., on Xenodon, [155], [401], [409];
tree ss. 219;
C.M.Z.S., [401];
the Surucucus, [421].
Wyman, Professor, U.S., gastric juice of ss., [489].
Y
Yarmouth, sea-sers. at, [252].
Yates, F. H., Esq., ‘History of Egypt’, how ss. insert venom, [96].
Yawning; after meals, [30], [36];
quite a business, [37];
position of jaws when, [37], [136];
opportunities for inspection, [136], [139].
Z
Zambesi, Expedition to the (Livingstone), [230].
Zeuglodontia, the, imaginary sea-ser., [249].
Zimmermann, Professor (1800) incipient rattles, [299].
Zoological Gardens, [10];
Royal ophiophilists, [20];
a boon, [23];
blanket swallowed, [35];
cannibals, [39];
the ‘moccasins’, [10], [227], [572];
lectures at, [24];
eggs for food, [62];
snakes drinking, [92];
actions of snakes in water, [145], [218];
old coats, [193];
a means of instruction, [105], [110], [441];
What can it be? 129;
the air tube, [138];
hibernation, [163];
observations, [127], [333], [528], [561], et seq.;
baby vipers, [321], [432], [499];
acrobatic performances, [200], et seq., [214];
seizing the opportunity, [203];
length of anaconda, [230];
Mr. Bartlett of, [255], [322];
interrupted studies, [138];
snakes born there, [321], [436], et seq., [499], [500];
important additions, [398], [402], [455], [520];
a newly-hatched brood, [500];
a sudden thought, ib.;
‘Totsey’, [201], [216], [439], [516];
slow-worms climbing, [482];
tame ss., [515];
casting the cuticle, [333], et seq.;
Heterodons, [411];
the Xenodons, [402], et seq.;
notes from the Z.G., [562], et seq.;
the Ophiophagus, [565], et seq.;
a Government agent, [570];
relative poisons, [575], et seq.;
‘coiling’, [573];
dinner time, [582];
the blankets, [588];
the keepers’ risks, [564], [588];
the Heloderm, [589], et seq.;
‘horrid’, [591];
the new Reptilium, [592].
‘Zoological Journal’ (1826), edited by Bell; Broderip on lubrication, [113], [134];
his observations confirmed by Bell, [140].
‘Zoological Miscellany’, the (J. E. Gray, ed.), Crotalidæ, [385].
Zoological myths, [50], [266].
‘Zoological Notes’ (Arthur Nicols, Esq.), [125], [310], [504].
Zoological Proceedings, [140], [155], [401], [421], [456], [497], [516].
Zoological Society, [24];
A. R. Wallace, [309];
Dr. Edwardes Crispe, [490].
Zoological Society;
Council of, Professor Bell, [78], [493];
a fortuitous arrival, [322];
Sec. of, [440].
Zoological Society, C.M. of, [399], [401].
Zoological Transactions, [82], [235], [440], [516].
Zoologist, the, [3], [70], [73], [442], [490], [492].
Zoology;
a progressive science, [3];
assisted by observations (see [Convention], [Florence], [Phil. Trans.], [Z. G.], etc.).
‘Zoology’, Carpenter’s, [44].
‘Zoology of New York’ (De Kay), [85].
‘Zoology of South Africa’, Andrew Smith, M.D., F.Z.S., [66], [68], [177], [230], [407].
Zurich, Gesner, Professor at, [102].
THE END.
MORRISON AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.