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AXIS. 



INDEX. 



BARRINGTON. 



children of, ii. 318 ; relative height 

 of the sexes of, ii. 320 ; women a 

 cause of war among the, ii. 323, 



Axis deer, sexual difference in the 

 colour of the, ii. 290. 



Aymaras, measurements of the, i. 

 119; no grey hair 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 Falamedea cornuta, ii. 48 ; on 

 the beards of the Guaranys, ii. 322 ; 

 on strife for women among the Gu- 

 anas, ii. 324 ; on infanticide, ii. 344, 

 364 ; on the eradication of the eye- 

 brows and eyelashes by the Indians 

 of Paraguay, ii. 348 ; on polyandry 

 among the Guanas, ii. 366 ; celibacy 

 unknown among the savages of 

 South America, ii. 367 ; on the 

 freedom of divorce among the 

 Charruas, ii. 372. 



B. 



Babbage, C, on the greater propor- 

 tion of illegitimate female births, 

 i. 302. 



Babirusa, tusks of the, ii. 264. 



Baboon, employing a mat for shelter 

 against the sun, i. 53 ; manifesta- 

 tion of memory by a, i. 45 ; pro- 

 tected from punishment by its com- 

 panions, 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 li- 

 quors on, i. 12 ; ears of, i. 23 ; ma- 

 nifestation of maternal affection by, 

 i. 41 ; using stones and sticks as 

 weapons, i. 51 ; co-operation of, i. 

 75 ; silence of, on plundering expe- 

 ditions, i. 79 ; diversity of the men- 

 tal foculties in, i. 110 ; hands of, i. 

 139; habits of, i. 141; variability 

 of the tail in, i. 150 ; appareut 

 polygamy of, i. 266 ; polygamous 

 and social habits of, ii. 362. 



Baciiman, Dr., on the fertility of mu- 

 lattoes, i. 221. 



Baer, K. E. von, on embryonic deve- 

 lopment, i. 14. 

 Bagehot, W., on the social virtues 

 among primitive men, i. 93 ; on 

 the value of obedience, i. 162; on 

 human progress, i. 166 ; on the per- 

 sistence of savage tribes in classical 

 times, i. 239. 

 Bailly, E. M., on the fighting of 

 stags, ii. 252 ; on the mode of fight- 

 ing of the Italian buffalo, ii. 250. 

 Bain, A., on the sense of duty, i. 71; 

 aid springing from sympathy, i. 77 ; 

 on the basis of sympathy, i. 82 ; 

 on lov^e of approbation, &c., i. 86 ; 

 on the idea of beauty, ii. 354. 

 Baird, W., on a difference in colour 

 between the males and females of 

 some Entozoa, i. 321. 

 Baker, Mr., observation on the pro- 

 portion of the sexes in pheasant- 

 chicks, i. 306. 

 Baker, Sir S., on the fondness of the 

 Arabs for discordant music, ii. 67 ; 

 on sexual difference in the colours 

 of an antelope, ii. 289 ; on the ele- 

 phant and rhinoceros attacking 

 white or grey horses, ii. 295 ; on 

 the disfigurements practised by the 

 negroes, ii. 296 ; on the gashing of 

 the cheeks and temples practised in 

 Arab countries, ii. 339 ; on the 

 coiffure of the North Africans, ii. 

 340 ; on the perforation of the 

 lower lip by the women of Latooka, 

 ii. 341 ; on the distinctiA^e charac- 

 ters of the coiffure of central Afri- 

 can tribes, ii. 342 ; on the coiffure 

 of Arab women, ii. 353. 

 " Balz " of the Black-cock, ii. 45, 100. 

 Bantam, Sebright, i. 259, 294. 

 Banteng, horns of, ii. 247 ; sexual 

 differences in the colours of the, ii. 

 289. 

 Banyai, colour of the, ii. 346. 

 Barbarism, primitive, of civilised 



nations, i. 181. 

 Barbs, 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 hen, ii. 51 ; on the object of 



