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INDEX, 



Ammonia an approved remedy, 533, 



547- 

 Ai)iphibia, the, 46. 

 Amsterdam, py. at, 437, 

 Anatomy, of head, 30; of jaws, 31, 



34 ; of the spine, 209 ; of the rattle- 

 snake, 275. 

 ♦ Anatomy of the Vertebrates, ' 67, 119, 



131. 143, 147. 180, 184, 196, etseq., 



212, 336 {see Owen). 

 'Anecdotes of Serpents,' 216, 523, 

 'Animal Biography,' 134, 

 Animal kingdom, 51. 

 'Animal Physiology,' 147, 210 {see 



Carpenter). 

 'Animal Physiology' (Roget's), 120, 



195 {see Roget). 

 ♦Animal World,' the, 169. 

 ' Animalium Mexicanum,' 190, 590, 

 •Annales des Sciences Naturelle,' 78, 



91, 442, 444. 

 Antennae of insects, 118, 120, 126, et seq. 

 Antidotes, 275 ; Fayrer's definition of, 



533 '■> various reputed ones, ib.y 534, 



539, 547, et seq. 

 Apodal, ss. are, 206. 

 Appendages, mythical, loi ; caudal, 



172, et seq. ; epidermal, 315 ; 'horns,' 



320 ; crest, 325 ; tentacular, 326 ; as 



'claws,' ib. {see rattle, epidermis). 

 Aquatic ss., 53, 145, 150, 174, 221, 



225, et seq., 233, et seq., 401, 423, 



453, 495, 496. 

 Arabs chew herbs, 525. 

 Anlicoplcryx, 44. 

 Aristotle, his name for reptiles, 45 ; 



bite of s., 96; marine ss., 244; vs., 



432, et seq. 

 Ai-iiis, the, 489. 

 Armadillo, 413. 

 Association, Am., 485, et seq. 

 Association, Br., 42. 

 Atlantic, the, 249 ; sea-ss. in, 238 ; 



sea-ser. , 252. 

 At ophied limbs, 326. 

 Att.r, cetter, 479. 

 'Aunt Judy's Magazine,' 21, 72, 303. 



312, 333, 470- 

 Aural : powers of angnis fragilis, 476 ; 



apparatus of ground ss. , 527. 

 Australia, s. -hunting in, 167; sea-s. , 



236, 246. 

 ♦Australia, Snakes of {see Krefft). 

 A.xohtl, 44. 



B 



Bacon, Lord, quoted, 49, 57; a poor 



naturalist, 99. ' 



Bai^-us, the, 489. 

 Baird of U.S. on the bull-s. , 502. 

 Baker, Owen, a sea-ser. seen by, 257, 



et seq. 

 Baker, Sir Samuel : v. fangs, 357. 

 Balance of Nature, 17, 57. 

 Balfonr's ' British India,' 74, 76, 86, 

 Balfour's 'Cyclopaedia of India,' 86. 

 Bancroft, H. H., ser.-worship, 514. 

 Banks, Sir Joseph, action of ribs, 207 ; 



letter to Waterton, 418. 

 Bard of Avon, the, 97. 

 Bartlett, Mr. A. D., on the sea-ser., 



255, 261, et seq. ; presenting a v., 



322 ; buying an anaconda, 455. 

 Barton, Benjamin Smith, on the Cro., 



299. 

 Bartram (Mr. , of U. S. ) : a * roaring ' s. , 



155; 'cluster of teeth,' 371, 

 Bates (H. W.): a cannibal s., 39; 



Jararaca, 421. 

 Batrachia, the, 51. 

 Battues of ss., 286, et seq., 289. 

 Beal (J. W., of U.S.) : sound of the 



rattle, 309. 

 Beaufort, Dukeof(A.D. 1709), 173. 

 Beaumont and Fletcher, quotation from, 



487. 

 Beauvoir, Palisot de, his testimony, 



488. 



Bell, Prof. Thomas, 4; food of ring-?., 



74; his tame s. , 76; his 'British 



Reptiles,' ih.; a trustworthy herpe- 



tologist, 78 ; ss. drink, ib., 91 ; editor 



' Zoological Journal,' 140; on afiguis 



fragilis, 453 ; gestation of unguis 



fragilis, 466 ; sloughing of anguis 



fragilis, 481 ; the maternal refuge, 



493- 

 Bellowing s., 155, et seq. 



Ben Jonst;n, 99. 



Bengal, Bay of, range of sea-ss., 236. 



Berkeley ; rattlesnake remedies, 538. 



Beverley, Colonel : a stinging tail, 174 ; 



his 'History of Virginia,' 281; a 



severed head biting, 390. 

 Bezoar, 523. 



Bibron. 80 [sec Dumeril). 

 Bingiey, a boa feeding, 134. 



