INDEX. 



383 



Ring Snake — 



haunts, 18. 



hibernation, 62. 



incubating, 325. 



in Ireland, 38. 



in motion, 261. 



measurements, 14, 364. 



plague of, 29. 



reproduction, 21. 



sloughing, 60. 



synonyms, 28. 



tail, 12, 17, 18. 

 Russell, Hon. A., 48. 



St Patrick, 5, 38, 39. 

 Sanddizard, 7. 

 Sauropsida, 6. 

 Scales, 18, 23, 47, 96. 

 Scharff, Dr, q., 40. 

 'Science Gossip,' 55, 59. 

 Serj)ents, 7. 

 Shrewsbury, 17. 

 Sicily, 44. 

 Silesia, 69. 

 Sloughing, 60, 67-74. 

 Slow-worm, 7, 51, 52, 83, 87, 89. 

 Small red viper, 9, 206-213. 

 Smooth Snake — 



colour, 57, 58. 



description, 44. 



disposition, 52. 



distribution, 43, 53, 55. 



feeding, 56. 



food, 51. 



habits, 47. 



haunts, 56. 



hibernation, 63. 



historical, 47-49. 



illustrations, 45, 58. 



literature, 59. 



odour, 47, 52. 



plates, 47. 



reproduction, 47. 



sloughing, 66. 



synonyms, 59. 

 Snake, 10. 

 Snakes in Ireland, 38-42. 



Squirrels, 26. 

 Steel-blue, 58. 

 Sternum, 23. 

 Stoats, 26. 

 Stradling, Dr, 128. 

 Superstition, 74, 140, 141. 

 Swallowing food, 19, 57, 87, 91. 

 young, 164-193. 



Tear-ducts, 23. 

 Temporary hairs, 67. 

 tooth, 22. 

 Terminology, 9. 

 Thompson, Dr, q., 41. 

 Toads, 20. 

 Tongue, 25. 

 Tortoises, 7. 



Tropidonotus natrix, 9-42. 

 Types, 6. 



Venom, 126. 

 Ventral scales, 24, 94. 



surface, 14, 24. 

 Viper, red, 9. 

 Vipera berus, 7, 75-193. 



communis, 9. 

 Virulence of poison, 65, 66, 128-135. 

 Viviparous, 47. 

 Voles, 20, 84. 



Wales, 5. 

 Warmth, 63. 

 Water. 18. 

 Water snake, 28. 

 Water-voles, 84, 87. 

 'Western Mail' q., 30. 

 Wimborne, 48. 

 Windpipe, 99. 



Yellow collar, 12-14. 

 Yorkshire, 250, 328-331. 



Zacholus austriacus, 59. 

 Zoological Gardens, 55, 59. 

 'Zoologist' q., 44, 48, 49, 51, 52, 

 59. 



