418 INDEX. 
SNAKES— SNAKES— 
Coronella getula californie, 
280 
g. Sayi, 280 
girondica, 279 
levis, 273 
Sayi, 280 
triangulum, 281 
Coryphodon constrictor, 248 
c. flaviventris, 251 
-Crebo, 252 
Cripple, 253 
Cross-marked, 285 
Dahl’s, 249, 25] 
Dark Green, 244 
Dasypeltis fasciolata, 283 
wnornata, 283 
medici, 283 
palmarum, 283 
scabra, 28]. 
Deer-swallower, 206 
definition of a, 174 
deglutition of, 176 
Deirodon, 281 
Jasciolata, 283 
znornata, 283 
medici, 283 
palnarum, 283 
scaber, 281 
Dendrophis pictus, 267 
punctulatus, 268 
desquamation of, 179 
Diamond, 197 
Dice, 234 
distribution of, 184 
Dryinus fuscus, 289 
Dryophide, 288 
Echis carinata, 197 
Egg-eating, 281 
Egyptian Eryx, 212 
Llaphis quaterradiatus, 259 
Enghsh Smooth, 273 
Epicrates angulifer, 205 
~nornatus, 206 
striatus, 205 
Eryx, 212, 213 
cerastes, 213 
jaculus, 212 
johnii, 212, 213 
Eryx thebaicus, 213 . 
EHunectes murinus, 187, 199, 
206 
Eurystomata, 175 
Eyervreter, 283 
fabulous, 186 
fascinating power of (sup- 
posed) 164 
feeding, 194, 228, 289 
Four-rayed, 257, 261 
Freshwater, 183 
Garter, 214 
Glass, not a true Snake, 107 
Glauconia, 186 
Glauconiide, 186 
Grass, 217 
Green, 244 
Green-spotted Garter, 214 
Ground, 182 
Harlequin, 208 
head-shields of, 184 
Helminthophis, 185 
Heterodon nasicus, 272 
platyrhinus, 271 
simus, 272 
Hissing, 271, 285 
Sand, 285 
hissing of, 164 
Hoary, 243 
Hog-nosed, 271 
Hoop, 173 
Hoplocephalus curtus, 197 
Horned, 213 
horsehair ropes and, 174 
Horseshoe, 251 
incubation of, 200, 202 
Indian Eryx, 213 
Python, 199, 203 
Rat, 247 
Rock, 202 
Infernal, 241 
in history, 162, 260 
insect pests on, 191 
intelligence of, 208 
Jamaica Yellow Boa, 206 
jaws of, 175, 178 
King (Boa), 208 
King (Coronella), 280 
