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 ss., 437, 438;

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.;

illus. of, 349, 355.

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;

incubation, 434, 449.

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.

Keel -shaped scales, 319;

developed in the Tropidonoti, 320;

derivation, 223, 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;

links in, 44, 413.

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;

their length, 237, 246;

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 lizards, 71, 591;

of anguis fragilis, 89.

‘Larkes’, how caught, 50.

Larynx, the, 132, 133, 135, 222.

‘Last Rambles among the Indians’ (Catlin), 289.

Latreille, 161, 383.

Laurenti, 383.

Lawson, 4;

his ‘insects’, 43, 282;

his ‘reptiles’, 43;

an egg merchant, 63, 182;

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.

Leaping, 183, 198.

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.

Lenz, H. O., 5, 25;

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.

Lizards, 71, 453, 458;

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.

‘Medical Times’, 87, 547.

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;

of the ribs, 212, 215;

irritability of, 183, 471.

Muscular powers of ss., 38, 181, 199, 202, 204.

Musée d’Histoire, 443, 444.

Museum, Br. (see Br. M.).

Museum;

of Paris, 78, 165;

Australian, 246;

of the R.C.S., 24, 408;

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;

Country, the, 310, 504;

Dailies, the, 13, 417;

‘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;