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Show 410 Axrs. INDEX. BAilniNGTOX. children of, ii. 318; relative height of the sexes ot~ ii. 320; women n cause of war among the, ii. 323. AXIS deer, sexual difl'crcnce in the colour of the, ii. 2DO. .A Y~IARAS, measurements of the, i. 119; no grey hnir among the, ii. 320; hairlessness of the face in the, ii. 322 ; long hair of the, ii. 348. AZARA, on the proportion of men and women among the Guaranys, i. 302; on J'alamcdca comuta, ii. 48 ; on the beards of the Guaranys, ii. :322; on strife for women among the Gu: mas, ii. 324; on infanticide, ii. 344, 364; on the eradication of the eyebrows and eyelashes by the Indians of Paraguay, ii. 348; on polyandry among the Guauas, ii. 366 ; celibacy unknown among the savages of South .America, ii. 367 ; on the freedom of divorce among the Charruas, ii. 372. :B. BAnnAGE, C., on the greater ln·oportion of illegitimate female births, i. 302. BAmRUSA, tusks of the, ii. 264. BAJJOON, employing a mat for shelter against the sun, i. 5:3 ; manifestation of memory by a, i. 45; protected from punishment by its companions, i. 78; rage excited in, by reading, i. 42. BABOON, Cape, mane of the male, ii. 267; Hamadryas, mane of the male, ii. 267. BABOONS, effects of intoxicating liquors on, i. 12; cars of, i. 23; manifestation of maternal affection by, i. 41 ; using stones and sticks as weapons, i. 51; co-operation of, i. 75; silence of, on plundering expeditions, i. 79; diversity of the mental faculties in, i. 110; hands of, i. 139; habits of, i. 141; variability of the tail in, i. 150 ; apparent polygamy of, i. 266; polygamous and social habits of, ii. 362. BACriMAN, Dr., on the fertility of mulattoes, i. 221. BAER, K. E. von, on embryonic dcYclopmcnt, i. 14. BAGEHOT, W., on the social Yirtucs. among primitive .men, .i. 93; on the value of obedacnce, 1. 162; on human progress, i. 166; on the persistence of savage tribes in classical times, i. 239. BAILLY E. M., on the fighting of staO"s: ii. 252; on the mode of fighting"' of the Italian buffalo, ii. 250. BAtN, A., on the sense of duty, i. 71; aid springing from sympathy, i. 77; on the basis of sympathy, i. 82; on love of approbation, &c., i. 86 ; on the idea of beauty, ii. 354. BAIRD, W., on a dilfercnee in colour between the males and females of some Entozoa, i. :-3~!1. BAKER, Mr., observation on the proportion of the sexes in pheasantchicks, i. 306. BAKER, Sir S., on the fondness of theArabs for discordant music, ii. G7 ; on sexual difl'crence in the colours of au antelope, ii. 28D ; on the elephant and rhinoceros attacking white or grey horses, ii. 295; on the disfigurements practised by the negroes, ii. 296 ; on the gashing of the checks and temples practised in Arab countries, ii. 339 ; on the coifl'urc of the North Africans, ii. 340 ; on the perforation of the lower lip by the women of Latooka, ii. 341; ou the distinctive characters of the coiffure of central African tribes, ii. 342 ; on the coifl'ure of Arab women, ii. 353. "BALZ" of the Black-cock, ii. 45, 100. BANTAM, Sebright, i. 259, 294. BANTENG, horns of, ii. 247 j sexunr difl'crences in tho colours of the, ii. 289. BAN¥ AI, colour of the, ii. 346. BARUAIUSM, primitive, of civilised nn~ions, i. 181. BAROS, filamentous, of the feathers, in certain birds, ii. 74. BARR, Mr., on sexual preference in dogs, ii. 272. BARRINGTON, Daines, on the language of birds, i. 55; on the clucking of the hcu, ii. 51; on the object of' BAI!ltOW. INDEX. JJECIISTEIS. 4lt the song of birds, ii. 52; on the singing of female birds, ii. 54; on lJirds acqniring the songs of other birds, ii. 55; on the muscles of the larynx in song-birds, ii. 55; on the want of the power of song by female birds, ii. 163. BARROW, on the widow-bird, ii. 98. BAnTLErr, A. D., on the tragopan, i. 270 ; on the development of the spurs in Crossoptilon mtritum, i. 2!)0; on the fighting of the males of Plectroptems gambensis, ii. 46; on the knot, ii. 82 ; on display in male birds, ii. 87; on the display of plumage by the male Polyplcctron, ii. 89 ; on Crossoptilon auritum and Phasiamts Wallicllii, ii. 93; on the habits of Lophophorus, ii. 121; on the colour of the month in Buceros bicomis, ii. 129; on the incubation of the cassowary, ii. 204 ; on the Cave Bum1lo, ii. 250 ; on the use of the homs of antelopes, ii. 251; on the fighting of male wart-hogs, ii. 266 ; on Ammotragus tragelctphus, ii. 282; on the colours of Cercopithecus ceplms, ii. 2D1 ; on the colours of the faces of monkeys, ii. 310 ; on the naked surfaces of monkeys, ii. 377. BAltTJaM, on the courtship of the male alligator, ii. 29. BASQUJ,; language, .highly artincial, i. 61. BATE, C. S., on the superior activity of male crustacea, i. 272; on the proportions of the sexes in crabs, i. 315 ; on the chelre of crustacea, i. 330 ; on the relative size of the sexes in crustacea, i. 332; on the colours of crustacea, i. 335. BATES, H. W., on variation in the form of the head of Amazonian Indians, i. 111; on the proportion of the sexes among Amazonian butterflies, i. 309 ; on sexual differences in the wings of butterflies, i. 345; on the field-cricket, i. 353; on Pyrodes pulclierrimus, i. 367 ; on the horus of Lamellicom beetles, i. 370, 371 ; on the colours of Epicalire, &c., i. 388 ; on the coloration of tropical butterflies, i. ::an ; on the variability of Popilio Sesos-· tris and Childrenw, i. 402 ; on maleand female butterflies inhabiting dill'crcnt stations, i. 403; on mimickry, i. 411 ; on the caterpillar of a Sphinx, i. 416; on the vocal organs of the umbrella-bird, ii. 58; on the toucans, ii. 227 ; on Brachyttrtts caltus, ii. 30D. BATOKAS, knocking out two upper incisors, i i. :-140. BATLtACillA, ii. 25; eagerness of male, i. 272. BATS, sexual difl'crcnccs in the colour· of, ii. 286. BATTLE, law of, i. 182; among beetles, i. 37 5 ; among birds, ii. 40 ; among mammals, ii. 239 et seq. ; in man, ii. 323. BEAK, sexual difference in the forms. of the, ii. 39 ; in the colour of the, ii. 72. BEAKS, of birds, bright colours of, ii~ 227. BEARD, development of, in man, ii. 317 ; analogy of the, in man and the quadrumana, ii. 31D; variation of the development of the, in different races of men, ii. 321 ; estima-· tion of, among bearded nations, ii. 349 ; probable origin of the, ii. 37D. BEARDS, in monkeys, i. 192; of mammals, ii. 282. BEAUTU'UL, taste for the, in birds, ii. 108 ; in the quadrumana, ii. 296. BEAUT¥, sense of, in animals, i. 63; appreciation of, by birds, ii. 111; influence of, ii. 338, 343; vm·iability of tlHJ standard of, ii. 370. BEAVAN, Lieut., on the development of the horns in Ccrvus Eldi, i. 288. BEAVEn, instinct and intelligence or the, i. 37, 38 ; voice of the, ii. 277 ;: castoreum of the, ii. 279. BEAVERS, battles of male, ii. 239. BECIISTEIN, on female birds choosing the best singers among tho males, ii. 52; on rivalry in song-birds, ii. 53 ; on the singing of female birds, ii. 54 ; on birds acquiring the songs. of other birds, ii. 55 ; ou pairing the canary and siskin, ii. 115 ; on. |