INDEX. 



383 



Ring Snake — 



haunts, 18. 



liibernation, 62. 



incubating, 325. 



in Ireland, 38. 



in motion, 261. 



measurements, 14, 364. 



plague of, 29. 



reproduction, 21. 



sloughing, 60. 



synonyms, 28. 



tail, 12, 17, 18. 

 Russell, Hon. A., 48. 



St Patrick, 5, 38, 39. 

 Sand-lizard, 7. 

 Sauropsida, 6. 

 Scales, 18, 23, 47, 96. 

 Scharflf, Dr, q., 40. 

 'Science Gossip,' 55, 59. 

 Serpents, 7. 

 Shrewsbury, 17. 

 Sicily, 44. 

 Silesia, 69. 

 Sloughing, 60, 67-74. 

 Slow-worm, 7, 51, 52, 83, 87, 

 Small red viper, 9, 206-213. 

 Smooth Snake— 



colour, 57, 58. 



description, 44. 



disposition, 52. 



distribution, 43, 53, 55. 



feeding, 56. 



food, 51. 



habits, 47. 



haunts, 56. 



hibernation, 63. 



historical, 47-49. 



illustrations, 45, 58. 



literature, 59. 



odour, 47, 52. 



plates, 47. 



reproduction, 47. 



sloughing, 66. 



synonyms, 59. 

 Snake, 10. 

 Snakes in Ireland, 38-42. 



Squirrels, 26. 

 Steel-blue, 58. 

 Sternum, 23. 

 Stoats, 26. 

 Stradling, Dr, 128. 

 Superstition, 74, 140, 141. 

 Swallowing food, 19, 57, 87, 91. 

 young, 164-193. 



Tear-ducts, 23. 

 Temporary hairs, 67. 

 tooth, 22. 

 Terminology, 9. 

 Thompson, Dr, q., 41. 

 Toads, 20. 

 Tongue, 25. 

 Tortoises, 7. 



Tropidonotus natrix, 9-42. 

 Types, 6. 



Venom, 126. 

 Ventral scales, 24, 94. 



surface, 14, 24. 

 Viper, red, 9. 

 Vipera berus, 7, 75-193. 



comviunis, 9. 

 Virulence of poison, 65, 66, 128-135. 

 Viviparous, 47. 

 Voles, 20, 84. 



Wales, 5. 

 Warmth, 63. 

 Water. 18. 

 Water snake, 28. 

 Water-voles, 84, 87. 

 'Western Mail ' q., 30. 

 Wimborne, 48. 

 Windpipe, 99. 



Yellow collar, 12-14. 

 Yorkshire, 250, 328-331. 



Zacholus austriacus, 59. 

 Zoological Gardens, 55, 59. 

 'Zoologist' q., 44, 48, 49, 51, 5'2, 

 59. 



