INDEX. 



605 



246; of the R.C.S., 24, 408; of 



Washington, 488. 

 Music, ss.' love of, 525, et seq. 

 Myopotamus, the, 229. 

 Mythology, ancient serpent symbols, 



508. 



N 



K&g, Nago, Nagowa, caste names of 



India, 513. 

 National Library, our, 444. 

 Natter, 479. 

 Natural History, development of, 272 ; 



at Florence, 368 ; in England, 3, 45, 



49, 99, 261, 273, 363, 372, etc. 

 ' Natural History of New York,' 85. 

 ' Natural History of Carolina ' {see 



Catesby). 

 ' Natural History of Reptiles ' (Gosse\ 



90. 

 'Naturalist in Jamaica' (Gosse), 186. 

 ' Naturalist's Notes from South Africa,' 



70. 

 ' Naturalist on the Amazon (Bates), 



421. 

 ' Naturall Historic of Serpentes,' loi. 

 Neck : vertebrae of, 211 ; snakes have 



none, il>. 

 Neck-toothed ss. , 67, et seq. 

 Netto, Dr., experiments with venom, 



557- 

 Neuwied, 228. 



Nevada, incident in, 549. 



New Caledonia, sea ss., 231, 238. 



' New Experiments on Vipers' (i673\ 



273. 371- 

 New Jersey, Lockwood on the pine s., 



93- 

 New York State, /^a/Zw^j- of rattlesnakes, 



289. 



Newman, Ed., editor of 'Zoologist,' 3, 

 492 ; maternal affection of Zootica 

 vivipara, 491. 



Newspapers quoted : American, 231, 

 248, 486; Country, the, 310, 504; 

 Dailies, the, 13, 417 ; ' Echo,' 247 ; 

 ' Field,' the, 20, 61, 83, 164, 237, et 

 j^<7., 439,490,493, 498, 504, 522,530 ; 

 •Illus. Lond, News,' 247; 'Know- 

 ledge,' 592 ; ' Land and Water,' 20, 

 231, 239, 249, et seq., 254, 261, 399, 

 etseq., 405, 417, 422, et scq.,6,l(), 455, 



465, 516, 524, 526, 530; Liverpool, 

 256 ; ' London General Advertiser ' 

 (1752), 285; 'Medical Times,' 87, 

 547 ; ' Modern Thought,' 18 ; 

 ' Nature, '217, 249, 267, 329, 474, 536 ; 

 'Times,' the, 232, 520; Weeklies, 

 417. 

 Nicander, his two-headed s., 190. 

 Nicholson, Dr. Ed. , of Madras : ' Indian 

 Snakes,' 5 ; ss. drinking, 89 ; sea-ss., 

 235 ; replacement of teeth, 344, 375; 

 four stages of development in, 349 ; 

 on the maternal refuge, 504 ; the 

 Russell's v., 537 ; important statistic-, 

 541 ; efficacy of tobacco, 542 ; self- 

 inflicted bites, 559. 



Nicols, Arthur, Esq., F.G.S. ('Zoo- 

 logical Notes'), on the tongue, 125; 

 rattle, 310; instance of maternal 

 refuge, 504. 



Nicotine fatal to ss. , 542, et seq. 



Nightingale, Mr. W., a cure by alco- 

 hol, 551. 



Nocturnal, most ss. are, 2, 56, 386, 503. 



Noise, not ' music,' 526, et seq. 



Nomenclature, perplexing, 10, 43, 277, 

 396, et seq. ; why so, 413, 419, 421, 

 et seq., 423 {see classification, ver- 

 naculars). 



Norfolk, important evidence from, 491. 



' North - American Herpetolog>',' 86, 

 175, 301 {see Holbrooke). 



Norway, sea-sers. frequent, 251. 



Nostrils, ss. breathe through, 139, 143 ; 

 opposite the glottis, id. ; higher in 

 water ss., 223 ; vertical in anaconda, 

 228; and in sea-ss., 234; double in 

 the Crotalidm (see ' pit '). 



' Nova Animalium Mexicanum,'590 {ste 

 Hernandez). 



' Novum Organum' (Lord Bacon), 99. 



Nubians use antitoxics, 525. 







Obsolete teachings, 49, 99, 174, 191, 



478, etc. 

 Ocquago, rattlesnake den, 289. 

 ' Odontography, ' 32, 67, 408 {see Owen). 

 CEsophagus, 67 ; gular teeth there, 



69. 

 Ogniodon, grooved tooth, 347. 



