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PEACOCK. 



INDEX. 



PHEASANT. 



the, ii. 135 ; inconvenience of long 

 tail of the, to the female, ii. 154, 

 164, 165 ; continued increase of 

 beauty of the, ii. 216. 



Peacock-butterfly, i. 392. 



Peafowl, preference of females for a 

 particular male, ii. 120; first ad- 

 vances made by the female, ii. 

 120. 



PedicuU of domestic animals and man, 

 i. 219. 



Pedigree of man, i. 213. 



Pedionomus torquatas, sexes of, ii. 

 201. 



Peewit, wing-tubercles of the male, 

 ii. 48. 



Pelagic animals, transparency of, i. 

 323. 



Pelecanus erythrorhj/nchus, horny crest 

 on the beak of the male, during the 

 breeding season, ii. 80. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus, spring plumage 

 of, ii. 85. 



Pelele, ii. 341. 



Pelican, blind, fed by his compa- 

 nions, i. 77 ; young, guided by old 

 birds, i. 77 ; pugnacity of the male, 

 ii. 43. 



Pelicans, fishing in concert, i. 75. 



Pelobius Hermanni, stridulation of, i. 

 380, 382. 



Pelvis, alteration of, to suit the erect 

 attitude of man, i. 143 ; differences 

 of the, in the sexes in man, ii. 

 317. 



Penelope nigra, sound produced by the 

 male, ii. 64. 



Pennant, on the battles of seals, ii. 

 240 ; on the bladder-nose seal, ii. 

 278. 



Penthe, antennal cushions of the male, 

 i. 343. 



Perch, brightness of male, during 

 breeding season, ii. 13. 



Peregrine Falcon, new mate found 

 by, ii. 104. 



Period of variability, relation of, to 

 sexual selection, i. 296. 



Periodicity, vital. Dr. Laycock on, 

 i. 12. 



Periods, lunar, followed by functions 

 in man and animals, i. 12, 212. 



Periods of life, inheritance at cor- 

 responding, i. 280, 285. 



Perisoreus canadensis, young of, ii- 

 209. 



Peritrichia, difference of colour in the 

 sexes of a species of, i. 367. 



Periwinkle, i. 324. 



Pernis cristata, ii. 126. 



Perseverance, a characteristic of 

 man, ii. 328. 



Persians, said to be improved by in- 

 termixture with Georgians and Cir- 

 cassians, ii. 357. 



Personnat, M., on Bomhyx Yama- 

 mai, i. 310. 



Peruvians, civilisation of the, not 

 foreign, i. 183. 



Petrels, colours of, ii. 230. 



Petrocincla cyanea, young of, ii. 219. 



Petronia, ii. 212. 



Pfeiffer, Ida, on Javanese ideas of 

 beauty, ii. 347. 



Phacocha:rus xthiopicus, tusks and 

 pads of, ii. 265. 



Phalanger, Vulpine, black varieties 

 of the, ii. 294. 



Phalaropus fulicarius, ii. 203, 



Phalaropus hyperbo7X'Us, ii. 203. 



Phanxus, i. 373. 



Phangeus carnifex, variation of the 

 horns of the male, i. 370. 



Phanseus f annus, sexual differences of, 

 i. 369. 



Phanasus lancifer, i. 370. 



Phasgonura viridissima, stridulation 

 of, i. 354, 356. 



Phasianus Soemmerringii, ii. 157. 



Phasianus versicolor, ii. 89. 



Phasianus Wallichii, ii. 93, 196. 



Phasmid^e, mimickry of leaves by the, 

 i. 414. 



Pheasant, polygamous, i. 269 ; pro- 

 duction of hybrids with the com- 

 mon fowl, ii. 122 ; and black grouse, 

 hybrids of, ii. 113 ; immature 

 plumage of the, ii. 188. 



Pheasant, Argus, ii. 72, 181 ; dis- 

 play of plumage by the male, ii. 

 91 ; ocellated spots of the, ii. 134, 

 141 ; gradation of characters in 

 the, ii. 141. 



Pheasant, Blood-, ii. 46. 



Pheasant, Cheer, ii. 93, 195. 



Pheasant, Eared, i. 290 ; ii. 93, 195 ; 

 sexes alike in the, ii. 178; length 

 of the tail in the, ii. 166. 



