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INDEX. 



deities, 514; natives fearless of vipers, 



523- 

 Forms ; sectional, of ss., 215 ; of scales, 



337 (j-(?i? epidermis, scales, etc. )• 



Forsyth, Mr. D. M., saw a 'monster,' 



255- 

 Fosse ; the gular, 328 ; nasal, 385, et 



seq. (pit.). 



Fossil forms, 42, 44 ; anomalous, 263 ; 

 living ones, 244. 



Fraxinius Americanus kills rattle- 

 snakes, 541. 



French, early naturalists, 4, 273, 3S3. 



Frere, Miss, 'Old Deccan Days,' 513. 



517- 

 Fresh-water ss., 55, 224, et seq. 



Friar, a, of Brazil, 271 {see Purchas). 



Friar, a, of Portugal, 271. 



Friday, feeding-day at the Z.G., 38, 



94, 138, 585^ ^^-f^^- {seeZ.Q.). 

 Frogs ; food of ss., 28, et seq. ; gigantic, 



at sea, 256 ; sometimes reappear, 489 ; 



de profundis, 504. 

 Functions retarded, 431, 434, et seq., 



497. 



G 



Galileo, 480. 



Gall a remedy for bites, 284. 



Gambia, Lepidosiren of, 244. 



Ganges, sea-ss. climbing, 239. 



Gape of ss. wide, 31, 378. 



Gardens, Zoological, of London, 10, 



16, etc. (see Z.G.). 

 Garnett, Richard, Esq., of the Br. M.. 



25- 

 Gastric juice, 489. 



Gatty, Mrs. Alfred, 21. 



Gautier, Prof., his experiments, 556. 



' Generall Historic of Viri;inia' (John 

 Smith, 1632), Indian beliefs, 272, 



' Geographical Distribution of Animal-,' 

 A. R. Wallace, 382. 



Geophagiis, the, 489. 



Gesner, his ' Historia Animalium,' 102, 

 272. 



Gestation; period of uncertain, 431, 

 434? 45 7j ^i ^^<J' } depends on tem- 

 perature, 458, 466. 



Gigantic; worms, 45; gooseberry, 254 ; 

 developments, 251, 261, 266. 



Gilmore, Parker, water vs., 227 ; 'puff 



adders,' 501. 

 Gill, Prof, on the maternal refuge, 489. 

 Gills retained through life, 44, 244. 

 Glands, salivary, 35, 109, et seq., 113, 



350. 352, 536, 556, 560; of the 



Heloderm, 590. 

 Glottis; position of, 133, 136; sheath of, 



137; of water ss., 223; how far 



extended, 140. 

 Glyphodon, 347. 

 Goode, Prof. 13rowne, on the maternal 



refuge, 485, et seq., 498, 572. 

 Gosse, Philip H., 5, 9 ; in Jamaica, 63, 



187; howss. drink, 90; quotes M'Leod, 



112 ; the tongue, 120 ; ss.' power of 



springing, 186 ; on the sea ser., 248 ; 



the ' Bushmaster, '419; Chilobothriis, 



449, et seq. ; vegetable antidotes, 525. 

 Gossip, 94, 105, 321, 480, 585. 

 Gradations ; in teeth, 342, 348 ; in fangs, 



350, 360 ; in length of jaw, ib. ; in 



glands, ib. ; in venomous secretions, 



408. 

 Grasshopper, a ' reptile,' 43. 

 Gray, Dr. E., 5 ; quotes Schlegel, 90 ; 



on the tongue, 118; species of ero., 



291 ; ed. of ' Zoological Miscellany,' 



385 ; his work, 383, 427 ; Jararaca, 



ib. 

 Gray, Captain David, on the sea-ser. , 



255, 264. 

 Green, Joseph H., muscles of the larynx, 



141. 

 Green, Mr., collector at Bournemouth, 



461. 

 Greenland, sea-ser. off, 251. 

 Grooved ; scales, 320 ; teeth, 225, 347, 



356, et seq. ; of Heloderm, 590 ; 



iangs, 348, 361. 

 Grosvenor GalLery, 117. 

 Ground-snakes, 53, 54, 187, et seq., 



458. 479- 

 Grovelling for fangs, 359, 372, 378. 



Gular ; teeth, 67, et seq. ; illus. of, 68 ; 

 fissure, 328. 



Gullet ; of Deirodon, 67, et seq. ; posi- 

 tion of, 133, 415. 



Gunpowder used for bites, 543, 544, 

 546. 



Giinther, Dr. Albert, F.R.S., etc., of 

 the Br. M., 5, 24; deglutition, 30; 

 Br. M. collection of snakes, 50 ; his 

 five groups, 53 ; ss. require water. 



