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INDEX. 



Du Chaillu : * whistling' ss., 154; his 

 Wild Life, 186. 



Dudley, Paul : on the cro., 281 ; a 

 long rattle, 302. 



Dumeril : much quoted, 3 ; Professor 

 iCErpetologie, 78 ; py. drinking, 80 ; 

 on Schlegel, 90; the tongue, 122, 

 et scq. ; glottis, 136, 157, 222 ; la 

 langzutte, ib., 138; hissing, ^soitffle- 

 vient,' 147, et seq., 157; quotes 

 Linnaeus, 161 ; absorption of heat, 

 164; physical feats of ss., 181 ; 

 anaconda, 228 ; its spots, 338 ; the 

 rattle, 303 ; cro. does not hiss, 313; 

 system of dentition, 347; species of 

 vs., 374 ; les f asset ies, 384 ; tail of 

 Lachesis, 387 ; species of cro., 388 ; 

 the Jararaca^ 427 ; Python bivitaitis, 

 444, et seq. 



Duncan, Professor Martin, 376, et seq. 



E 



Echidnine, 534. 



Edentata, 413. 



Edentulous, 67, 414. 



Efifeldt, Rudolph ; observations of the 

 tongue, 124. 



Egg: producers, 'insects,' 43; covering, 

 432, 433, 435, et seq. {see incubation, 

 oviparous, ovoviviparous, etc.). 



Eggs of ss., 78, 431 ; produced by pys., 

 437, 442, et seq., 446, 449; by boas, 

 449, et seq. ; by anaconda, 456 ; by 

 atigiiis fragilis , 462, et seq. ; by other 

 ss., 431, 433, 435, 437, 440, et seq. 



Eggs ; of birds food of ss., 59, 63, 66, 

 430; swallowed whole, 60, et scq.; 

 sometimes disgorged, 62, 69 ; passed 

 entire, 61, 69; 'sucked,' 70; food 

 of lizards, 71, 591. 



'Egypt, History of,' 96 ; sculptures of, 

 508 ; jugglers in, 523; ser. deities in, 

 172, 511; myths of, 514; charmers, 

 515, 523; antidotes in, 525. 



Electric fluid, 161. 



'Elementary Lessons in Physiology,' 

 121, 303 {see Huxley). 



'Elsie Venner,' 301. 



Elwes, Mr. A. T., artist, 25, 516; a 

 witness, 185. 



Emblems, 10 1, et seq., 172, 272, 509, 

 etseq., 518. 



Embryo, 435, 448, 451, 462, 466. 



Emmons' 'Nat. Hist, of N.Y.,' 85. 



Emotions; feeble, 56, 159, 161; ex- 

 pressed by the tail, 177, 179, et seq.y 

 183 ; by the ribs, 150, 328. 



Encyclopaedias, as books of reference, 

 90; perplexing, ib., 418; errors in, 

 362, 418. 



' Encyclopsedia of Anatomy ; ' the 

 tongue, 118 ; incubation, 434. 



' Encyclopaedia Metropolitana ; ' the 

 ' Bushmaster,' 420. 



Endurance, powers of, 124, 166, 168, 

 321, 457, 489. 



Epidermis ; expansile, 30 ; scales of, 

 465 193, 316 ; illustrated, 316; mag- 

 nified, 317 ; head - shields, 318; 

 carinated, 319; 'horns,' 320, 323; 

 developments of, 325, et seq. ; casting 

 or sloughing, 329, et seq.; the pro- 

 cess watched, 333, 481 ; health 

 affected by, 329, ;^27 > patterns of 

 skin, 338, et seq., 517 ; illustrated, 



339, 340. 

 Epiglottis, 132 (j^^ glottis). 

 Erie, Lake, U.S., swarms of water 



ss., 226 ; and of rattlesnakes, 289. 

 * Erpetologie Generale' (Suites de 



Buffon), 80, 122, 136, 147, 157, i6r, 



164, 181, 223, 305, 313, 384, etseq., 



427, 444 {see Dumeril). 

 'Essai sur la Physionomie des Ser- 

 pents,' 35, 77, 182; translation of, 3, 



209, 356, 363 {see Schlegel). 

 Essequibo, rambles in, 419. 

 Estivation, 162. 

 Evolution, 70, 132, 314, 327 ; in fangs, 



342, 350, 364. 

 Ewart, Dr., his experiments, 552. 

 Expansion : of the throat, 31 ; of jaws, 



ib. ; of the skin, 30 ; of the ribs, 



150, 328. 

 •Expedition to the Zambesi,' 230. 

 Expedition; U.S. Explorations, 162, 



291, 376. 

 Experiments; on vs., 273, 281, 321 ; 



on the fangs, 369, et seq., 377, etjeq.; 



in s. venom, 534, 535, et seq. ; in 



antidotes, 537, et seq. 

 Explorations, U.S., 162, 291, 309. 

 Eye of ss., 285, 328, et seq.,_ 337, 350 ; 



watching, 581, et seq.; easily injured, 



586. 

 Eye covering, 328, et seq. 



