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Show 40G INDEX. .ADDOTT. A. AnnOTT, C., on the battles of seals, ii. 240. ADDUCTOR of the fifth metatarsal, presence of, in man, i. 128. AmmCROM1HE, Dr., on disease of the brain affecting speech, i. 58. ABIPONES, marriage-customs of the, ii. 373. Anou-SrMnEI., caves of, i. 217. AilORTlON, prevalence of the practice <•f, i. 134. ABSTRACTIOY, i. 62. Acallcs, stridulation of, i. 384. Acantlwdactylus capensis, sexual dif-ferences of colour in, ii. 3G. Accentor modnlaris, ii.198. AaCLIMATISATION, difference of, in different races of men, i. 216. Acfletidm, striduhltion of the, i. 352, 353,355; rudimentary stridulating organs in female, i. ~359. Acilitts sulcatus, elytra of the female, i. 343. Acomus, development of spurs in the female of, ii. 162. Ac1·idiidm, stridulation of the, i. 352, 356; rudimeutary stridulating organs it1 female, i. 359. ACTING, i. 232. Act-inim, bright colours of, i. 322. ADMIRAL butterfly, i. 392. Aool,.rlON of the young of other animals by female monkeys, i. 41. Aov ANCEMKNT in the organic scale, Von BaCI·'s definition of, i. 211. AEnY, on the difference between the skulls of man and the quadrumana, i. 190. JEsTIIETlC faculty, not highly developed in savages, i. 64. AFFJ::CTTON, maternal, i. 40; manifestation of, b.y animals, i. 40 ;: pa- AJ,CA • rental and filinl, partly the result of natural selection, i. 81; shown by birds in confinement, for certain persons, ii. 110; mutual, of birds,. ii. 108. A~'RLCA, probably t.hil birthplace of man, i. 1D9; South, crossed population of, i. 225; South, retention of colour by the Dutch in, i. 242; South, proportion of the sexes in the butterflies of, i. :no; tattooin" practised in, ii. 33D; Norther; coiffure of natives of, ii. 340. ' AGASSIZ, L., on conscience in dogs, i. 78; on the coincidence of the races of man with zoological provinces, i. 218; on the number of species of man, i. 226; on the courtship of tho land-snails, i. 324; on the brightness of the colours of male fishes during the breeding season, ii. 13; on the frontal protuberance of themales of GeetpharJttS and CicMa, ii. 13, 20; on the slight sexual differences of the South Americans, ii. ::323; on the tattooing of the Amazonian Indians, ii. 342. AGE, in 1·elation to the transmission of characters in birds, ii. 183; variation in accordance with, in birds, ii. 213. Age/tens phamiccus, ii. 116. Ageronia fcronia, noise produced by, i. 387. Agrion, dimorphism in, i. 363. Agr-ion Ramhw·ii, sexes of, i. 362. AGRIONIDJF., difference in the sexes of, i. 362. Agrotis exclamationis, i. 369. AGUE, tertian, dog suffering from, i. 13. A'itlnt•·us polytmtts, young of, ii. 220. AINOS1 hairiness of the, ii. 321. Alca ~orda, young of, ii. 217. Al.CES. l~DEX. ANl'JliDIUM. 407 Alccs palmata, ii.. 25D. Ar.DJ::Jt and Hancock, MM., on the nudi-branch mollusca, i. 326. AL<mN, Mr., on ·the stridulation of i::icolyttts, i. 379. J\H.I':N, J. A., on the relative size of the sexes of Caltorhimts ursinus, ii. ~.Go; on the mane of Otaria jubuta, 11. 267; on the pairing of seals, ii. 27D ; on sexual differences in the colour of bats, ii. 286. · .Ar.r.EN, S., on the habits of JloploJileras, ii. 48 ; on the pl mnes of herons, ii. 82; on the vernal moult of llerodias bttbult;us, ii. 84. Ar.LIGA'~?R, courtship of the mnle, i. ~7;, 11. 29; roaring of the male, I. <>31. A~IADAV AT, pugnacity of male, ii. 4-D. Amadina Lrtthami, display of plumage by the male, ii. 95. Amadina casta1wtis, display of plumage by the male, ii. 95. AMAZONS, butterflies of the, i. 309; fishes of the, ii. 17. AMERICA, variation in the skulls of aborigines of~ i. 108; wide ran"e of aborigines of, i. 218; lice of the natives of, i. 220; general beardlcssness of the natives of, ii. 322. AMERICA, North, butterflies ot~ i. 30D ; Indians of, women a cnuse of ~trife among the, ii. 324; Indians ?.f, their notions of female beauty, ll. 344, 347. AliiEIUCA, South, character of the natives of, i. 216; population of ])arts of, i. 225; piles of stones in, 1. 233 ; extinction of the fossil horse of, i. 239 ; desert-birds of, ii. 224; slight sexual difference of the aborigines of, ii. 323; l)rcvalence of infanticide in, ii. 3t:il. AliiEitlCAN languages, often highly artificial, i. 112. .AMERI?ANS, wide geographical range of, .1. 112; and negroes, difference of, 1. 247; rwersion of, to hair on the fact", ii. 348 ; native, variability of, i. 226. Ammophila, on the jaws of, i. 342. AmmotrCL!Jt!S tragelCtplms, hairy forelegs of, ii. 282, 285. AMPlllniA, affinity of~ to the ganoid fishes, i. 204 ; vocal organs of the, ii. 331. AMPJillliANS, i. 213, ii. 24; breeding whilst immature, ii. 215. Amphioxus, i. 204. AMPIIIPODA, males sexually mature while young, ii. 215. A~IUNOPH Ill., negro character of features of, i. 217. ANAL appendages of insects, i. 342. .ANALOGOUS variation in tlltl plumage of birds, ii. 74. Anas, ii. 180. Anas acuta, male plumage of, ii. 84. Anas boscllas, male plumage of, ii. 84. Anas histdonica, ii. 214. AnCtstomlts oscitCtns, sexe~ nnd young of, ii. 217; white nuptial plumaae of~ ii. 228. "' ANATIDM, voices of, ii. 60. Anax junius, difference in the sexes of, i. 362. ANGLO-SAXONS, estimation of the beard among the, ii. 349. ANIMALS, cruelty of savages to, i. 94; domesticated, more fertile than wild, i. 132; characters common to man and, i. 185 ; domestic, change of breeds of, ii. 36D. ANNEJ,JDA, i. 327. ANNULOSA, i. 327. Anolis cristatellus, male, crest of, ii. 32; pugnacity of the male, ii. 32; throat-pouch of, ii. 33. Anobium tessellatum, sounds produced by, i. 384. Anscr canadensis, ii. 116. Anser cygnoicles, ii. 114; knob at the base of the beak of, ii. 12D. Anse1·ltyperboreus, whiteness of, ii. 228. A~TELOPE, prong-horned, horns of, 1. 289. ANTELOPES, generally polygamous, i. 267 ; horns of, i. 289, ii. 245 ; canine. teeth of some male, ii. 241; use of horns of, ii. 251; dorsal crests in, ii. 282; dewlaps of, ii. 284; winter change of two species of, ii. 299; peculiar markings of, ii. 299. ANTENN11"., furnished with cushions iu the male of Penthe, i. 343. A1~thidium manicatum, large male of, 1. 347. |