shedding of, ib., 376;

exquisite finish, 358;

illus., 349, 355, 356, 360;

fangs of young vs., 360, 361;

of young cos., 361;

of Xenodons, 403, 408;

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;

a remedy, 522, 541;

protective to pigs, 394.

Fatalists in India, 22, 511, 513, 540, 555.

Fayrer, his Thanatophidia, 5, 19;

ss. eat eggs, 62, 63;

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.

Feigning death, 411, 412.

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.).

Fossil forms, 42, 44;

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.

Gosse, Philip H., 5, 9;

in Jamaica, 63, 187;

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 fangs, 350, 360;

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;

his work, 383, 427;

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;

fangs, 348, 361.

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.;

position of, 133, 415.

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;

sea-ss., 235, 237, 240;

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;

forms, 318, 319;

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.

Hernandez, 271;

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;

of slow-worms, 461, 468.

Hindû; superstitions, 22, 425, 509, 511, et seq., 517, 555;

eggs sacred offerings of, 74, 86;

vernaculars, 425;

transliteration, 429.

Hissing, 148;

prolonged, 149;

exceptions in, 150, 313;

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;

the scutæ, 213, 217.

Hood, the, of co., 31, 327, 517.

Horns; of vs., 315;

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;

early known, 441, 443;

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.