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INDEX. 



gestures of the male, ii. 65 ; double moult 

 in, ii. 78, 80. 



Butler, A. G., on sexual differences in the 

 wings of Aricoris epitu.% i. 335; on the 

 coloring of the sexes in species of T/iecta, 

 i. 377; on the resemblance of Iphian 

 glaucippe to a leaf, i. 3S1 ; on the rejec- 

 tion of certain moths and caterpillars by 

 lizards and frogs, i. 404. 



Butterfly, noise produced by a, i. 375; 

 Emperor, i. 374, 376 ; meadow brown, in- 

 stability of the ocellated spots of, ii. 127. 



Butterflies, proportion of the sexes in, i. 

 800 ; fore-legs atrophied in some male, i. 

 834; sexual difference in the neuration 

 of the wings of, i. 335; pugnacity of 

 male, i. 374 ; protective resemblances of 

 the lower .surface of, i. 379 ; display of 

 the wings by, i. 3S4; white, alighting 

 upon bits of paper, i. 3S7 ; attracted by a 

 dead specimen of the same species, i. 387 ; 

 courtship of, i. 387 ; male and female, in- 

 habiting different stations, i. 3S9. 



Buxton, C, observations on macaws, i. 73; 

 on an instance of benevolence in a parrot, 

 ii. 105. 



Buzzard, Indian honey-, variation ha the 

 crest of, ii. 121. 



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Cabbage butterflies, i. 381. 



Cachalot, large head of the male, ii. 231. 



Cadences, musical, perception of, by ani- 

 mals, ii. 817. 



Cecum, i. 26 ; large, in the early progeni- 

 tors of man, i. 198. 



Cairina moschata, pugnacity of the male, 

 I ii. 39. 



Callianassa, chela? of, figured, i. 320. 



Callionyinus lyra, characters of the male, 

 ii. 7. 



Callorhinvs ursinus, relative size of the 

 sexes of, ii. 24S ; courtship of, ii. 257. 



Calmucks, aversion of, to hairs on the 

 face, ii. 332 ; marriage-customs of the, ii. 

 356. 



Calotes wigrilabrto, sexual difference in 

 the color of, ii. 34. 



Cambridge, O. Pickard, on the sexes of 

 spiders, i. 306. 



Camel, canine teeth of male, ii. 230. 246. 



Campbell, J., on the Indian elephant, i. 

 259; on the proportion of male and fe- 

 male births in the harems of Siam, i. 294, 



Campylopterus hemileucurits, i. 298. 



Canaries distinguishing persons, ii. 106. 



Canary, polygamy of the, i. 261 ; change 

 of plumage in, after moulting, i. 2S4; fe- 

 male, selecting the best singing male. ii. 

 49 ; sterile hybrid, singing of a, ii. 50 ; fe- 

 male, singing ol the, ii. 51 ; selecting a 

 greenfinch, ii. 110; and siskin, pairing of, 

 ii. 110. 



Caudal vertebra?, number of, in macaques 

 and baboons, i. 144; basal, of monkeys, 

 embedded in the body, i. 145. 



Canestrini, 6., on rudimentary characters 



and the origin of man, i. 4; on rudiment- 

 ary characters, i. 17; on the movement 

 of the ear in man, i. 20 : on the variability 

 of the vermiform appendage m man, i. 

 27 ; on the abnormal division of the malar 

 bone in man, i. 119 ; on abnormal condi- 

 tions of the human uterus, i. 119; on tho 

 persistence of the frontal suture in man, 

 i. 120 ; on the proportion of the sexes in 

 silk-moths, i. 300, 302. 



Canine teeth in man, i. 121 ; diminution 

 of, in man, i. 139; diminution of, in 

 horses, i. 189 ; disappearance of, in male 

 ruminants, i. 139 ; large, in the early pro- 

 genitors of man, i. 198. 



Canines, and horns, inverse development 

 of, ii. 245. 



Canoes, use of, i. 132, 226. 



Cantharis, difference of color in the sexes 

 of a species of, i. 355. 



Capercailzie, proportion of the sexes in 

 the. i. 297 ; pugnacity of the male, ii. 42 ; 

 pairing of the, ii. 47 ; autumn meetings 

 of the, ii. 52 ; call of the, ii. 58 ; duration 

 of the courtship of, ii. 96; behavior of the 

 female, ii. 116; inconvenience of black 

 color to the female, ii. 147 ; sexual differ- 

 ence in coloration of the, ii. 216; crimson 

 eye-cere of the male, ii. 217 ; polygamous, 

 i. 269. 



Capital, i. 163. 



Capitonid^e, colors and nidification of the, 

 ii. 163. 



Capra cegagrus, ii. 23S ; crest of the male, 

 ii. 263 ; sexual difference in the color of, 

 ii. 275. 



Capreolus SiMricus subecaudatus, ii. 284. ' 



Caprice, common to man and animals, i. 

 62. 



Caprimulgus, noise made by the males of 

 some species of, with their wings, ii. 59. 



Caprimulgus Virginiamts, pairing of, ii. 

 47. 



Carabid^e, bright colors of, i. 355. 



Carbonnier, on the natural history of the 

 pike, i. 299 ; on the relative size of tho 

 sexes in fishes, ii. 7. 



Carcineutes, sexual difference of color in, 

 ii. 165. 



Carcinus memos, i. 322, 323. 



Carduelis elegans, sexual differences of 

 the beak in, ii. 37. 



Carniyora, marine, polygamous habits of, 

 i. 259 ; sexual differences in the colors of, 

 ii. 273. 



Carp, numerical proportion of the sexes in 

 the, i. 299. 



Carr, R., on the peewit, ii. 46. 



Carrier pigeon, late development of tho 

 wattle in the, i. 2S4. 



Carrion beetles, stridulation of, i. 367. 



Carus, Prof. V., on the development of the 

 horns in merino sheep, i. 2S0. 



Cassowary, sexes and incubation of the, 

 ii. 195. 



Castoreum, ii. 266. 



CasuariuH galeatus, ii. 195. 



Cat, convoluted body in the extremity of 



