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INDEX. 



174, 189; 'water vs.,' 226; rattle- ! 



S5.,284; 'hog-nosed' ss., 410; Indian 



remedies, 538, 

 Catlin, George, rattlesnake battues, 



287; an alarm, 391 ; conjugal ss., 



"502 ; Indian superstitions, 509. 

 Cats, their whiskers as feelers, 124 ; 



tenacious of life, 559 ; resist venom, 



lb. 

 Caudal, eloquence, 155, 179, "311, 587; 



appendages, 170, et seq. 174 {see tail, 



ratile, etc.). 

 Caverns, the retreat of ss. , 287, 



443- 

 Caves, sacred, 509 ; abode of ss., 124, 



162, 166, 288. 

 Centipedes, legs of, 212 (j-^.? millipedes). 

 'Ceylon, History of {see Tennant). 

 Chalk epoch, 262. 

 ' Challenger,' voyage of the, 262. 

 Chambers: 'Anecdotes of Serpents,' 



216, 523; editor of the 'Journal,' 



23 ; observations at the Z.G., 217 ; 



the ' Miscellany,' 523. 

 Chancery, ss. in, 13, 515. 

 Chandernagor, travels in, 444. 

 Charas, Moyse : his work, 273 ; he 



'grovels' for fangs, 359, 372; ex- 



] eriments on vs., 371 ; a 'nursery' of 



fangs, ib. ; knew of the mobility of 



fangs 372. 

 Charming, Sir H. Sloane on, 281 ; its 



origin, 515, et seq., 578, 585 {see 



fascination). 

 Charms, 281 ; in s. relics, etc., 509, et 



seq. 

 Chase, a, with a s., 214. 

 Chased by a s., 185. 

 Chateaubriand's descriptions of $?., 



153, 175> 197, 307; the maternal 

 asylum, 487. 



Chelo7iia, 51. 



Chelsea, tame ss. at, 13, 27, 515, 525. 



Chicago, observations at, 496. 



Chimaphila, 65. 



Chinese mythologies, 509. 



Chittagong, rare beast from, 261. 



Chorda: vacates, 147. 



Circulation of blood, 56 ; checked by 

 cold, 161 ; renewed by warmth, ib. : 

 moisture essential to it, 162 (s.e 

 hibernation, respiration, etc.). 



'City of Baltimore,' the, sea sers. seen 

 fiom, 249. 



Clarke's translation of Der Hoeven's 



' Handbook of Zoology,' 118. 

 Classification, 50 ; at present defec- 

 tive, 51 ; five principal groups of 

 ss., 53 ; by dentition unsatisfactory, 

 354, et seq.; difficulties occurring in, 

 413, 421 ; Krefft on, 423 {see nomen- 

 clature). 



Clayton, Mr. J., the ' tayle ' of rattle- 

 snakes, 280. 



Climbing, 180, et seq., 196, 214, et 

 seq., 230; of sea-ss., 238 ; of Atzguis 

 fragiiis, 475, 482. 



Cockbum versus Mann, 13. 



Coiling, the, 48 ; in constriction, 29, 

 203 ; of tail, 182, 587 ; in convolu- 

 tions, 185; for a spring, 198; to 

 substitute hands, 199, et seq., 206; 

 swiftness of, 200 ; flexibility of, 218 ; 

 of the sea-ser., 257 ; of Heterodon, 

 409, 570 ; in repose, 447, 587 ; of 

 ' Lizzie,' 472, 478 ; of Natrix, 569 ; 

 of the Lac er tines, 571 {see constric- 

 tion) ; before striking, 573. 



Cold; ss. affected by, 143, 159, 165, 

 584, et seq. 



Cold-blooded, 56 ; why so, 142, 146, 

 159 {see hibernation, etc.). 



Colours of ss., 10; under excitement, 

 I53> 572 ; of tree ss., 219, 386; of 

 rattlesnakes, 270, 285 ; of African 

 vs., 321, 338,1?/ seq., of 'Bushmas'.er,' 

 417, et seq., 426 ; variable in young 

 ss., 424; in other ss., ib.; after 

 moulting, 508 {see sloughing). 



Combats between ss., 37, 199, 563. 



Congress (U.S.), Government Com- 

 missions, 199, 376. 



Constriction, 29, 199, 203, 214, 245 ; 

 of young boas, 216, 439, 446 ; some- 

 times feeble, 583. 



Constrictors, 14, 35, 38, 135, 141, 182, 

 1 98, et seq., 213, et seq., 25S, 336, 

 438, 446, 454, 583. 



Convention, a, of ss., 104; U.S. on 

 ss., 485, 505, 552, 572. 



Cooke, M. C., ' Our Reptiles,' 491, 

 editor 'Science Gossip,' ib., a her- 

 petologist, ib. 



Cooper, W. R., 'Serpent Myths,' 514. 



Cope, Professor, of U.S., 386. 



Cotton, Dr., of Tennessee, his rattle- 

 snake, 298. 

 i Coues, Dr. Elliott, of U.S., a combat, 



