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INDEX. 



Mescmbryanthemnm, stone, 223 

 Meteorological phenomena, intensity of, 



at the equator, 23 

 Mimicry, theory of, 189 

 Mimosa pudica, 59 



Mivart, Professor, on animal origin of 

 man, 284 



on the divergent affinities of man 



and apes, 288 

 Mungredien, Mr. on showy and fragrant 



flowers, 230 

 Monkeys, 116 

 Monkeys and pigeons, 102 

 Moseley, Mr. on humming-birds of Juan 



Fernandez, 143 

 Moseley, Mr. H. N. on birds conveying 



seeds to islands, 268 

 Moths, conspicuously coloured cater- 

 pillars of, uneatable, 175 

 Motmots, 105 



Mott, Mr. Albert, on antiquity of in- 

 tellectual man, 291 

 Mounds of N. America, antiquity of, 



296 

 Mound-builders, a semi-civilized race, 



297 



Miiller, Dr. Hermann, on fertilization 

 of alpine flowers, 232 

 on fertilization of Martagon lily, 



231 

 on variations of insect-fertilized 



flowers, 275 

 on differences of allied species of 



flowers, 233 

 M usa paradisiaca, 48 

 Musaceae, 48 



Mygale, a bird-catching spider, 97 

 Mysis chameleon, changes of colour of, 

 171 



N. 



NEARCTIC REGION, mammalia of, 329 

 birds of, 330 



Neotropical region, mammalia of, 331 

 birds of, 332 



Nests of humming-birds, 137 



Newton, Professor, on appearance of 

 living humming-birds, 130 



New Zealand, poor in flowers and in- 

 sects, 235 



New World, regions of the, 329 



North American earth-works, 292 



Nuttall, Mr. on the rufous flame-bearer, 

 131 



Nymphalidse, local resemblances of 

 species of distinct genera of, 257 



0. 



OCEANIC ISLANDS, peculiar floras of, 269 

 theory of, 307 



Odontomaclms, genus of ants, 82 



Odour deficient in New Zealand flowers, 

 277 



Odours absorbed unequally by dif- 

 ferently coloured stuffs, 266 

 of flowers attractive, 230 



(Ecodoma cepluilotes, 85 



(Ecophylla smaragdina, 82 



Ogle, Dr. on colour and sense-percep- 

 tion, 265 



Oil from palms, 45 



Oncidiums, 51 



Optical theory of colour, 180 



Orchids, 49 



Oriental Region, 319 



Ornamental humming-birds, the most 

 pugnacious, 214 



Ornaments, display of, by male hum- 

 ming-birds, 134 



Orthoptera, 91 



P. 



PAL^ARCTIC Region, 314 

 Palms, 40 



height of, 41 

 climbing, 41 

 Palm-wine, 43 

 Palm-trees, uses and products of, 42 



46 



Pandanaceae, 49 

 Papilio, pale varieties of, in Moluccas 



and New Guinea, 258 

 Papilionidae and Nymphalidae, local 



resemblances of, 255 

 Papilio nireus, changes of colour of 



pupa of, 168 

 Parrots, 99 



red in. Moluccas and New Guinea, 



264 



black in New Guinea and Mada- 

 gascar, 264 

 Passeres, 108 

 Phyllostoma, 120 

 Phasmidse, 9193 

 Phoenix sylvcstr is, 45 

 Phaethornithinae, 136 

 Pheasants, brilliant plumage of, in cold 



countries, 163 

 Pheidole, genus of ants, 84 

 Philippine Islands, metallic colours of 

 butterflies of, 259 



white-marked birds of, 263 

 Picariae, 103 

 Pickering, Mr. on plants of Pacific 



Islands, 269 



Pieridae and Lyceenidae, local resem- 

 blances of, 256 

 Pigeons, 102 



black in Australia and Madagascar, 

 264 



