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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 {Psantmophis) 



another process 



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• 173 



• 175 

 ■ 175 



176 

 . 180 

 . 178 

 . 182 



• 371 



• 373 



• 375 

 166, 195 



. 166 

 122 



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 



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. 



Garter snake ......... 169, 195 



Geko lizard .......... 366 



Glass bespattered with Ringhals venom . . . . .188 



Glauconia snake ......... 53 



Green water snake ......... 89 



Guentheri 128 



