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INDEX. 



' Ricerche fi.siche sopra il veleno della 

 Vipeie' (!))■ Felix Fontana, 1761), 



Eichards, Dr. ^ incent, experiments in 



artificial respiration, 552. 

 Rocky Mountains, cailons haunts of 



ss. 



162. 



Roget, P. M., quotes Hellmann, 120; 



perception of touch in ss., 195 ; the 



spinal column, 210. 

 ' Romance of Natural History' (Gosse), 



248. 

 R.C.S., Museum of, 24, 68, 408, 415. 

 Royal Family, the, 20. 

 Royal herpetologists, ib. 

 Ruskin, Prof., lecture on ss. , 41 ; 



classical names of, 48 ; movements, 



195, 218. 

 Russell, Lord Arthur, a herpetologist, 



20 ; a friend of the Ophidia, ih. 

 Ruthven, S. S., Esq., of U.S., a large 



brood of ss., 497. 



'S.' Captain, bitten by a sea-s., 241. 

 Saades and. Samp Wallahs, the, 515, 



522. 

 Salamanders, 164. 

 Saleratus an Am. remedy, 553. 

 Saliva, abundant, 35, 109, 112, 352. 

 Salivary apparatus : of ss. complicated, 



35, 109, 350, et seq. ; an aid to 



digestion, 352. 

 Salivation of prey, 36, 1 10. 

 Saltatory actions of ss., 184, 186, 448. 

 Santos, /^Azw/j bicolor there, 238. 

 Sao Gabrielle, observations by Wallace, 



421. 

 Sauria, the, 51 ; saurians, 71, 327, 



Zl^. 590. 



Saurophidiaus, 44. 



Scales; illus. of, 46, 176, 193, 234, 

 240, 316, et seq. ; ss. classified by, 

 46, 316; size of, 337; head shields, 

 316; ventral, 176, 213 {see epi- 

 dermis). 



Sceva, Mr., 365 {see Fayrer). 



'Schlangen und Schlangen Feind ' (H. 

 O. Lenz), 81. 



Schlegel, Herman : his work, 3 ; sali- 

 vary glands, 35 ; an authority, 90 ; 



doubts snakes drinking, *T] ; power 

 of tail, 182; vertebrie, 209; fangs, 



362 ; involution of, 356 ; action of, 



363 ; translation of his works, 3, 209. 

 ScWiemann, Dr., vegetable antidotes, 



524- 

 Schneck, Dr. J., of L.S., on Hetero- 



don, 412. 



Science Gossip, 490, et seq. 



Science News, 411. 



Sclater, P. Lutley, Esq., F.R.S., Sec. 

 to the Z. Soc, Lond.: the carinate 

 birds, 320 ; a communication to, 404 ; 

 the brood of boas, 516. 



Scorpione, the, 590. 



Scutae, overlapping, 194 {see scales, 

 epidermis). 



Sea-ss,, 233, et seq. {see Pelagic"). 



Sea-sers. hard to identify, 248, et seq. ; 

 gigantic marine forms seen, 251 ; 

 most frequent in the North Atlantic, 

 252 ; probable hibernation of, 253 ; 

 not necessarily 'monsters,' 254; of- 

 ficial reports of, 255, et seq. ; Mr. 

 Bartlett on, 261 ; speculations, 264, 

 et seq. ; existence still doubtful, 267. 



Searle, Mr. E. W., on the brood of 

 young boas, 439. 



Seba, a crowing s. , 1 54 ; on the anaconda, 

 228, et seq. ; vernaculars of the 

 rattlesnake, 278. 



Seh, Fetish god, 514. 



Sensations, complex, 121 ; in ss. dull, 

 56, 161, et seq. 



Septic, a, s. venom is, 552. 



Serpent : of Cuvier, 47 ; of mythology, 

 48, 102, 508; ' sting ' of, 49 ; Lord 

 Bacon on, ib. ; the name defined, 

 206; myths of, 514; worship of, 2, 

 513, et seq.; symbol, z'b. 



' Serpentes,' of Topsell, 43, loi ; of 

 Purchas, 369. 



Serpentine movements, 195. 



' Serpentum Braziliensis ' (Wagler), 



3^3, 427- 

 Shakspeare, his popularity, 97 ; not 



a naturalist, I'b. ; contemporary litera- 

 ture, 99 ; quotations from, 100. 



Shaler, Prof., U.S., on natural selec- 

 tion, 308. 



Shell-breaker, * Sunkerchor,' 63. 



Shields, 316 {see scales, epidermis). 



Shortt, Dr., of Madras, gives milk to 

 snakes, Sy ; approves of alcoholic 



