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.
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.
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.;
acrobatic performances, 200, et seq., 214;
seizing the opportunity, 203;
length of anaconda, 230;
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.;
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 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 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.