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WESTROPP. 



INDEX. 



WOMEN. 



Westropp, H. M., on the prevalence 

 of certain forms of ornamentation, 

 i. 233. 



Westwood, J. 0., on the classification 

 of the Hymenoptera, i. 188 ; on the 

 Culicidse and Tabanidas, i. 254 ; on 

 a Hymenopterous parasite with a 

 sedentary male, i. 272; on the 

 proportions of the sexes in Lucanus 

 cervus and Siagonium, i. 313 ; on 

 the absence of ocelli in female mu- 

 tillidse, i. 341 ; on the jaws of J.m- 

 mophila, i. 342 ; on the copulation 

 of insects of distinct species, i. 342 ; 

 on the male of Orahro cribrarius, i. 

 343 ; on the pugnacity of male 

 Tipulce i. 349 ; on the stridulation 

 of Pirates stridulus, i. 350; on the 

 Cicadae, i. 351 ; on the stridulat- 

 ing organs of the crickets, i. 354 ; 

 on Fneumora, i. 357 ; on Uphijjjyi- 

 ger vitium, i. 355, 358 ; on the 

 pugnacity of the Mantides, i. 360 ; 

 on Flati/blemnus, i. 361 ; on differ- 

 ence in the sexes of the Agrionidas, i. 

 362 ; on the pugnacity of the males 

 of a species of Tenthredinaj, i. 364 ; 

 on the pugnacity of the male stag- 

 beetle, i. 375 ; on Bledlus taurus 

 and Siagonium, i. 375 ; on lamelli- 

 corn beetles, i. 378 ; on the colora- 

 tion of Lithosia, i. 396. 



Whale, Sperm- , battles of male, ii. 

 240. 



Whales, nakedness of, i. 148. 



Whately, Archb., language not pe- 

 culiar to man, i. 53 ; on the primi- 

 tive civilisation of man, i. 181. 



Whewell, Prof., on maternal affec- 

 tion, i. 40. 



Whiskers, in monkeys, i. 192. 



White, Gilbert, on the proportion of 

 the sexes in the partridge, i. 306 ; 

 on the house-cricket, i. 352 ; on the 

 object of the song of birds, ii. 52 ; 

 on the finding of new mates by 

 white owls, ii. 105; on spring 

 coveys of male partridges, ii. 107. 



Whiteness, a sexual ornament in 

 some birds, ii. 232 ; of mammals 

 inhabiting snowy countries, ii. 298. 



White-throat, aerial love-dance of 

 the male, ii. 68. 



Widow-bird, polygamous, i. 269 ; 



breeding plumage of the male, ii. 

 84, 97 ; female, rejecting the un- 

 adorned male, ii. 120. 



Widows and widowers, mortality of, 

 i. 176. 



Wigeon, pairing with a pintail duck, 

 ii. 114. 



WiLCKENS, Dr., on the modification 

 of domestic animals in mountain- 

 ous regions, i, 120 ; on a numerical 

 relation between the hairs and ex- 

 cretory pores in sheep, i. 248. 



Wilder, Dr. Burt, on the greater 

 frequency of supernumerary digits 

 in men than in women, i. 276. 



Williams, on the marriage-customs 

 of the Fijians, ii. 374. 



Wilson, Dr., on the conical heads of 

 the natives of North- Western Ame- 

 rica, ii. 351 ; on the Fijians, ii. 

 352 ; on the persistence of the 

 fashion of compressing the skull, 

 ii. 353. 



Wing-spurs, ii. 162. 



Wings, differences of, in the two 

 sexes of butterflies and Hymeno- 

 ptera, i. 345 ; play of, in the court- 

 ship of birds, ii. 95. 



Winter, change of colour of mam- 

 mals in, ii. 298. 



Witchcraft, i. 68. 



Wives, traces of the forcible capture 

 of, i. 182. 



Wolf, winter change of the, ii. 

 298. 



Wolff, on the variability of the vis- 

 cera in man, i. 109. 



WOLLASTON, T. v., on Eurygnathus, 

 i. 344 ; on musical curculionidse, i. 

 378 ; on the stridulation oiAcalles, 

 i. 384. 



Wolves learning to bark from dogs, 

 i. 44; hunting in packs, i. 75. 



Wolves, black, ii. 294. 



Wombat, black varieties of the, ii. 

 294. 



Women distinguished from men by 

 male monkeys, i. 13 ; preponderance 

 of, in numbers, i. 302 ; effects of 

 selection of, in accordance with 

 different standards of beauty, ii. 

 355 ; practice of capturing, ii. 360, 

 364 ; early betrothals and slavery 

 of, ii. 366 ; selection of, for beauty, 



