INDEX. 



613, 



joints, 209, 210; articulation, 212; 



capabilities of, 196, 202, et seq., 212, 



587; distinctions in, 211 {see spine, 



constriction). 

 Vestiges of limbs, 54 ; in anaconda, 



220, 453 ; in form of ' claws,' 219, et 



seq.; Darwin on, 326 ; Huxley on, 327. 

 Vibratile ; action of fangs, 278, 375, 



403, 409; of tail, 155, 180, ct seq., 



587. 

 Vibration through solids affects ss. , 



526. 

 Virginia, 5; 'Generall Historic of,' 



272 ; 'Account of,' 274 ; ' History of ' 



(Beverley), 281, (Howe), 289; old 



writers .on, 369 ; adventures in, 6, 



64. 

 Viviparous, 431; not peculiar to vs., 



433 {^^^ incubation, gestation). 

 Voice, 146, et seq. (i-t-^ breathing, etc.). 

 'Voyage of the Alccste^^ Captain 



jSI'Leod, III. 



w 



Wagler; ^?/;/^r/^j, 228; a herpetologist, 

 383 ; not trustworthy, 427. 



Wales, H.R.H. the Prince of, 22, 87. 



Wales ; numbers of ss. in, 167 ; a 

 ' venomous ' worm in, 480. 



Wallaby hunters, 167. 



WaUace, A. R., F.R.S., etc.; a half- 

 strangled boa, 157; the crotalidce, 

 382, 386 ; sound of rattle, 309 ; the 

 yararaca, 396 ; the Suriuurh, 421. 



' Wanderings ' {see Waterton). 



Washington, D. C, Smithsonian 

 Contributions, 374. 



Water ss., 174, 221, et seq. 



Waterton, Charles, Esq. ; the Comia- 

 coziclii, 417 ; high colouring, ib.; a 

 stumbling-block, 419. 



Webster, Noah ; a doubtful snake, 396. 



' Western World,' the (Kingston), 418. 



Whisky ; a popular remedy, 548 ; 

 enormous doses, 549 ; approved by 

 Halford, 550 ; Mitchell, ib. ; Shortt, 

 ib. ; generally efficacious, 549, et seq. 



White, Gilbert ; believed the maternal 

 affection of vipers, 490. 



Whydah, py. deities at, 514. 



'Wild Life' (DuChaillu), 1S6. 



Wilson, Dr. Andrew ; reptiles not 

 highly organized, 18; unscientific 

 observers, 50 ; imaginary sea-ser., 

 250 ; abnormal developments, 265. 



Wind-pipe, the, 130; with a volitionary 

 action, 131 ; Owen on, z<5.; formation 

 of, 133; length, 134; Tyson on, 

 135 ; Dumeril, ib. ; observations, 

 137, et seq. ; muscles of, 141 {sec 

 glottis). 



Wood ('Natural History'); the slow- 

 worm, 453. 



Woodward, the Messrs. , ' South Africa,' 

 70, et seq. 



Worcester ; a doubtful s., 397. 



Worms, gigantic, 45 ; the Laidley, 

 117 ; occasionally 'venomous,' 480. 



Wright ; a doubtful snake, 397. 



'Wrongly-named,' 470 {see ' Lizzie '). 



Wucherer, Dr., on Xeiiodon, 155, 

 401, 409; tree ss. 219; C.M.Z.S.,* 

 401 ; the Suniciicics, 421. 



Wyman, Professor, U.S., gastric juice 

 of ss., 489. 



Yarmouth, sea-sers. at, 252. 



Yates, F. H., Esq., ' History of Egypt,* 



how ss. insert venom, 96. 

 Yawning ; after meals, 30, 36 ; quite a 



business, 37 ; position of jaws when, 



37, 136; opportunities for inspection, 



136, 139- 



Zambesi, Expedition to the (Living- 

 stone), 230. 



Zeiiglodontia, the, imaginary sea-ser., 

 249. 



Zimmemiann, Professor (1800) ; in- 

 cipient rattles, 299. 



Zoological Gardens, 10 ; Royal ophio- 

 philists, 20 ; a boon, 23 ; blanket 

 swallowed, 35 ; cannibals, 39 ; the 

 ' moccasins,' 10, 227, 572; lectures 

 at, 24 ; eggs for food, 62 ; the tanks, 

 92, 145 ; snakes drinking, 92 ; 



