INDEX. 



595 



' Blackie,' 458, et seq. 



Bladder, the swim-, 145. 



Blake (Colonel, of Virginia), a rattle- 

 snake, 284. 



Blanket, swallowed, 35 ; disappointing, 

 588. 



Blowing: the, vi, 152; as 'puffing,' 

 148 ; like a bull, 155. 



Bluets, 65. 



Bond, Rev. H., his testimony, 491. 



Bones: of the head, 30 ; intermaxillary, 

 31; of spine, 178, 198,213; '\x\. Deiro- 

 don, 67; of tail, 183; of 'claw,' 

 220 (j^^ jaw, vertebrae, tails, etc.). 



Bonnat, 228, 383. 



Borneo, Crotalidce in, 386. 



Boston, U.S., sea-ser. off, 251. 



BufFon, 197 ; his era, 383. 



Bourbon, Isle of, py. incubating in, 

 444. 



Bournemouth, lizards at, 164; a cap- 

 ture, 458. 



Bourrelets, of the rattle, 304. 



Bowerbank, a two-headed s., 190. 



Braden, J. G,, Esq. : specimens of 

 rattle, 306. 



Brazil, tree s. in, 219; 'Discourse' 

 of, 271 ; names of Crotalidce, 277 ; 

 specimens from, 339, 360 ; Jararaca 

 in, 396; 'Travels' in, 397; experi- 

 ments in, 406 ; vernaculars of, 419, 

 423, ^Z seq. 



Breathing : irregular, 142, et seq. ; some- 

 limes partial, 144; suspension of, 145, 

 161, 168, 253; as 'puffing,' 149, 155 

 {see hibernation, respiration). 



Bridgewater Treatise, 120. 



British Ass., 42. 



British Guiana, Hist, of, 420. 



British India {see Giinther, Fayrer, Bal- 

 four, Nicholson, etc.). 



British Museum, 19, 131, 291, 377, 405, 

 418 ; Dr. Gunther's catalogue of 

 ss. at, 354. 



' British Reptiles ' (Bell's), 76, 140, 453 

 {see Bell). 



Brittain, Mr., evidence of, 504. 



Broderip, Dr. J., a naturalist, 113 ; his 

 works, ib. ; on the larynx, 135 ; 

 riuoted by Gosse, 112; observations 



by, 134. ^^ ^^<I- 

 Browne, Sir Thomas : * Vulgar 



Errours,' 171; a two-headed s., 191 ; 



the maternal refuge, 487. 



Bruton, Dr. Lauder, 552. 



Buckland, Frank : his visit to Chelsea, 

 13; a 'flannel sausage,' 36; the 

 Coronella, 83, 435 ; a waggish s., 

 104; a mistake of, 115; sensitiveness 

 of tail, 183 ; a sea-s. , 238 ; a ribbon 

 fish, 250 ; sea-ser., 255, et seq., 264 ; 

 two-headed s., 189 ; reserve fang-, 

 346 ; s. eggs, 437 ; anaconda, 455 ; 

 invited, 464 ; obituary notice of 

 'Cleo,'5i5. 



Bull-frog, 156. 



Bullen, George, Esq., of Br. Museum, 



19- 

 Bulletin, U.S., Zoological 'Reports,' 



291, 309, 388. 



Burman coast, sea-ss. range, 23S. 



Burrowing ss., 46, 53, 188, 459, 468. 



Caledonia, New, sea-ss. at, 238. 

 Cannibalism, 37, 182, 199, 401, 562; 



sometimes unintentional, 38, 572 ; 



common among the Eiapidce, 567, 



571- 

 Canons, ss. in, 162. 



Cantor, Dr. Theodore, sea-ss. drinking, 

 82 ; quotes Schlegel, 90 ; tongue of 

 sea-ss., 125; sea-ss. asleep, 169; 

 on pelagic sers., 235 ; their poison, 

 243 ; their food, 245 ; number of 

 species, 246. 



Cape, the, sea ser. at, 252, 259. 



Capybara, the, 229. 



Carbolic acid, kills ss., 544 ; a remedy 

 for the venom, ib. 



Carinate scales, 319 {see 'keel '). 



'Carolina, History of {see Lawson). 



'Carolina, Natural History of {see 

 Catcsby). 



Carpenter, Dr., F.R. S., etc., links and 

 transitions in nature, 44 ; his opinion 

 of Bacon, 99; lungs of ss., 143; 

 hibernation, 165 ; length of spine, 

 210; insalivation of food, 352; 

 vegetable protectives, 539. 



Carver, Jonathan, a 'blowi'ig' s., 153 ; 

 large swarms of ss., 225 ; the maternal 

 refuge, 487. 



Catesby, Mark : an egg robber, 63 ; 

 the 'blowing v.,' 152; ' liorn ss.,' 



