CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. SEEING A SNAKE FEED, ...... 27 



II. SNAKES OF FICTION AND OF FACT, . . . .4! 



III. OPHIDIAN TASTE FOR BIRDS' EGGS, . . . -59 



IV. DO SNAKES DRINK ? . . . . . -75 

 V. THE TONGUE OF A SNAKE — PARTI. WHAT IT IS ' NOT,' . 94 



VI. THE TONGUE OF A SNAKE — PART II. WHAT IT ' IS,' . . 107 



VII. THE TONGUE OF A SNAKE — PART III. ITS USES, . . II 5 



VIII. THE GLOTTIS, . . . . . . . I29 



IX. BREATHING AND HISSING OF SNAKES, . . . . I42 



X. HIBERNATION, . . . . . . -159 



XI. THE TAIL OF A SNAKE, . . . . . . 1 70 



XII. OPHIDIAN ACROBATS : CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRICTION, . I92 

 XIII. FRESH-WATER SNAKES, ...... 221 



XIV. THE PELAGIC OR SEA SNAKES, ..... 233 



XV. * THE GREAT SEA SERPENT,' . . • .247 



XVI. RATTLESNAKE HISTORY, ...... 268 



XVII. THE RATTLE, .....•• 294 



XVIII. THE INTEGUMENT — ' HORNS,' AND OTHER EPIDERMAL APPEND- 

 AGES, . . . . . . • '315 



XIX. DENTITION, ,....•• 342 



XX. VIPERINE FANGS, ...... 368 



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