ARGYLL. 



INDEX. 



AUSTRALIANS. 



409 



Argyll, Duke of, the fashioning of 

 implements peculiar to man, i. 52 ; 

 on the contest in man between 

 right and Avrong, i. 10-i ; on the 

 physical weakness of man, i. 156 ; 

 on the primitive civilisation of man. 

 i. 181 ; on the plumage of the male 

 Argus pheasant, ii. 91 ; on Urostictc 

 Benjamini, ii. 151 ; on the nests of 

 birds, ii. 167 ; on variety as an 

 object in nature, ii. 230. 



Argymiis ar/laia, colouring of the 

 lower surface of, i. 396. 



Aricoris epitus, sexual differences in 

 the wings of, i. 345. 



Aristocracy, increased beauty of 

 the, ii. 356. 



Arms, proportions of, in soldiers and 

 sailors, i. 116; direction of the 

 hair on the, i. 192. 



Arms and hands, free use of, indi- 

 rectly correlated with diminution 

 of canines, i. 144. 



Arrest of development, i. 121, 122. 



Arrow-heads, stone, general resem- 

 blance of, i. 233. 



Arrows, use of, i, 232. 



Arteries, variations in the course of 

 the, 1. 108. 



Artery, effect of tying, upon the 

 lateral channels, i. 116. 



Arthropoda, i. 328. 



Arts practised by savages, i. 234. 



Ascension, coloured incrustation on 

 the rocks of, i. 326. 



AsGiDiA, affinity of the lancelet to, 

 i. 205 ; tadpole-like larvae of, i. 

 205. 



AsciDiANS, i. 324 ; bright colours of 

 some, i. 322. 



Asinus, Asiatic and African species 

 of, ii. 306. 



Asinus tceniopus, ii. 306. 



Ass, colour-variations of the, ii, 305. 



Ateles, efi'ects of brandy on an, i. 12 ; 

 absence of the thumb in, i. 140. 



Ateles beelzehutk, ears of, i. 23. 



Ateles marginatiis, colour of the ruff 

 of, ii. 291 ; hair on the head of, ii, 

 109 ; on the recognition of a dog 

 by a turkey, ii, 110 ; on the selec- 

 tion of a mate by female birds, ii. 

 307. 



Ateuchus, stridulation of, i. 384. 



Ateuchus cicatn'cosus, habits of, i. 376 



Athalia, proportions of the sexes in, i. 

 314. 



Attention, manifestations of, in ani- 

 mals, i. 44. 



AuDOUiN, v., on a hymenopterous 

 parasite with a sedentary male, i. 

 273. 



Audubon, J. J., on the pugnacity of 

 male birds, ii, 43, 48 ; on Tetrao 

 cupklo, ii. 50 ; on Ardea nycticorax, 

 ii. 51 ; on Starnella ludoviciana, ii. 

 51 ; on the vocal organs of Tetrao 

 cupido, ii. 56 ; on the drumming of 

 the male Tetrao umhellus, ii. 61 ; 

 on sounds produced by the nightjar, 

 ii. 63 ; on Ardea herodias and Cath- 

 artes jota, ii, 68 ; on the spring 

 change of colour in some finches, 

 ii. 86; on Mimus polyglottus, ii. 

 116 ; on the turkey, ii. 119, 121 ; 

 on variation in the male scarlet 

 tanager, ii. 126 ; on the habits of 

 Fyranga xstiva, ii. 167 ; on local 

 differences in the nests of the same 

 species of birds, ii. 171 ; on the 

 habits of woodpeckers, ii, 175 ; on 

 Bomhycilla carolinensis, ii. 180 ; on 

 young females of Tanagra sestiva 

 acquiring male characters, ii, 180; 

 on the immature plumage of 

 thrushes, ii. 185 ; on the immature 

 plumage of birds, ii. 186 et seq. ; 

 on birds breeding in immature 

 plumage, ii, 214 ; on the growth 

 of the crest and plumes in the 

 male Ardea ludoviciana, ii. 216 ; on 

 the change of colour in some spe- 

 cies o{ Ardea, ii. 231 ; on the specu- 

 lum of Jlergtts cucidlatns, ii. 291 ; 

 on the musk-rat, ii, 298. 



Audubon and Bachman, MM., on 

 squirrels fighting, ii. 239 ; on the 

 Canadian lynx, ii. 267, 



Austen, N. L,, on Anolis cristatellus, 

 ii. 32, 33. 



Australia, half-castes killed by the 

 natives of, i. 220; lice of the na- 

 tives of, i. 220 ; not the birthplace 

 of man, i, 199; prevalence of fe- 

 male infanticide in, ii, 364, 



Australia, South, variation in the 

 skulls of aborigines of, i. 108. 



Australians, colour of newborn 



