IXDEX. 



609 



remedies, 550 ; claims originality with 

 liquor potasses, 552. 



Silliman's Journal of Science, 24S. 



Skeleton, of col/ra, 31 ; of jaws, 349. 



Skin, shedding of {sec integimient, epi- 

 dermis). 



Sleeping afier meals, 40 ; wiih opeii 

 eyes, 64, 169, 421. 



Sloane, Sir Hans : ' Inchantments,'elc., 

 281 ; experiments, 370. 



Sloughing {see epidermis) of li/ards, 



Zl^, 481. 

 Smith, Dr. Andrew : egg-eaters, 66, 



ctscq.; his work, 230 ; \.\\q BKccphali, 



407, et seq. 

 Smith, a Mr., Coluber sniithii, 416. 

 Smith, Captain John, the rattells, 272, 

 Smith, Prof. Lawrence, Pres. of the 



Am. Ass. (.c^' Convention on Snakes), 



485. 



Smith, Sydney J., lisq., U.S., testi- 

 mony, 488. 



Smithsonian Contributions, 364. 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington 

 D.C, 48S. 



' Snakes of Australia' (Krefft), 154, 172. 



Snakes, Lectures on {see Huxley, 

 KiiskinK 



Snakes: a home for, 61, 592; groups 

 '■^^1 53 '■) their place in nature, 56 ; 

 length of life, 56 ; their uses, 57 ; 

 cruel packing of, 169 ; powers of {see 

 constriction, deglutition, dentition, 

 fangs, glottis, hibernation, progres- 

 sion, respiration, teeth, etc.); by 

 name : 



ABOMA, 454; acanthophis, 172; 

 adder, 49, 172, 392, 410, 424, 471 ; 

 ai^lyphodontes, 347 ; anipJiisbana, 44, 

 91, 174, 189, 190, 353; anaconda, 

 112, 210, 228, 232, 441, 454, et seq.; 

 ancisirodon, 1 1 , 495, 57 1 , 572 ; an^:^/t/s, 

 48, 54, 89, 93, 171, 183, iS7,'279, 



346, 353. 410, 452, et seq., 47 1 ; an- 

 liolodontes, 347 ; anodon, 66, 343, 



347, 414; apisL\^^!\p/ies, 347; apro- 

 terodontes, 347 ; asp, 268 ; airopos, 

 atrox, 374, 422 ; avusaiiians, 230. 



BLACK s., 6, 63, as ' raeer,' 180, 

 182, 199; ' Blackie,' 458, ei seq.; 

 blauser, 152, et seq.; blindu^orni, 44 

 (see anguis)', boa, 35, 47, iii, 134, 

 157, 183, 220, 228, 353, 435, 5S4, et 

 seq.; boii^ininini^a, boi^uira, 277 ; 



boieiniuinpeba, boycininga, 430 ; boo- 

 don, 347 ; boonislange, 407 ; boseh- 

 meester, 420; bothrops, 383, 385, 416, 

 i\22,\2(i,et seq.; bi-aeliyura, 177, 374; 

 broad-scaled^. , 423 ; Phicephalus, 407 : 

 bull?,., 155, et seq.; ' bull-killer,' 229 ; 

 bungarus, 349, 357? 501 j bus/iinaster, 

 176, 3S7, 422, et seq. 



' CALICO' s., 410 ; callophis, 537 ; 

 caiiwudi, 420, 429, 454 ; Cape adder, 

 149; capra capella, 190; carpet s., 

 10, 424 ; caseavel, 272, 277, 423 ; 

 cascobel, 397 ; caiidalis, 374 ; eaudi- 

 sona, 275, 388 ; cecilia, 353 ; eencliris, 



175, 176, 224, 226, 562, 577 ; cerastes, 

 168, 315, 320, 324, 351 > 389; chicken 

 s., 439; cJiilobotlunts, 63, 93, 186. 

 437, 440, et seq., 449, et seq.; ' Cleo,' 

 Cleopatra, 15, 515, 525; clotho, 148, 

 374, 422; clothonia, 85; cobra, 13, 

 l},, 60, 87, 181, 190, 268, 327, 349, 

 354, Z^Z. 390, 401, 423, 442, 502, 

 511, 517, 537, 543, 560, 578; co:ni- 

 coussi, 420 ; coluber, 27, 47, 48, 52, 

 63, 74, 85, 91, 139, I So, 208, 



353, 414, 437, 442, 495, 500, 5^7 '. 

 colubri, 434, 449 ; colubrines, 1 78, 

 316, 1\%; constrictor, 14, 39, ill, 135, 

 141, 178, 183, 198, et seq., 202, 213, 

 232, 247, 258, 267, 327, 438, 584 ; 

 cophias, 422 ; copper/wad, 176, 289, 

 392, 571; coral, 10; coronella, 83, 

 424, 435 ; corral, 423 ; coitnacouclii, 

 counicoiichi, 417 ; couroucoucou, 419, 

 429 ; courracouchi, 421 ; craspedo- 

 cephalus, 388, 396, et seq., 42 1, 423, 

 427; ere bo, cribo, 177; crotalidie, 



176, 270, 302, 318, 355, 357, 359, 

 362, 36S, 381, et seq., 397, 494, 503 ; 

 crotalus, 162, 269, ^/ ^'V/., 353, 375, 

 387, 421, 426, 495, 501, 519, 534, 

 541, 544, 553, 573, 574: crotalophorus, 

 292, 388, 393 ; cucurijuba, curucucii, 

 429; ciicuriii, cucuriubii, 454: cz'iv- 

 cT'rr, 428; cvlindrophis, 188; cynodon, 



347- 



DABOIA, 349, 365, 407, 436; 



dasypeltis, 414; deal adder, 424 ; 



death adder, l'/2, 180; deer-s-i'allo-i'cr, 



229; deirodon, 67, 72, 412, 415; 



dendrophidiv, 218, 408 ; diamond s. , 



384, 423 ; domina serpent unt, 277 ; 



dryadidiC, 2l8 ; dryophidians, 325 ; 



dumb rattlesnake, 392 ; durissus, 366. 



