INDEX. 



391 



212 ; not the birthplace >f man, 1 191 ; 

 prevalence of female infanticide in, ii. 

 34S. 



Australia, South, variation in the skulls 

 of aborigines of, i. 104. 



Australians, color of new-born children 

 of, ii. 803; relative height of the sexes 

 of, ii. 305 ; women a cause of war among 

 the, ii. SOS. 



Axis deer, sexual difference in the color 

 of the, ii. 276. 



Aymaras, measurements of the, i. 115 ; no 

 gray hair among the. ii. 804; hairlessness 

 of the lace in the, ii. 307 ; long hair of the, 

 ii. 331. 



Azara, on the proportion of men and 

 women among the Guaranys, i. 302 ; on 

 Palamedea cormita, ii. 44; on the 

 beards of the Guaranys, ii. 307 ; on strife 

 for women among the Guanas, ii. 309 ; 

 on infanticide, ii. 328, 347; on the eradi- 

 cation of the eyebrows and eyelashes by 

 the Indians of Paraguay, ii. 332; on poly- 

 andry among the Guanas, ii. 349; celi- 

 bacy unknown among the savages of 

 South America, ii. 350^; on the freedom 

 of divorce among the Charruas, ii. 856. 



B. 



Babbage, C, on the greater proportion of 

 illegitimate female births, i. 292. 



Babirusa, tusks of the, ii. 252. 



Baboon, employing a mat -for shelter 

 against the sun, i. 51 ; manifestation of 

 memory by a, i. 43 ; protected from pun- 

 ishment by its companions, L 74; rage 

 excited in, by reading, i. 41. 



Baboon, Cape, mane of the male, ii. 255 ; 

 Hamadryas, mane of the male, ii. 255. 



Baboons, effects of intoxicating liquors on, 

 i. 12; egrs of, i. 22; manifestation of ma- 

 ternal affection by, i. 88; using stones 

 and sticks as weapons, i. 50 ; cooperation 

 of. i. 72 ; silence of, on plundering expe- 

 ditions, i. 75 : diversity of the mental 

 faculties in. i. 106; hands of. i. 134; hab- 

 its of, i. 136; variability of the tail in, i. 

 144; apparent polygamy of, i. 258; po- 

 lygamous and social habits of, ii. 345. 346. 



Bachman, Dr., on the fertility of mulat- 

 toes, i. 213. 



Baer, K. E., von, on embryonic develop- 

 ment, i. 14. 



Bagehot, "W., on the social virtues among 

 primitive men, i. 89 ; on the value of 

 obedience, i. 156; on human progress, L 

 1 60 : on the persistence of savage tribes 

 in classical times, i. 230. 



Baii.lt, E. M., on the fighting of stags, ii. 

 241 ; on the mode of fighting of the Ital- 

 ian buffalo, ii. 239. 



Bain. A., on the sense of duty, i. 6S ; aid 

 springing from sympathy, i. 74; on the 

 bases of sympathy, i. 78 ; on love of ap- 

 probation, etc., i. 82 ; on the idea of beau- 

 ty, ii. 337. 



Baird, W., on a difference in color between 

 the males and females of some Entozoa, 

 i. 312. 



Baker, Mr., observation on the proportion 

 of the sexes in pheasant-chicks, i. 297. 



Baker, Sir 8., on the fondness of the Arabs 

 for discordant music, ii. 64; on sexual 

 difference in the colore of an antelope, ii. 

 275 ; on the elephant and rhinoceros at- 

 tacking white or gray horses, ii. 281 ; on 

 the disfigurements practised by the ne- 

 groes, ii. 2S2; on the gashing of the 

 cheeks and temples practised in Arab 

 countries, ii. 323 ; on tie coiffure of tho 

 North Africans, ii. 324 ; on the perfora- 

 of the lower lip by the women of La- 

 tooka, ii. 325 ; on the distinctive charac- 

 ters of the coiffure of central African 

 tribes, ii. 326; on the coiffure of Arab 

 women, ii. 336. 



"Balz" of the Black-cock, ii. 43, 96. 



Bantam, Sebright, i. 250, 2S5. 



Banteng, horns of, ii. 236; sexual differ- 

 ences in the colors of the, ii. 275. 



Bantai, color of the, ii. 330. 



Barbarism, primitive, of civilized nations, 

 i. 174. 



Barbs, filamentous, of the feathers, in cer- 

 tain birds, ii. 70. 



Bare, Mr., on sexual preference in dogs, ii. 

 259. 



Bareington, Daines, on the language of 

 birds, i. 53 ; on the clucking of the hen, 

 ii. 49 ; on the object of the song of birds, 

 ii. 50 ; on the singing of female birds, ii. 

 51 ; on birds acquiring the songs of other 

 birds, ii. 52 ; on the muscles of the lar- 

 ynx in song-birds, ii. 53 ; on the want of 

 the power of song by female birds, ii. 

 156. 



Barrow, on the widow-bird, ii. 93. 



Bartlett, A. D., on the tragopan, i. 261 ; 

 on the development of the spurs, in 

 Crossoptilon auritiim, i. 2S0; on the 

 fighting of the males of Plectropterus 

 gambensis, ii. 44; on the knot, ii. 7S; 

 on display in male birds, ii. 83 ; on the 

 display of plumage by the male Poly- 

 plectron, ii. 85; on Crossoptilon auri- 

 tiim and Phasianus WallicJiii, ii. 89 ; 

 on the habits of Lophophoms, ii. 116; 

 on the color of the mouth in Buceros 

 bicornis, ii. 123 ; on the incubation of 

 the cassowary, ii. 195 ; on the Cape Buf- 

 falo, ii. 239 ; on the use of the horns of 

 antelopes, ii. 240; on the fighting of male 

 wart-hogs, ii. 254; on Ammotragvs tra- 

 gelaplius, ii. 269 ; on the colors of Cer- 

 copithecus cephvs, ii. 277; on the colors 

 of the faces of monkeys, ii. 295 ; on the 

 naked surfaces of monkeys, ii. 360. 



Bartram, on the courtship of the male 

 alligator, ii. 27. 



Basque language, highly artificial, i. 59. 



Bate, C. S., on the superior activity of 

 male Crustacea, i. 263; on the propor- 

 tions of the sexes in crabs, i. 307 ; on the 

 chelae of cru6tacea, i. 820 ; on the relative 



