INDEX. 



607 



from them, 383 ; the Crotalida of 



modern ophiologists, 385. 

 Pitfield {Captain O. A.) : shoals of ss. 



seen by, 231. 

 Plate, River, ss. washed down, 232 ; 



vernaculars of, 423. 

 Piatt, Mr., a Florentine enthusiast, 



273- 

 Platypus, the, 263. 



Pliny, 84, 96, 168, 189, 196. 



Poison, renewed, 351; 'spouted,' ih. 



Poisonous ; tongue, 97, et scq.; teeth 



{see fangs). 

 Pontoppidan : Bishop, sea-ser. history, 



247, 251. 

 Poojah, 512, 513. 

 Porcupine; swallowed, 192; H.M.S., 



262. 

 Porter, Sir R. Ker, sensationalism, 112; 



his travels, 1 1 3. 

 Portland, U.S., Convention on Snakes, 



485, 506. 

 Portuguese : the, as colonists, 4, 354 ; 



a friar of, on Brazil, 271 ; name for 



snake, 354. 

 'Prairie Farms,' 227 {see Gilmore). 

 Prehensile tails, 180, 202, 224; of sea- 



ss., 233 ; of anaconda and anguis 



fragilis, 472. 

 Prey, how caught, 27, 198, 203 {see 



Notes from the Z.G.) ; bulk of, 29, 



34, 409, 585 ; shifted in the mouth, 



29 ; held by coils, 199, 410. 

 Prince of Wales in India, 87. 

 Pringle, Mr. E. H., sea-ss. on shore, 



237 ; a supposed sea-ser., 249. 

 Progression, 54, 213; by the ribs, 



208; like swimming, 217, 430 {see 



movements, acrobats). 

 Psalms, the, 103. 

 Pseudo-fangs, 403, et seq. 

 Pseudoxia, or ' \'ulgar Errours,' 171, 



191. 

 Psylli, the, 522. 

 Ptcrosaiiria, 44. 

 Puffing, 148, et seq. 

 Pulmonary bag, the, 142. 

 Purchas, 271, 369, 397, 428. 

 Putnam, F. W., of U.S., editor of the 



'American Naturalist, '485 ; secretary 



to the Am. Ass., 485 ; on the mater- 

 nal refuge, 486, et seq., 497. 



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Queensland, species of ss. in, 540. 



Questions yet undecided : the use of 

 the rattle, 294; the 'pit,' doubles 

 na7'ines, or fosses lacry males, 381 ; 

 'sleeping' of ss., 169 ; origin of the 

 maternal refuge, 505 ; nature of 

 gigantic marine animals, 267. 



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Raleigh, Sir W., 99. 



' Bambles and Scrambles ' (Sullivan), 

 419. 



Rattells, Indian charms, 272. 



Battles, their use, 294, 307 ; specula- 

 tions regarding, 308, 311, et seq. ; 

 their age, 296, et seq., 302; form 

 and colour, 296, 299, et seq. ; struc- 

 ture, 303, 305, et seq.; Dumeril's 

 conclusions, 313. 



Rattlesnake dens, 289, 301. 



Redi : Osservazio7ie intorno alle I ^ipere, 

 372 ; knew of the mobility of fangs, 

 ib. 



R^gne animal, Cuvier, 47. 



'Relations of the World,' by the 

 Pilgrim Purchas, 270, 369. 



Repose; after food, 40, 64; of sea-ss., 

 235 ; as quiescence, 421, 587 : 

 periodical {see hibernation). 



Reptiles; how divided, 51 ; definition 

 of the name, 206. 



'Reptiles of British India,' by Dr. A. 

 Gunther, F.R.S., of the Bi. M. {see 

 Giinther). 



'Reptiles, Natural History of {see 

 Gosse). 



' Renun Naturalium Thesauri ' (Scba), 

 278. 



'Rervm Natvralivm Brazilian' (Marc- 

 gravius), 397. 



Respiration ; sometimes partial, 144 ; 

 cessation of, 145 ; weak, 146 ; when 

 feeding, 132, 141 ; in sea-ss., 132 

 (.TdV glottis, hibernation, etc.). 



Ribbon fish, 249, 250. 



Ribs ; action of, 207 ; number of, 213 ; 

 expansion of, 36, 39 {see emotions, 

 feeding, etc.); articulation of, 36, 

 212 ; in progression, 207, 215. 



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