INDEX. 



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89 ; Schlegel an authority, 90 ; abun- 

 dant saliva, 109 ; on the tongue, 118; 

 vibrating tails, 177; burrowing forms, 

 188 ; a mistake of Schlegel, 209 ; 

 iresh-water ss., 222, 224; sea-ss., 

 235, 237, 240 ; a semi-pelagic s., 243 ; 

 the epidermis, 315 ; names of head- 

 shields, 316; ilius. ib., 318; a friend 

 in need, 322 ; on dentition, 354 ; the 

 Xenodofi, 400 ; a poser, 405 ; on the 

 venom, 536. 

 Gurney, Mr. T. H., 491 ; the maternal 

 refuge, 492, 



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Htkluyt's voyages, 99, 271, 276. 



Halford, Prof. : a vain search, 405 ; 

 disclaims an ' antidote,' 533 ; his ex- 

 periments, 547 ; explanations, ib. ; 

 ' On the Condition of Blood from 

 Snake-bite,' 548 ; approves of stimu- 

 lants, 547, 550. 



Halifax, sea ser. off, 251. 



Hall, Captain, dissection of rattlesnake, 



370- 

 Eardwicke's 'Science Gossip,' ed. of, 



491 ; evidence, 492. 



Harrison, Captain, R.N., describes a 

 marine animal, 251. 



Karting, J. E., F.Z.S., etc., 411. 



Hartwig, Geo., 'Tropical World,' 418. 



Haynes, Lieutenant, R.N., describes a 

 gigantic anomaly, 255. 



Hayward, S., Esq., viper-swallowing 

 evidence, 493. 



Kayward's Heath ; hibernating ss. 

 found, 1 66. 



Head ; expansile, 30 ; double, 189, ei 

 scq. ; shields of, 315, et scq. ; illus. , 

 316-18 ; forms, 318, 319 ; generic 

 characters of, 319, 383, et scq., 427 ; 

 appendages of, 320 {set horns, etc.). 



Hebrides, sca-ser. off, 251. 



Hellmann, 5 ; on the tongue, 120. 



Hclode7-m, the, 590, et seq. 



Hernandez, 271 ; double-headed s., 190 

 {see Fernandez), 279, 591. 



Herpetology, confusion in, 45 ; deriva- 

 tion of, 47, 



Hibernation ; character of, 159 ; con- 

 venience of, 160; analogy in vegeta- 



tion, 161 ; renewal of vitality after, 

 162 ; when partial, 163 ; when fatal, 

 165 ; fat absorbed during, 165 ; in 

 communities, 166 ; seasons of, 168 ; 

 of sea-ss., 169 ; of slow- worms, 461, 

 468. 



Hindu; superstitions, 22, 425, 509, 511, 

 ^Z j^<7., 517, 555 ; eggs sacred offerings 

 of, 74, 86 ; vernaculars, 425 ; trans- 

 literation, 429. 



Hissing, 148 ; prolonged, 149 ; excep- 

 tions in, 150,313; variations in, 147, 

 153, et seq., 158. 



'Histoire Naturelles ' (Daudin), 488. 



'Historiae Rerum,' etc. (Marcgravius), 



397- 

 'History of British Guiana' (Dalton), 



420. 



'History of Egypt' (F. Holt Yates), 

 96. 



'History of Selborne,' 490. 



♦History of Virginia' (Col. Beverley, 

 1722), 174, 281. 



Holbrooke, Dr. J. E., of the U.S.A., 

 ss. like milk, 86; on the Bull s., 

 155 ; 'thorn tail s.,' 175 ; battues of 

 rattlesnakes, 289 ; length of the 

 rattle, 301 ; on llcterodon, 412. 



Holland, Mr., keeper at the Reptilium ; 

 ss. drink often, 91 ; ss. don't 'lick,' 

 no; ss. sloughing, 334; bitten, 

 438 ; in danger, 448 {see Z.G.). 



Holmes, Oliver Wendell, ' Elsie 

 Venner,' a tradition, 301. 



Holodontes^ 347. 



Home, Sir Everard ; action of ribs, 

 207 ; the scutiK, 213, 217. 



Hood, the, of co., 31, 327, 517. 



Horns; of vs., 315; sloughed, 320; 

 peculiar action of, 323 {sec epi- 

 dermis). 



'Horrid,' 592; original signification 

 of, ib. 



Howe, 'History of Ohio,' 191 ; battu s 

 of ss. , 289. 



H.E.H. the Prince of Wales, 22; co. 

 performances in India, 87. 



Humboldt, antitoxic plants, 539. 



Hunter, St. J no. Dunn, rattlesnake 

 testimony, 488. 



Hutchinson, Mr. H. F., progression 

 of ss., 216. 



Huxley, Prof., F.R.S., etc., prehistoric 

 man, 42; smell and taste, 121 ; 



