INDEX. 



603 



317, 320, 374, 421, 426; illus. of, 



176, 193. 317- 

 Keeper at the Z.G. in danger, 39, 



589 {see Holland, Tyrrell, Z.G.). 

 Kentucky, rattle from, 296. 

 Killing prey, three ways of, 29 {see 



Z.G.). 

 Kingdom, animal, 51 ; links in, 44, 



413- 

 Kiiigsley, the Cascobel, 397 ; charm of 



a discovery, 404. 

 Kingston, a ' fearful beauty,' 418. 

 Kirtland, Jared, of Ohio, on increase 



of ss., 57 ; describes the Massasauga , 



292, 393 ; cro. named from him, ib. 

 Klein, 353. 

 Kniuet, Master Anthony, on Brazil, 



271. ^ 

 ' Knowing Physicians,' experiments, 



273, 556. 



Krefft, Gerard: 'drumming' ss. , 154; 

 hibernating, 162 ; s. hunting, 167 ; 

 death adder, 172 ; climbing ss., 219 ; 

 the HomalopsidcB, 224; sea-ss. , 235; 

 their length, 237, 246 ; on classifica- 

 tion, 416, 423, 



Krishna, Hindu god, 518. 



Lacepede, 383 ; h rativoro, 228 ; la 

 rude^ 414. 



Lacerdii, experiments, 416, 557. 



Lacerta agilis, 458. 



Laidley worm, the, 117. 



Lamarrepiquot, M., incubation, 444. 



Landells, J. H., sea ser. seen by, 257. 



Lapping, 80, 82, 92, 122 ; of lizards, 

 71, 591 ; oi unguis fragi lis, 89. 



'Lark 69,' how caught, 50. 



Larynx, the, 132, 133, 135, 222. 



'Last Rambles among the Indians' 

 (Catlin), 289. 



LatreUIe, 161, 383. 



Laurenti, 383. 



Lawson, 4 ; his 'insects,' 43, 282 ; his 

 ' reptiles,' 43 ; an egg merchant, 63, 

 182; milk-di inkers, 86; 'blowing' 

 vs., 152; 'thorn tail' or 'horn' s. , 

 172, 173 ; dedication of his work, 

 173 ; water-ss., 226 ; the poison 

 teeth, 370. 



Leaping, 183, 198. 



Leathes, Col., asea-ser. , 252. 



• Leaves from the Note-book of a 



Naturalist ' (W. J. Broderip), 140 ; 



boa feeding, 113. 

 Lectures, the ' Davis,' 24, 51, 214, 413 ; 



Lond. Inst., 41, 195, 196, 211, 327, 



329, 342, 364 ; St. George's Hall, 50, 



266. 

 Lee, H., Esq., on the sea sen, 262, et 



seq. 

 'Leisure Hour,' the, on snakes, 115, 



et seq. ; illus., 1 1 6. 

 Lenz, H. O., 5, 25 ; s. drinking, 81, 



83, 120, et seq. ; on the tongue, 123, 



et seq. 

 Lepidosiren, the, 44, 263 ; ichthyic 



characters of, 244. 

 ' Letters from Alabama ' (P. H. Gosse), 



9- 

 Lewarn, W. , sea-ser. seen by, 257. 



Licking, 83, no, et seq., 117. 



'Life among the Indians' {see Cailin), 



391- 

 'Life in the South' (Catherine C. 



Hopley), 6, 64, 156. 



'Lightning,' H.M.S., voyages of, 262. 



Lilford, Lord, an ophiophilist, 20, 567. 



Lincolnshire, * larkes ' in, 50. 



Linnaeus, his systems, 46; his ^colu- 

 bers,' 47 ; out of date, 90 ; tempera- 

 ture of ss., 161 ; his successors, 382 ; 

 dumb rattlesnake, 387 ; Coluber 

 scaber, 414 ; slow-worms, 452. 



Liverpool, statements at, 256. 



Livingstone, egg-eating ss., 66 ; ss. 

 come to drink, 82 ; a bleating s., 

 154 ; ss. on board, 230. 



Lizards, 71, 453, 458; Zootica shelter- 

 ing her young, 491 ; the Helodenn, 



589. 

 'Lizzie,' very thirsty, 89, 481 ; her 



achievements, 459, 471, et seq. ; her 



wrong names, 471, et seq.; illus., 



472 ; in a knot, 478 ; two libels, 



480 ; climbing, 482. 

 Loades, Mr. Henry (1682), his gift to 



tlie K. Soc, 275. 

 Lockwood, Mr., of U.S., pine s. 



drinking, 93; mystic coils, 151 ; 



'blowing' s., 155. 

 'Lolo,' a tame snake, $16. 

 Loomis, Rev. Chauncey, Convention 



on Snakes, 489. 



