INDEX. 



599 



Fabulous ; animals, loi ; tongues, 102, 

 103; ideas of reptiles, 511. 



' Fairie Queen,' the, 486. 



Fangs ; Cuvier's distinction, 47, 353 ; 

 of sea-ss., 241, 266; early experi- 

 ments with, 274, 281 ; mobility 

 of early, described, 278, 283, 369, 

 et seq. ; a means of defence, 311, 

 516; functional pair, 345, 364, et 

 seq. ; construction of, 356 ; the 'slit,' 

 involution, 356, 358, 372 ; illus. of, 

 356 ; diversities of, 357 ; succession 

 of, 346, 350> 363. yi^.et seq.; action 

 of, 370 ; specially described, 377, ct 

 seq. ; a hypodermic syringe, 364, 

 379 ; control of, 375 ; fixed and move- 

 able, 362 ; reserve or supplementary, 

 366; shedding of, ;/'. , 376; ex- 

 quisite finish, 358 ; illus., 349, 355, 

 356, 360; fangs of young vs., 360, 

 361 ; of young cos., 361 ; of Xeno- 

 dons, 403, 408 ; of Heterodon d' 

 Orbignyi, 409 ; of Bucephalus, 407 ; 

 q{ Ring Hals, 582. 



Fascination, Sir Hans Sloane on, 281 ; 

 investigated, ^2'],et seq.; conclusions, 



531- 

 Fat ; abundant in ss., 165 ; absorbed 



during hibernation, ib. ; an article of 



commerce, 286; a remedy, 522, 541 ; 



protective to pigs, 394. 



Fatalists in India, 22, 511, 513, 540, 



555- 

 Fayrer, his Thanatophidia, 5, 19 ; ss. 



eat eggs, 62, 63 ; swallow them 



whole, ib. ; drink milk, 87 ; Echis 



carinata, 150; prehensile tails, 177 5 



sea-ss., 236 ; Enhydrina, 238 ; illus. 



of scales, 240; bite of sea-ss., 241, 



et seq. ; sloughing of co., 332 ; illus. 



of dentition, 349, 355, 356 ; fangs 



of young CDS., 361 ; renewal of 



fangs, 364 ; in vipers, 365 ; vibratile 



fangs, 375 ; the Crotalidir, 386 ; 



'Bushmaster,' 422 ; vernaculars of 



India, 425 ; cos. incubating, 442 ; 



maternal affection, 503 ; Hindu 



superstitions, 512; what an antidote 



isj 533 ; virulence of Echis venom, 



537 ; of CO. venom, 554, et seq. ; 



effect of strychnine, 543 ; carbolic 



acid and creosote, 544 ; how to deal 

 with the bites, 545, et seq. ; gift of 

 cos. to the Z. See, 563. 

 Fear ; a strong feature in ss., 387, 412, 

 471, 517, 565, 574, 578, et seq.; 

 paralyzing effect of, 529 ; causes a 

 bitten victim to succumb, 536, 544, 



558. 

 Feeding; mode of, 28, et seq., 133, 



199, et seq., 528 [see Friday, notes 



from the Z.G.). 

 Feeling; expressed by tail, 155, 158 



{see tail); by the tongue, 126 {see 



tongue); by sound, 526; vibration, 



ib. 

 Feigning death, 411, 412. 

 Ferguson, 'Tree and Serpent Worship,' 



513. 



Fernandez, * Animalium Mexicanum,' 

 190, 279, 590. 



Festivals to snake deities, 63, 74, 511. 



Fetish customs and superstitions, 514. 



Fiction ; ss. of, 41, 50, loi ; tongues 

 of, 94, 97, 102. 



Fish ; lizard, 44 ; experiments with, 

 243 ; ribbon, 250 ; supposed sea- 

 sers., 251, 255, et seq. ; living at 

 great depths, 262 ; carrying their 



eggs, 489- 

 Fissure, the gular, 328. 



Fistulous teeth, 280. 



Fitzinger, 383. 



Flappers, 255, et seq., 267. 



Flattening ; of head, 410 ; of body, 

 215, 216, 217; 411. 



Floods, ss. carried down by, 230, 231, 

 et seq. 



Florence; Redi on vs., 273; experi- 

 ments at, ib., 275 ; Fontana at, 368, 

 370, 372; 'knowing physicians' at, 

 273, 556; the 'Florentine philoso- 

 pher,' Redi, 555. 



Flower, Prof., on Armadillos, 413. 



Follicles, secreting, 384. 



Fontana, P'elix, structure of fangs, 

 368 ; prior observations, 370 ; earlier 

 experiments, 274. 



Food ; often declined, 62, 83, 460, 566, 

 567 ; sometimes disgorged {see dis- 

 gorged, feeding, constriction, Z.G., 

 etc.). 



Forbes, Alexander K., co. guardians, 



5'i- 

 Forbes, F. E., 'The Dahomcans,'Fetii>h 



