INDEX. 



6ii 



422, 427; (rini inysuri, 1 7 7 , 1 8 1 , 

 386; tropidonoiiis, 37, 52, 89, 95, 

 127, 217, 223, 226, 227, 437, 439, 



440, 450. 495» (^i ^^q-^ 57i» ct scq.; 

 Iwo-Jieaded s. , 187, 190; typhlops, 

 187, 189. 



URICANA, 421 ; ttrocrotalon, 292, 

 388 ; tiropeltis, 188 ; tiropsop/ius, 388. 



VAIA, 423; vipcrida:, 348, 353, 

 355» 368 ; V. atropos, 149 ; v. 

 aqualica, 174; v. arictans, 148; v. 

 caudisona, 135, 275, 292, 370, ^/ j-tv/.; 

 V. elegans, 339, 436 ; vipcra, 223, 

 433; t7>rj, 13, 137, 168, 224, 274, 

 318, 324, 363, et sa/., 371, ^/ se,/., 

 424, 432; V. ^cT?/j, 441, 495; V. 

 candalis, 177 ; v. corntita^ 322 ; v. 

 7ias7iamis, 224, 317, 320, 324, 360, 

 387, 436, 441 ; V. rhinosceros, 137, 

 150, 223 ; vivera de la crtiz, 423. 



WATER MOCASIN, 224, 227; 

 icater rattle-s., 174; zcui/er-ss., 225; 

 ica/er-z:, 172, 224; ic/iip-s., 10, 



~ XENODON, 155, 347, 359, 395, 



401, cf ,>v</., 407, 413, 421, f/ J-^(/. 



YELLOW BOA, 63 (see (7u7o- 



iothnis). 



ZAMENIS, 137. 

 Sound, ss. affected by, 525, et scq. 

 Specimens, badly-prepared, 45, 117. 

 Spencer, Edmund, 'Fairie Queen, '486. 

 Spine, pliancy of, 212; joints of, 213 ; 



peculiar processes, 68; illus., 68 {see 



adaptation, anatomy, vertebra, etc.)- 

 'Spittle from the Bag' (1670), 556; 



tasted and tested, ib. 

 Spix and Martin ; 'Travels in Brazil,' 



397 ; [YiQ j'araracas, ib. 427. 

 Sprengle, Mr. C. J., letter to the R. 



See. (1722), 280; experiments with 



vipers, ib. 



• Springing teeth,' 282, 370. 

 Squires, 514. 



• Sting : ' of a snake, 9, 95, ct seq., 105 ; 



of the tail, 170, et scq. ; the word 

 defined, 49. 

 Stradling, Arthur, Esq., M.D., 

 C.M.Z.S., etc., cannibalism, 39; 

 tongues of ss., 127 ; effect of warmth, 

 164; the 'Cribo,' 178; sensitiveness 



of tail, 18 



516; illus. 



ss., 217 ; carried down by floods, 



of, 



'Totsey^' 216, 439, 

 201 ; movements of 



232 ; sea-ss. in the Atlantic, 238 ; 

 can they climb } 239 ; valuable speci- 

 mens, 339, 359 ; crotahis bite, 366 ; 

 a gift to the Z. Gardens, 398 ; 

 C.M.Z.S., 399; investigations, 400; 

 pseudo-fangs, 405, et seq. ; vernacu- 

 lars, 422, et seq. ; confusion in names, 

 427 ; ring s. incubating, 442 ; an 

 ' affectionate ' snake, 516 ; an eligible 

 offer, 521 ; ss. insensible to music, 

 526; 'fascination,' 530; antidotes, 

 534 ; venoms differ chemically, ib. ; 

 langs protective, 536 ; disintegrating 

 power of venom, 557. 



StriduJating apparatus, 309. 



Styng, 49. 



Sucking ; of eggs doubted, 73 ; of cows 

 and women impossible, 84, et scq. ; 

 by suction, 90 ; the process watched, 

 92. 



' Suites de Buffon,' 80 (see Dumeril). 



Sullivan, 'Rambles in Essequibo,' 

 419. 



' Sun and Serpent Worship ' (J. S. 

 Fhene), 514. 



Swallowing (see deglutition) : vipers, 

 their young? 483, ct seq. 



Swim-bladder, the, 145. 



Swimming, action of, 145, 175, 213, 

 217 {sec water-ss. , sea-ss., etc.). 



Synonyms, 48 ; a plague to students, 

 396, et seq., 417, et scq.; a stumbling- 

 block to writers, 395, et scq.., 418, ct 

 seq.; the derivations useful, 416, 422, 

 427. 



Tail ; horny tip, 155, 172, et scq. ; 

 'stinging,' 170, et scq.; 'mis- 

 chievous,' 171, 173; feelings ex- 

 pressed by, 155, 176, 179, 180, 587; 

 prehensile, iSo, 202, 224, 233, 245, 

 472; length varies, 177, 178; sensi- 

 tiveness, 183; of burrowing ss., 188, 

 et s'~q., 472, et scq. ; a propeller, 213, 

 223, 233, 472 ; power of, 183, 587 ; a 

 fulcrum, 187, 473 ; of Lac/iesis, 387 ; 

 of Xoiodon, 155 ; of tree-ss., 218; 

 386; of water-ss., 223; of sca-ss. , 

 233 ; of rattlesnakes [see rattle) ; 

 sloughs, 336 ; how discarded, 337 ; 

 illus., 176, 188, 296, ct scq. 



