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INDEX, 



Lord, John Keast, 216 ; Egyptian 



jugt^lers, 523. 

 Lovering, Prof. Jno., President of the 



Am. Ass., 485. 

 Lubbock, Sir Jno,, gift of a Heloderm 



to Z. Soc, 589. 

 Lubrication, 35, 92, 108, et seq. 

 Lubricity, 49, et seq. 

 Lycodon, 347. 



M 



Maceio, a cannibal s. at, 39. 

 Mackeney on the Am. Indians, 509. 

 M'Leod, his book, iii; boa feeding, 



ib. , et seq. 

 M'QuhaB, Capt. of H.M.S. Dcedahis, 



official report of a sea-ser., 259. 

 Madagascar, range of sea-ss. , 236. 

 Madras, experiments of Dr. Shortt, 



390, 550, 552. 

 Maine, U.S.A., Am. Ass. held at 



Portland {see Convention on Snakes). 

 Malacca, marine salamander off, 251. 

 Malay, Indian Crotalidce, 386 ; antitoxic 



plants, 539. 

 Mammals, necks of, 211. 

 Mann, Mr., pet snakes, 13, 92, 515, 



525- 

 Marcgravius, 272, 276, 397. 



Marine fauna, 233 {see sea-ss., sea- 

 ser.). 



'Master teeth,' 273, 370, 556. 



Maternal; instincts, 290, 431, et seq., 

 442, 447, 464, 488, et seq. ; affection 

 of ss. witnessed, 442, 448, 450, 491, 

 et seq., 502, 504. 



Maternal refuge, 483 ; an old belief, 

 486 ; physiologically possible, 489 ; 

 examination of evidence, 492 ; specu- 

 lations on, 505. 



Maunder' 8 ' Treasury of Natural His- 

 tory,' III. 



Maxillary bone [see jaws, dentition, 

 etc.). 



Maximus and Minimus, 452, et seq. 



Mechanism, 'curious,' 380 {see spine, 

 fangs). 



Medical College of London, 275. 



' Medical Times,' 87, 547. 



Meham, member of Am. Con., 4S9. 



'Memoirs of Captivity among the 

 Indians,' 48S. 



'Menina,' tame boa, 516. 

 Merembergius on Brazil, 277. 

 Merrem, herpetologist, 383. 

 Mexican ; vernaculars, 277, et seq., 423, 



590 ; rattle, 296 ; illus. of, 306. 

 Mexico, Gulf of, shoals of ss., 231 ; 



ancient temples in, 510; Helodci in 



from, 590. 

 Michigan, Mr. Beal on the rattle, 309 ; 



the Massasauga there, 393. 

 Milan, experiments at, 280, 

 Milk, drinkers of, 76, 86 ; saved by. 



Mischief ; by the tongue, 94, et seq. ; 

 l)y the tail, 171, et seq., 187; by 

 stings, ib. ; of delay in a bite, 544, 



545- 

 ' Mischiefs,' source of, 273, 280, 556. 



Missionary Travels (Livingstone), 154, 

 et seq. 



Mississippi, the, 295, 549. 



Mitchel, Dr. Weir, of U.S., 5 ; his ex- 

 periments, 291 ; vibration of rattle, 

 312; replacement of fangs, 364, 

 375 ; capsules of, 378 ; rapidity of 

 stroke, 379 ; number of species, 388 ; 

 expiration, 389 ; virulence of bite, 

 390 ; the headless trunk, 391. 



Mivart, Prof., F.R.S., orders of rep- 

 tiles, 51, 52; on classification, 413. 



Moisture; essential to ss., 162, 166, 

 224 ; to the hatching pf eggs, 434, 



457. 

 Monsters, 249, 254, 267. 

 Monstrosities, 189, et seq., 254, 256, 



517- 

 Moore, Mr., his testimony, 255. 



Mouth of ss. (j'^^jaws, teeth, etc.). 



Movements, 151, 181, 195, 218, et seq. 

 {see coiling, constriction, swimming). 



Mucous secretions abundant, 36 {see 

 lubrication, salivation^. 



MUntras, Hindil belief in, 512, 555. 



A/iiridce, the, 229. 



A fits covpits, 229. 



Muscles : of the larynx, 141 ; of the 

 tail, 180, 182, 183, 587; in the slow- 

 worm, 472 ; of the ribs, 212, 215 ; 

 irritability of, 183, 471. 



Muscular powers of ss., 2^^, iSi, 199, 

 202, 204. 



Musee d'llistoire, 443, 444. 



Museum, Br. (see Br. M.). 



Museum; of Paris, 78, 165; Australian, 



