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INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Cobra, Cape species, yellow variety 

 ,, black variety 



young . 

 dissection of neck 

 how to hold one 

 swallowing a Puff adder 

 Cape species 

 Collecting venom from Cobra 



>, ,, ,, Puff adder 



Coral snake 



,, ,, head and neck of 

 Cross-marked snake (PsammopJiis) 



another process 



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• 173 



• 175 



• 175 

 176 



. i8o 



. 178 



182 



• 371 



• 373 



• 375 

 166, 195 



. 166 

 122 



D. 



Death Head moth ......... 333 



Dentition and fangs of snakes ...... 23, 344 



Diagram showing how venom is absorbed by the blood and lymphatics 304 

 Digestive apparatus of man ....... 290 



Egg-eater snake (Dasypeltis) 



anatomy of 

 and Night Adder 

 robbing quail's nest 

 swallowing an egg 



Elapinae — sub-family, skulls of . . . 



105 

 III 

 109 

 108-9 

 no 

 163 



Family group and some tame snakes 

 Family group and their snake pets 

 Fang embedded in skin 

 Fangs and venom glands of snakes 

 Feeding a snake 



File snake ..... 

 Flying reptile — reconstruction of . 

 Flying reptiles .... 

 Fossil remains of a lizard-tailed bird in a rock 

 ,, ,, remote ancestors of birds 



473 

 275 

 388 



353 



273 



97 



7.8 



4 

 5 

 6 



G. 



