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MANTIS. 



INDEX. 



METALLURA. 



pretty girls by the New Zealand 

 chiefs, ii. 369. 



Mantis, pugnacity of species of, i. 360. 



Marcus Aurelius, on the origin of 

 the moi'al sense, i. 71 ; on the in- 

 fluence of habitual thoughts, i. 

 101. 



3Iareca penelope, ii. 114. 



Marks, retained thrpughout groups 

 of birds, ii. 131. 



Marriage, influence of, upon morals, i. 

 96; restraints upon, among savages, 

 i. 133 ; influence of, on mortality, 

 i. 175 ; development of, ii. 361. 



Marriages, communal, ii. 358, 360 ; 

 early, i. 174, 175. 



Marshall, Mr., on the brain of a 

 Bushwoman, i. 216. 



Marsupials, 1. 202 ; possession of 

 nipples by, i. 209 ; their origin 

 from Monotremata, i. 213 ; uterus 

 of, i. 122 ; development of the nic- 

 titating membrane in, i. 23 ; ab- 

 dominal sacks of, i. 254 ; relative 

 size of the sexes of, ii. 260 ; colours 

 of, ii. 286. 



Marsupium, rudimentary, in male 

 marsupials, i. 208. 



Martin, W. C. L., on alarm mani- 

 fested by an orang at the sight of 

 a turtle, i. 43 ; on the hair in Hylo- 

 bates, i. 194; on a female American 

 deer, ii. 258 ; on the voice of Hijlo- 

 hates agilis, ii. 277 ; on Semnojnthe- 

 cus nemseus, ii. 312. 



Martin, on the beards of the inhab- 

 itants of St. Kilda, ii. 321. 



Martins deserting their young, i. 

 84. 



Martins, C, on death caused by in- 

 flammation of the vermiform ap- 

 pendage, i. 28. 



Mastoid processes in man and apes, i. 

 143. 



Maudsley, Dr., on the influence of 

 the sense of smell in man, i. 24 ; 

 on Laura Bridgman, i. 58 ; on the 

 development of the vocal organs, 

 i. 59. 



Mayers, W. F., on the domestication 

 of the goldfish in China, ii. 17. 



Mayhew, E., on the affection between 

 individuals of different sexes in the 

 dog, ii. 270. 



Maynard, C. J., on the sexes of C/wy- 



seniijs picta, ii. 28. 

 Meckel, on correlated variation of 



the muscles of the arm and leg, i. 



130. 

 Medicines, effect produced by, the 



same in man and in monkeys, i. 12. 

 Medusse, bright colours of some, i. 



322. 

 Megalithic structiires, prevalence of, 



i. 233. 

 Ifegalopjhri/s montana, sexual differ- 

 ences in, ii. 26, 27. 

 Megapicus validus, sexual difference of 



colour in, ii. 174. 

 Megasoma, large size of males of, i. 



347. 

 Meigs, Dr. A., on variation in the 



skulls of the natives of America, i. 



108. 

 Meinecke, on the numerical propor- 

 tion of the sexes in butterflies, i. 



309. 

 MELiPHAGiDiE, Australian, nidifica- 



tion of, ii. 169. 

 Melita, secondary sexual characters of, 



i. 331. 

 Meloe, difference of colour in the 



sexes of a species of, i. 367. 

 Memory, manifestations of, in ani- 

 mals, i. 45. 

 Memnon, young, i. 217. 

 Mental characters, difference of, in 



different races of men, i. 216. 

 Mental faculties, variation of, in the 



same species, i, 36, 110; diversity 



of, in the same race of men, i. 109 ; 



inheritance of, i. 110; similarity of 



the, in different races of man, i. 232 ; 



of birds, ii. 108. 

 Mental powers, difference of, in the 



two sexes in man, ii. 326. 

 Memcra Alberti, ii. 102 ; song of, ii. 



55. 

 Menura superba, ii. 101, 102 ; long 



tails of both sexes of, ii. 164. 

 Merganser, trachea of the male, ii. 



60. 

 Mergus cucullatus, speculum of, i. 291. 

 Mergus merganser, young of, ii. 189. 

 Merganser serrator, male plumage of, 



ii. 85. 

 Metallura, splendid tail-feathers of,, ii. 



152. 



