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BOAR. 



INDEX. 



BOWS. 



genus Ardetta, ii. 179 ; on the pere- 

 grine falcon, ii, 180 ; on young 

 female birds acquiring male cha- 

 racters, ii. 180 ; on the immature 

 plumage of birds, ii. 185 ; on re- 

 presentative species of birds, ii. 

 190 ; on the young of Turnix, ii. 

 202 ; on anomalous young of La- 

 nius rufus and Cult/mbus glacialis, 

 ii. 211 ; on the sexes and young of 

 the sparrows, ii. 212 ; on dimor- 

 phism in some herons, ii, 214 ; on 

 orioles breeding in immature plu- 

 mage, ii. 214; on the sexes and 

 young of Buphus and Anastomus, 

 ii. 217 ; on the young of the black- 

 cap and blackbird, ii. 219 ; on the 

 young of the stonechat, ii. 220 ; 

 on the white plumage of Anasto- 

 mus, ii. 229 ; on the horns of Anti- 

 lope bezoartica, ii. 246 ; on the horns 

 of Bovine animals, ii. 247 ; on the 

 mode of fighting of Ovis cijcloceros, 

 ii. 249 ; on the voice of the Gib- 

 bons, ii. 276 ; on the crest of the 

 male wild goat, ii. 282 ; on the 

 colours of Portax picta, ii. 287 ; 

 on the colours of Antilope bezo- 

 artica, ii. 288 ; on the development 

 of the horns in the Koodoo and 

 Eland antelopes, i. 289 ; on the 

 colour of the Axis deer, ii. 290 ; 

 on sexual difference of colour in 

 Hylobates hoolock, ii. 291 ; on the 

 hog-deer, ii. 303 ; on the beai-d and 

 whiskers in a monkey becoming 

 white with age, ii. 319. 



Boar, wild, polygamous in India, i. 

 267 ; use of the tusks by the, ii. 

 256 ; fighting of, ii. 263. 



BoiTARD and Corbie, MM., on the 

 transmission of sexual peculiarities 

 in pigeons, i. 283 ; on the anti- 

 pathy shown by some female pi- 

 geons to certain males, ii. 118. 



Bold, Mr,, on the singing of a sterile 

 hybrid canary, ii. 53. 



BOMBET, on the variability of the 

 standard of beauty in Eui'ope, ii. 

 370. 



Bombus, difference of the sexes in, i. 

 366. 



BOMBYCiD^, coloration of, i. 394 ; 

 pairing of the, i. 401. 



Bombijcilla carolinensiSjVed appendages 



of, fi. 179. 

 Bombyx cijuthia, i. 346 ; proportion ot 



the sexes in, i. 309, 313 ; pairing 



of, i. 401. 

 Bombyx mori, difference of size of the 



male and female cocoons of, i. 346 ; 



pairing of, i. 401. 

 Bomhyx Pernyi, proportion of sexes 



of, i. 313. 

 Bombijx Yamamai, i. 346 ; M. Person- 



nat on, i. 310 ; proportion of sexes 



of, i. 313. 

 Bonaparte, C. L,, on the call-notes 



of the wild turkey, ii. 60. 

 BoxD, F., on the finding of new 



mates by crows, ii. 104. 

 Bone, implements of, skill displayed 



in making, i. 138. 

 Boner, C, on the transfer of male 



characters to an old female chamois, 



ii. 245 ; on the antlers of the red 



deer, ii, 252 ; on the habits of stags, 



ii. 259 ; on the pairing of red deer, 



ii. 269. 

 Bones, increase of, in length and 



thickness, when carrying a greater 



weight, i. 116, 

 Bonnet monkey, i, 192. 

 Boomerang, i. 183. 

 Boreus hyenudis, scarcity of the male, 



i. 314. 

 BORY St. Vincent, on the number of 



species of man, i. 226 ; on the 



colours of Labrus pavo, ii. 16. 

 Bos gaut'us, horns of, ii. 247. 

 Bos primigenius, ii. 240. 

 Bos sondaicus, horns of, ii. 247 ; 



colours of, ii. 289. 

 BoTOCUDOS, i. 181 ; mode of life of, i. 



247 ; disfigurement of the ears and 



lower lip of the, ii. 341. 

 Boucher de Perthes, J. C. de, on the 



antiquity of man, i. 3. 

 Bourbon, proportion of the sexes in 



a species of Papilio from, i. 310. 

 BoURiEN, on the marriage-customs of 



the savages of the Malay Archi- 

 pelago, ii. 373. 

 BoviD^, dewlaps of, ii. 284. 

 Bower-birds, ii, 102 ; habits of the, 



ii. 69 ; ornamented playing-places 



of, i. 63, ii. 112. 

 Bows, use of, i. 232. 



