  | CHAP. | | PAGE | | I. | SEEING A SNAKE FEED, | 27 | | II. | SNAKES OF FICTION AND OF FACT, | 41 | | III. | OPHIDIAN TASTE FOR BIRDS’ EGGS, | 59 | | IV. | DO SNAKES DRINK? | 75 | | V. | THE TONGUE OF A SNAKE—PART I. WHAT IT IS ‘NOT,’ | 94 | | VI. | THE TONGUE OF A SNAKE—PART II. WHAT IT ‘IS,’ | 107 | | VII. | THE TONGUE OF A SNAKE—PART III. ITS USES, | 115 | | VIII. | THE GLOTTIS, | 129 | | IX. | BREATHING AND HISSING OF SNAKES, | 142 | | X. | HIBERNATION, | 159 | | XI. | THE TAIL OF A SNAKE, | 170 | | XII. | OPHIDIAN ACROBATS: CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRICTION, | 192 | | XIII. | FRESH-WATER SNAKES, | 221 | | XIV. | THE PELAGIC OR SEA SNAKES, | 233 | | XV. | ‘THE GREAT SEA SERPENT,’ | 247 | | XVI. | RATTLESNAKE HISTORY, | 268 | | XVII. | THE RATTLE, | 294 | | XVIII. | THE INTEGUMENT—‘HORNS,’ AND OTHER EPIDERMAL APPENDAGES, | 315 | | XIX. | DENTITION, | 342 | | XX. | VIPERINE FANGS, | 368 | | XXI. | THE CROTALIDÆ, | 381 | | XXII. | THE XENODONS, | 395 | | XXIII. | OPHIDIAN NOMENCLATURE, AND VERNACULARS, | 413 | | XXIV. | DO SNAKES INCUBATE THEIR EGGS? | 431 | | XXV. | ANACONDA AND ANGUIS FRAGILIS, | 452 | | XXVI. | ‘LIZZIE,’ | 470 | | XXVII. | DO SNAKES AFFORD A REFUGE TO THEIR YOUNG? | 483 | | XXVIII. | SERPENT WORSHIP, ‘CHARMING,’ ETC., | 507 | | XXIX. | THE VENOMS AND THEIR REMEDIES, | 532 | | XXX. | NOTES FROM THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, | 561 | | INDEX, | 593 |
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