xvui STORY OF THE AMPHIBIANS 



PART XL— REPTILES 



CHAPTER PAGE 



X. — Introduction ; definition ; what came in with 



THE REPTILES ; ORDERS, LIMBS, TOES, CLAWS, TOE- 

 WALKING 69 



XL — Tails, heads, jaws, teeth, and tongues in rep- 

 tiles 79 



XII. — Food, means of defense, weapons, bluff, odor, 



ORNAMENTS, COLORS, COLOR- PROTECTION, AND 

 COLOR-CHANGING IN REPTILES .... 98 



XIII. — Motion, hiding-places, hibernation, haunts, dis- 

 tribution, MIGRATION, PLAY, BATTLE, ENEMIES, 

 DISEASE, AGE, AND SIZE OF REPTILES . . .111 



XIV. — Digestive tract, respiration, circulation, 



LUNGS, heart, cold BLOOD, LYMPH-HEARTS, 

 SKELETON, SKULL, MUSCLES, NERVES, BRAIN, 

 WISDOM, SKIN, AND SCALES IN REPTILES . . 123 



XV. — Sense-organs, eggs, hatching, care of young, 



GEOLOGY AND MODERN REPTILES, KINSHIPS, VA- 

 RIETIES OF FOSSIL FORMS, DIAGRAM OF KINSHIP, 

 COMMENTS ON TYPES OR ORDERS OF EXTINCT REP- 

 TILES, AND KEY 138 



XVI. — Outline of modern reptiles, with helpful keys 158 



PART III.— A COLLECTOR'S EXPERIENCE 

 WITH REPTILES 



XVII. — Snakes as household pets — Prevailing preju- 

 dice against reptiles — The uses of reptiles 

 — Why snakes are friends of the farmer — 

 The place of reptiles in nature . . . 169 



