CONTENTS. 



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Part I.- Snakes in General. 



Locomotion ... ... .,, ... 13 



Venom ... ... ... ... ... 18 



Venomous and Harmless Snakes... ... 20 



Food and Reproduction ... ... ... 24 



Uses of Snakes ... ... ... ... 26 



Enemies of Snakes ... ... ... 27 



Popular and Scientific Names ... .. 28 



Technical Terms ... ... ... 31 



Part XL— Australian Snakes. 



Blind Snakes ... ... ... ... 33 



Pythons and Rock Snakes ... ... 36 



Colubrine Snakes ... ... .. 40 



Harmless Colubrine Snakes ... ... 40 



Aquatic AND Nocturnal Colubrine Snakes 43 



Venomous Colubrine Snakes ... ... 45 



Venomous Land Snakes ... ... ... 46 



Sea Snakes ... ... ... ... 67 



