[3] Erpétologie générale, t. vii.
[4] “Le serpent cracheur de la côte occidentale d’Afrique,” Société Zool. de France, 1895, p. 210. Bavay thinks that the Spitting Snake is a Naja haje, but the description that he gives of the head of the reptile, which was sent to him by Le Naour, certainly agrees with the characters of Sepedon. Moreover, I have satisfied myself that the many specimens of Naja haje that I have kept in captivity in my laboratory never possessed the faculty of spitting their poison to a distance.
[5] “The Snakes of Australia,” Sydney, 1869.
[6] L. Lannoy, “Thèse de doctorat ès sciences,” Paris, 1903, No. 1,138, série A, 454.
[7] “Snake Commission Report,” 1874.
[8] Bulletin de l’Académie de Médecine, t. x., 1883, p. 947.
[9] Zeitschrift für Biologie, xxiii.
[10] Kühne and Chittenden, “Ueber Albumosen,” Zeitschrift für Biologie, 1884.
[11] Comptes rendus de la Société de Biologie, 29 février, 1896.
[12] Annales de l’Institut Pasteur, 1896, p. 489.