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INDEX. 



SWINHOE. 



Staunton, Sir G., hatred of indecency 

 a modern virtue, i. 96. 



Stealing of bright objects by birds, 

 ii. 112. 



Stebbing, T. R,, on the nakedness of 

 the human body, ii. 375. 



Stemmatopus, ii. 278. 



Stenohothrus pratorum, sti'idulating 

 organs of, i. 357. 



Sterility, general, of sole daughters, 

 i. 170 ; when crossed, a distinctive 

 character of species, i. 214. 



Sterna, seasonal change of plumage in, 

 ii. 228. 



Stickle-back, polygamous, i. 271 ; 

 male, courtship of the, ii. 2 ; male, 

 brilliant colouring of, during the 

 breeding season, ii. 14 ; nidification 

 of the, ii. 20. 



Sticks used as implements and wea- 

 pons by monkeys, i. 51. 



Sting in bees, i. 254. 



Stokes, Capt., on the habits of the 

 great Bower-bird, ii. 70. 



Stonechat, young of the, ii. 220. 



Stone implements, difficulty of 

 making, i. 138 ; as traces of extinct 

 tribes, i. 237. 



Stones, used by monkeys for break- 

 ing hard fruits and as missiles, i. 

 140 ; piles of, i. 233. 



Stork, black, sexual differences in the 

 bronchi of the, ii. 60 ; red beak of 

 the, ii. 227. 



Storks, ii. 226, 230 ; sexual differ- 

 \ ence in the colour of the eyes of, ii. 

 128. 



Strange, Mr., on the Satin Bower- 

 bird, ii. 69. 



Stretch, Mr., on the numerical pro- 

 portion in the sexes of chickens, i. 

 306. 



Strepsiceros kudu, horns of, ii. 255 ; 

 markings of, ii. 300. 



Stridulation, by males of Theridion, 

 i. 339 ; of the Orthoptera and 

 Homoptera discussed, i. 360 ; of 

 beetles, i. 378. 



Stripes, retained throughout groups 

 of birds, ii. 131 ; disappearance of, 

 in adult mammals, ii. 303. 



Strix fiammea, ii. 105. 



Structure, existence of unservice- 

 able modifications of, i. 153. 



Struggle for existence, in man, i. 

 180, 185. 



Struthers, Dr., on the occurrence of 

 the supra-condyloid foramen in the 

 humerus of man, i. 28. 



Sturnella ludoviciana^ pugnacity of 

 the male, ii. 51. 



Sturnus vulgaris, ii. 105. 



Sub-species, i. 227. 



Suffering, in strangers, indifference 

 of savages to, i. 94. 



Suicide, i. 172 ; formerly not re- 

 garded as a crime, i. 94 ; rarely 

 practised among the lowest savages, 

 i. 94. 



SuiD^, stripes of young, ii. 184. 



Sumatra, compression of the nose by 

 the Malays of, ii. 352. 



Sumner, Archb,, man alone capable 

 of progressive improvement, i. 49. 



Sun-birds, nidification of, ii. 169. 



Superstitions, i. 182 ; prevalence 

 of, i. 99. 



Superstitious customs, i. 68. 



Superciliary ridge in man, li. 316, 

 318. 



Supernumerary digits, more fre- 

 quent in men than in women, i. 

 276 ; inheritance of, i. 285 ; early 

 development of, i. 292. 



Supra-condyloid foramen in the 

 early progenitors of man, i. 206. 



Suspicion, prevalence of, among ani- 

 mals, i. 39. 



SuLiVAN, Sir B. J., on two stallions 

 attacking a third, ii. 241. 



Swallow-tail Butterfly, i. 393. 



Swallows deserting their young, i. 

 84, 90. 



Swan, black, red beak of the, ii. 

 227 ; black-necked, ii. 230 ; white, 

 young of, ii. 211 ; wild, trachea of 

 the, ii. 59. 



Swans, ii. 226, 230 ; young, ii. 208. 



SwAYSLAND, Mr., on the arrival of 

 migratory birds, i. 259. 



SwiNHOE, R., on the common rat in 

 Formosa and China, i. 50 ; on the 

 sounds produced by the male Hoopoe, 

 ii. 62 ; on Dicrurus macroc^rcus and 

 the Spoonbill, ii. 179 ; on the young 

 of Ardeola, ii. 190 ; on the habits of 

 Turnix, ii. 202; on the habits of 

 Ehynchxa bengalensis, ii. 203 ; on 



