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INDEX. 



Ohio ; Dr. Kirtland's observations in, 

 57, 292, 393; battues of s., 289; 

 evidence of the maternal refuge, 496. 



Oil; abundant in ss., 165, 286; of vs., a 

 remedy for their bite, 522, 541. 



Oldc'Jilandia, 65. 



OUi^odon^ few toothed, 347. 



Ophidarium, the, 16, 61, 163. 



Ophidia ; divisions of, 46, 51, et seq. ; 

 groups of, 53 ; all carnivorous, 56 ; 

 and oviparous, ib. ; prejudices regard- 

 ing, 3, 97, 103, 189, etc. ; well sup- 

 plied with teeth, 344 ; sub-orders of, 

 354 ; complications in classification, 



413- 

 Ophidiana, s. gossip, i, 26. 



Ophidion, 49 ; Op/iiodes, ib. 



Ophiology ; meaning of, 47 ; advance 



*of, 3, 47, 75- 



Ophis, the seeing, 48. 



Oppel, herpetologist, 383. 



' Organization of the Animal Kingdom ' 

 (j-i'<? Jones). 



'Origin of Species,' 263, 311 {se^ 

 Darwin). 



' Ostome,' the (Royal yacht), marine 

 animal seen from, 252, 254, 261. 



Oviparous, 56, 431, 433, 497 {see ges- 

 tation, incubation, etc.). 



Ovoviviparous, 431, ei seq., 505 ; excep- 

 tional cases, 434, et seq.^ 449, 462, 



505. 

 Owen, Professor, F.R.S., etc., 22; on 



the jaws, 32 ; the Deirodon, 66, et 

 seq.; the tongue, 119; the glottis, 

 131 ; lung of ss. 142, et seq. ; chordce 

 vocales, 147; prehensile tails, 180; 

 saltatory motion, 184; exquisite or- 

 ganization of the spinal column, 196, 

 336 ; ss. are acrobats, 198 ; spine of 

 py. , 210; ichthyic characters of the 

 Lepidosiren, 244; the sea-ser. , 254; 

 the Bucephali, 408. 



P 



P(7ca, the, 229. 

 Pacific, sea-ss. in, 238. 

 Palasontology, 42, 44. 

 Palate, armed with leelh, 30, 34, 343, 

 402; illus., 355; two 'jaws,' 343. 



Palmer, Dr. E., of the Smithsonian 

 Institute, U.S., important evidence, 

 488. 



Panama, sea-ss. at, 236, 238 ; boa from, 



438- 

 Paradox, the, 263. 



Paraguay, ss. washed down from, 232 ; 

 observations in, 488. 



Pauline (the barque) : sea-ser. testi- 

 mony, 251, 256, et seq. 



Pearson (Commander of Royal yacht 

 Osborne) : report of a gigantic marine 

 animal, 255. 



Pelagic serpents, 82, 235, 240 {see 

 Cantor). 



Penny Cyclopaedia, 113. 



Penny Magazine, 141. 



Pepys quoted, 49. 



Pernambuco, Xenodons from, 400. 



Persia, ' Travels in' (Sir R. Ker Porter), 



113- 

 Peru, 'Travels in,' 419 [see Tschudi). 



Phares, Dr. D. L., Science Convention 

 on Snakes, 489. 



Pharmacopoeia, the homoeopathic, 556. 



Pharynx, 30, 132, 147. 



Phene, Sun and Serp^nt Worship, 514. 



Philosophical Transactions : first tropi- 

 cal s., 117 ; Dr. Tyson on the larynx, 

 135; two-headed s., 190; a porcu- 

 pine swallowed, 192 ; Sir E. Home 

 on progression, 208 ; stimulating in- 

 fluence, 273 ; anatomy of a rattle- 

 snake, 275 ; Vipera Catuiisona, 276, 

 et seq. ; Sir Hans Sloane's experi- 

 ments, 281 ; early observations, 295 ; 

 a venerable cro., 302; sloughing of 

 reptiles, 331 ; mobility of fangs, 370 ; 

 reserve fangs, 371 ; succession of 

 fangs, 373 ; how they become fixed, 

 363 ; brooding of eggs, 443. 



Philosophical Society, 117. 



Pliysitians, ' knowing ' ones at Florence, 



273. 

 ' Physionomie des Serpents ' {see 



Schlegel). 



'Pilgrimage,' the, of Purchas, 276. 



Pipe-fish, the, 489. 



'Pit,' the, of cro.: first observed by 

 Tyson, 277 ; its use still undeter- 

 mined, 381 ; a plague to classifiers, 

 382, et seq.; 'secreting follicles' of 

 Owen, 384 ; ^fossettes lacrymales ' of 

 Dumeril, 385 ; Bothrophidcc named 



