PHEASANT. 



INDEX. 



PLAIN. 



455 



Pheasant, Golden, display of plumage 

 by the male, ii. 89 ; sex of young, 

 ascertained by pulling out head- 

 feathers, ii. 214; age of mature 

 plumage in the, ii. 213. 



Pheasant, Kalij, drumming of the 

 male, ii. 62. 



Pheasant, Reeve's, length of the tail 

 in, ii. 166. 



Pheasant, Silver, sexual coloration of 

 the, ii. 228 ; triumphant male, de- 

 posed on account of spoiled plumage, 

 ii. 120. 



Pheasant, Soemmerring's, ii. 156, 

 166. 



PiiEASANT, Tragopan, ii. 72 ; display 

 of plumage by the male, ii. 91 ; 

 markings of the sexes of the, ii. 

 134. 



Pheasants, period of acquisition of 

 male characters in the family of 

 the, i. 290 ; proportion of sexes in 

 chicks of, i. 306 ; length of the tail 

 in, ii. 156, 164, 166. 



Philodromus, i. 337. 



Philters, worn by women, ii. 344. 



Fhoca grcenlandica, sexual difference 

 in the coloration of, ii. 287. 



Phcenicura ruticilla, ii. 105. 



Phosphorescence of insects, i. 345. 



Phryganid^, copulation of distinct 

 species of, i. 342. 



Phryniscus nigricans, ii. 25. 



Physical inferiority, supposed, of 

 man, i, 156. 



Pickering, on the number of species 

 of man, i. 226. 



PiCTON, J. A., on the soul of man, ii. 

 395. 



Picus auratus, ii. 43. 



PiERiD.E, mimickry by female, i. 413. 



Pieris, i. 393. 



Pigeon, carrier, late development of 

 the wattle in, i, 293; domestic, 

 breeds and subbreeds of, ii. 178 ; 

 pouter, late development of the 

 crop in, i. 293 ; female, deserting a 

 weakened mate, i. 262. 



Pigeons, nestling, fed by the secretion 

 of the crop of both parents, i. 210; 

 changes of plumage in, i. 281 ; 

 transmission of sexual peculiarities 

 in, i. 283 ; changing colour after se- 

 veral moultings, i. 294 ; numerical 



proportion of the sexes in, i. 306 ; 

 cooing of, ii. 60 ; variations in 

 plumage of, ii. 74 ; display of plu- 

 mage by male, ii. 96 ; local memory 

 of ii. 109 ; antipathy of female, to 

 certain males, ii. 118; paii'ing of, 

 ii. 118, 119; profligate male and 

 female, ii. 119; wing-bars and tail- 

 feathers of ii. 131 ; supposititious 

 breed of, ii. 155 ; pouter and carrier, 

 peculiarities of predominant in males. 

 ii. 158; nidificationof, ii. 168; im- 

 mature plumage of the, ii. 188: 

 Australian, ii. 175 ; Belgian, with 

 black-streaked males, i. 285, 293 ; 

 ii. 157. 



Pigs, origin of the improved breeds of. 

 i. 230 ; numerical propoi-tion of the 

 sexes in, i. 305 ; stripes of young, ii. 

 184, 303 ; sexual preference shown 

 by, ii. 273. 



Pike, American, brilliant colours of 

 the male, dui'ing the breeding 

 season, ii. 14. 



Pike, male, devoured by females, i. 

 308. 



Pike, L. 0,, on the psychical elements 

 of religion, i. 68. 



Pimelia striata, sounds produced by 

 the female, i. 385. 



Pintail Drake, plumage of, ii. 84 ; 

 pairing with a wild duck, ii. 115. 



Pintail Duck, pairing with a Wigeon, 

 ii. 114. 



Pipe-fish, filamentous, ii. 18 ; mar- 

 supial receptacles of the male, ii. 

 21. 



Pipits, moulting of the, ii. 83. 



Pipra, modified secondary wing- 

 feathers of male, ii. 65. 



Pipra deliciosa, ii. 65, 66. 



Pirates stridulus, stridulation of, i. 

 350. 



Pithe^ia leucocephala, sexual differences 

 of colour in, ii. 290. 



Pithecia Satunas, beard of ii. 283. 

 284, 285 ; resemblance of, to a 

 negro, ii. 381. 



Pits, suborbital, of Ruminants, ii. 

 280. 



PiTTiD^, nidification of, ii. 167. 



Placentata, i, 202. 



Plagiostomous fishes, ii. 1. 



Plain- wanderer, Australian, ii. 201. 



