SPECTRE. 



INDEX. 



STAUDINGER. 



465 



Spectre-ixsects, mimickiy of leaves 

 by, i. 41-4. 



Spectrum femoratum, difference of 

 coloui- in the sexes of, i. 361. 



Speech, connection between the brain 

 and the faculty of, i. 58. 



" Spel " of the black-cock, ii. 60. 



Spencer, Herbert, on the dawn of 

 intelligence, i. 37 ; on the origin of 

 the belief in spiritual agencies, i. 

 66 ; on the origin of the moral 

 sense, i. 101 ; on the influence of 

 food on the size of the jaws, i. 118 ; 

 on the ratio between individuation 

 and genesis, i. 318 ; on music, ii. 

 336. 



Sperm-whales, battles of male, ii. 

 240. 



Sphingid.'E, coloration of the, i. 396. 



Sphinx, Humming-bird, i. 399. 



Sphinx, Mr. Bates on the caterpillar 

 of a, i. 416. 



Spiders, i. 337 ; male, more active 

 than female, i. 272 ; pi-oportion of 

 the sexes in i. 314; male, small 

 size of, i. 338. 



Spilosorna menthrastiy rejected by 

 turkeys, i. 398. 



Spine, alteration of, to suit the erect 

 attitude of man, i. 143. 



Spirits, fondness of monkeys for, i. 12. 



Spiritual agencies, belief in, almost 

 universal, i. 65. 



Spoonbill, ii. 60 ; Chinese, change 

 of plumage in, ii. 179. 



Spots, retained throughout groups of 

 birds, ii 131 ; disappearance of, in 

 adult mammals, ii. 303. 



Sprengel, C. K., on the sexuality of 

 plants, i. 260. 



Spring-boc, horns of the, ii. 251. 



Sproat, Mr., on the extinction of 

 savages in Vancouver Island, i. 

 239 ; on the eradication of fiicial 

 hair by the natives of Vancouver 

 Island, ii. 348 ; on the eradication 

 of the beard by the Indians of Van- 

 couver Island, ii. 380. 



SpuPvS, occurrence of, in female fowls, 

 i. 280, 284 ; development of, in 

 various species of Phasianidaj, i. 

 290 ; of Gallinaceous birds, ii. 44, 

 46 ; development of, in female Gal- 

 linaceas, ii. 162. 



VOL. II. 



Squilia, different colours of the sexes 



of a species of, i. 335. 

 Squirrels, battles of male, ii. 239 ; 



African, sexual differences in the 



colouring of, ii. 286 ; black, ii. 294. 

 Stag, long hairs of the throat of, ii. 



268; horns of the, i. 279, 282; 



battles of, ii. 240 ; horns of the, 



with numerous branches, ii. 252 ; 



bellowing of the, ii. 274; crest of 



the, ii. 282. 

 Stag-beetle, large size of male, i. 



347 ; weapons of the male, i. 375 ; 



numerical proportion of sexes of, i. 



313. 

 Stainton, H. T., on the numerical 



proportion of the sexes in the 



smaller moths, i. 310 ; habits of 



Elachista rufocinerea, i. 311; on 



the coloration of moths, i. 397 ; 



on the rejection of Spilosorna men- 



thrasti, by turkeys, i. 398 ; on 



the sexes of Aijrotis exclamationis, 



i. 399. 

 Stallion, mane of the, ii. 268. 

 Stallions, two, attacking a third, i. 



75 ; fighting, ii. 241 ; small canine 



teeth of, ii. 258, 

 STANSI5URY, Capt., observations on 



pelicans, i. 77. 

 Staphylinid^, hornlike processes in 



male, i. 374. 

 Starfishes, bright colours of some, 



i. 322. 

 Stark, Dr., on the death-rate in 



towns and rural districts, i. 175 ; 



on the influence of marriage on 



mortality, i. 176 ; on the higher 



mortality of males in Scotland, i. 



302. 

 Starling, American field, pugnacity 



of male, ii, 51. 

 Starling, red-winged, selection of a 



mate by the female, ii. 116. 

 Starlings, three, frequenting the 



same nest, i. 269, ii. 106 ; new 



mates found by, ii. 105. 

 Statues, Greek, Egyptian, Assyrian, 



&c., contrasted, ii. 350. 

 Stature, dependence of, upon local 



influences, i. 114. 

 Staudinger, Dr., his list of Lepido- 



ptera, i. 312 ; on breeding Lepido- 



ptera, i. 311. 



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