PALMARIS. 



INDEX. 



PEACOCK. 



453 



rous glands ot the musk-deer, ii. 

 280 ; on winter changes of colour 

 in mammals, ii. 298 ; on the ideal 

 of female beauty in Korth China, 

 ii. 344. 

 Palmaris accessorius muscle, variations 



of the, i. 109. 

 Pampas, horses of the, i. 236. 

 Pangenesis, hypothesis of, i. 280, 284. 

 Panniculus carnosus, i. 19. 

 Fapilio, sexual dift'erences of colour- 

 ing in species of, i. 389 ; propor- 

 tion of the sexes in North Ame- 

 rican species of, i, 309 ; coloration 

 of the wings in species of, i. 396. 

 Fapilio ascanius, i. 389. 

 Fapilio Sesostris and Children^, varia- 

 bility of, i. 402. 

 Fapilio 2'urnus, i. 310. 

 Papilionid^e, variability in the, i. 



402. 

 Papuans, line of separation between 

 the, and the Malays, i. 218 ; beards 

 of the, ii. 322 ; hair of, ii. 340. 

 Papuans and Malays, contrast in cha- 

 racters of, i. 216. 

 Paradise, Birds of, ii. 100, 181 ; sup- 

 posed by Lesson to be polygamous, 

 i. 260 ; rattling of their quills by, 

 ii. 61 ; racket-shaped feathers in, 

 ii. 73 ; sexual differences in colour 

 of, ii. 76 ; decomposed feathers in, 

 ii. 74, 97 ; display of plumage by 

 the male, ii. 88. 

 Faradisea apoda, barbless feathers in 

 the tail of, ii. 74 ; plumage of, ii. 

 78 ; and F. papuana, divergence of 

 the females of, ii. 192. 

 Faradisea rubra, ii. 75, 78. 

 Paraguay, Indians of, eradication of 

 eyebrows and eyelashes by, ii. 348. 

 Parakeet, Australian, variation in 

 the colour of the thighs of a male, 

 ii. 126. 

 Parallelism of development of spe- 

 cies and languages, i. 59. 

 Parasites on man and animals, i. 12 ; 

 as evidence of specific identity or 

 distinctness, i. 219 ; immunity from, 

 correlated with colour, i. 242. 

 Parental aftection, partly a result 



of natural selection, i. 81. 

 Parents, age of, inliuence upon sex 

 of offspring, i. 302. 



Paring, sexual difference of colour 



in, ii. 174. 

 Park, Mungo, negro-women teaching 

 their children to love the truth, i. 

 95 ; his treatment by the negro- 

 women, i. 95, 326 ; on negro opi- 

 nions of the appearance of white 

 men, ii. 346. 

 Parrot, racket-shaped feathers in 

 the tail of a, ii. 73 ; instance of 

 benevolence in a, ii. 109. 

 Parrots, imitative faculties of, i. 44; 

 change of colour in, i. 152 ; living 

 in triplets, ii. 106 ; affection of, ii. 

 108 ; colours of, ii. 223 ; sexual 

 differences of colour in, ii. 231 ; 

 colours and nidification of the, ii. 

 171, 174, 176 ; immature plumage 

 of the, ii. 188 ; musical powers of, 

 ii. 335. 

 Parthenogenesis in the Tenthredi- 

 na3, i. 314; inCynipidai, i. 314; in 

 Crustacea, i. 315. 

 Partridge, monogamous, i. 269 ; 

 proportion of the sexes in the, i. 

 306 ; female, ii. 194. 

 " Partridge-dances," ii. 68. 

 Partridges, living in triplets, ii. 

 106 ; spring coveys of male, ii. 107 ; 

 distinguishing persons, ii. 110. 

 Farus cceruleus, ii. 174. 

 Fasser, sexes and young of, ii. 212. 

 Fasser brachydactijlus, ii. 212. 

 Fasser domcsticus, ii. 170, 212. 

 Fasser montanus, ii. 170, 212. 

 Patagonians, self-sacrifice by, i. 88. 

 Patterson, Mr., on the Agrioaidn', 



i. 362. 

 Paulistas of Brazil, i. 225. 

 Favo cristatus, i. 290; ii. 136. 

 Favo muticus, i. 290, ii. 136 ; pos- 

 session of spurs by the female, ii. 

 46, 162. 

 Favo 7iigr{pennis, ii. 120. 

 Payaguas Indians, thin legs and thick 



arms of the, i. 117. 

 Payan, Mr., on the proportion of the 



sexes in sheep, i. 305. 

 Peacock, polygamous, i. 269 ; sexual 

 characters of, i. 290 ; pugnacity of 

 the, ii. 46 ; rattling of the quills by, 

 ii. 61 ; elongated tail-coverts of the, 

 ii. 72, 97 ; love of display of the, 

 ii. 135 ; 68, 87 ; ocellated spots of 



