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INDEX. 



Adder — 



sloughing, 67-74, 163. 



statements, 176-193. 



sub-caiidal scales, 94. 



swallowing young, 164-193. 



symptoms of bite, 127-135. 



synonyms, 9. 



tail, 94, 82. 



throat, 95. 



time of birth, 144. 



timidity, 83. 



tongue, 99, 100. 



treatment of bite, 136. 



Tyrrell's experiments, 191, 192. 



venom, 65, 66, 127. 



ventral scales, 94. 



V-markings, 79. 



white, 123. 



windpipe, 99. 

 Add-worm, 342. 

 Estivation, 60. 

 Ag-worm, 329. 

 Alligators, 7. 

 Alps, 5. 

 America, 3. 

 Anatomy of adder, 96. 



ring snake, 22-25. 

 smooth snake, 44, 47, 57. 

 Angtiis/mgilis, 7, 10. 

 Appendix, 371. 



Archbishop of Canterbury, 222. 

 Australia, 4, 39. 

 Autumn, 27, 144. 

 Average lengths, 364-370. 



Baldry, Mr, q., 55-57. 



Belgium, 44. 



Bell, Dr, q., 53, 60. 



Berks, 44, 53, 55. 



Berus, 9. 



Bevir, Mr, q., 53, 222. 



Biological sheet, 234. 



Blackmore, Dr, q., 51, 52. 



Bladder, 23. 



Blind-worm, 10. 



Bloxworth Heath, 48, 49, 242, 258. 



Bluebottle flies, 50. 



Blunt-tailed snake, 17, 18. 



Bond, Mr, q., 48. 



Bournemouth, 48, 55. 



Bray, 38-40. 



British Isles, 3. 



British species, 5, 10. 



"Brusher" Mills, 223-226. 



Bundle of eggs, 36. 



Cambridge, Rev. 0. P., q., 47. 



Cases of adder-bite, 128-135. 



Cast-ofl" slough, 55. 



Cefncaeau, 29-33, 37. 



Chelonia, 7. 



Chloroform, 51. 



Churt, 55. 



Class Reptilia, 3, 7. 



Classification, 7, 28. 



Climate, 5, 60, 112. 



Cold, 60, 61. 



Colour of ring snake, 1 4. 



smooth snake, 44, 57. 

 Colour variation, 109-125. 

 Coluber dtivifnsiensis, 53, 59. 

 ferrugineus, 59. 

 murorum, 28. 

 natrix, 28. 

 torquatus, 28. 

 Colubridae, 28. 

 Colubrines, 28. 

 Common snake, 28. 

 Continent, 43. 

 Cooke, M. C, q., 21. 

 Coronella austriaca, 7, 10, 43-59. 

 austriacus, 59. 

 Icevis, 10, 48-59. 

 ' Country Life ' q. , 38. 

 County distribution — 



Abbey Wood, 274. 



Aberdaron, 342. 



Aberdeen, 363. 



Aberffraw, 316. 



Aberfoyle, 359. 



Abergele, 317. 



Aberystwith, 312. 



Ailsa Craig, 352, 360. 



Anglesea, 315. 316, 326. 



Ankerdine Hill, 299. 



Argyleshire, 345, 359. 



Arran, 359, 361, 362. 



Arundel, 270. 



Auchencorth Moss, 357. 



Auchentibber Moss, 361. 



Ayr, 359, 361. 



Bakewell, 324. 



Bala, 314. 



Barmouth, 314, 315. 



Bathgate, 357. 



Bedfordshire, 285. 



Belford, 335. 



Berkshire, 280, 281. 



Berwick, 335, 343. 



Beverley, 249. 



Bewick, 335. 



