4 INDEX. 
SNAKES— 
affectionate nature of, 208 
Aglypha, 213 
i acer, Tree, 285 
American Black, 253 
Glass, not a_ true 
Snake, 111 
Anaconda, 187, 199, 206 
Angiostomata, 175 
Angry, 244 
Anguis cerastes, 213 
Anodon, 282 
Anomalepis, 186 
artificial feeding of, 290 
Asp, 213 
Aulie Lycodon, 242 
Australian Carpet Snake, 197 
Ball, 204 
Banded-tail Tree, 269 
Black, 248, 253 
Black-marked, 264 
Black-and-white, 267 
Blind, 185 
Blind, 184 
Blowing Viper, 271 
Boas, 186, 208,211. See Boas 
Boa constrictor, 208 
Boide, 186, 197 
Boine, 196 
Boodon infernalis, 241 
lineatus, 242 
Bordeaux, 279 
Brachysoma diadema, 197 
Brown Water Viper, 239 
Bucephalus capensis, 286 
Bull, 265 
Bull-killer, 206 
Burrowing, 182 
Bush, 268, 285 
buying, 200 
Cape Bucephalus, 286 
capricious feeders, 289 
Carpet, 197 
Cat, 284 
catalogue of, 197 
catching, 221 
charmers, frauds  perpe- 
trated by, 173, 212, 
213 
417 
SNAKES— 
Chequered Adder, 271 
Chicken, 259 
Chilabothrus inornatus, 206 
Chrysopelea ornata, 287 
classification of, 182 
Celopeltis lacertina, 286 
Coluber esculapii, 260 
alleghaniensis, 260 
dumfrisiensis, 273 
eximius, 28] 
guttatus, 253 
leopardinus, 254 
lindheimeri, 260 
longissimus, 260 
melanoleucus, 265 
obsoletus, 259, 260 
quadrilineatus, 257, 259 
quadristriatus, 259 
quadrivittatus, 259, 260 
quaterradiatus, 259 
quatuor-lineatus, 257, 
261 
sauromates, 259 
scalaris, 264 
spiloides, 260 
Colubride, 213 
Colubrine, 214 
Colubrine Xenodon, 270 
Common, 217 
distinguishing from the 
Viper, 221 
eggs of, 230 
tameness of, 231 
vivaria for, 226 
Congo, 397 
Constrictors, 186, 208. See 
Boas 
Constrictor formosissimus, 
rea-serpentum, 208 
Corn, 253 
Coronella, 279 
austriaca, 273 
Boylii, 280 
californie, 280 
cana, 243 ' 
getula, 280 
g. Boylii, 280 
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