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;
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;
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
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.
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;
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;
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.
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.