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INDEX. 



Cheiroptera, absence of secondary sex- 

 ual characters in, i. 259. 



Chelae of Crustacea, i. 320, 327. 



Chelonia, sexual differences in, ii. 26. 



Ckenalopex ^Egyptiacus, wing-knobs of, 

 ii. 44. 



Cheraprogne, ii. 80, 116. 



Chest, proportions of, in soldiers and sail- 

 ors, i. 112; large, of the Quechua and 

 Aymara Indians, i. 115. 



Chevrotains, canine teeth of, ii. 246. 



Chiasognathus, stridulation of, i. 372. 



Chiasognathus Grantii, mandibles of, i. 

 366. 



Children, legitimate and illegitimate, pro- 

 portion of the sexes in, i. 292. 



Chiloe, lice of the natives of, i. 212 ; popu- 

 lation of, i. 217. 



Chimazra monstrosa, bony process on the 

 head of the male, ii. 12. 



Chim^eroid fishes, prehensile organs of 

 male, ii. 1. 



Chimpanzee, ii. 308 ; ears of the, i. 21 ; rep- 

 resentatives of the eyebrows in the, i. 

 25; platforms built by the, i. 35; crack- 

 ing nuts with a stone, i. 49 ; hands of the, 

 i. 133 ; absence of mastoid processes in 

 the, i. 138 ; direction of the hair on the 

 arms of the, i. 185 ; supposed evolution 

 of the, i. 222 ; polygamous and social 

 habits of the, ii. 345. 



China, North, idea of female beauty in, ii. 

 328. 



China, Southern, inhabitants of, i. 237. 



Chinese, use of flint tools by the, i. 176; 

 difficulty of distinguishing the races of 

 the, i. 207; color of the beard in, ii. 304; 

 general beardlessness of the, ii. 306; 

 opinions of the, on the appearance of 

 Europeans and Cingalese, ii. 329, 331; 

 compression of the feet of, ii. 336. 



Chins ubdi, his opinion of beards, ii. 329, 

 333. 



Chlamydera rnaculata, ii. 67. 



Chloeon, pedunculated eyes of the male 

 of, i. 332. 



Chloephaga, coloration of the sexes in, ii. 

 170. 



CMorocodiLs Tanana (figured), i. 345. 



Chorda Dorsalis, i. 199. 



Chough, red beak of the, ii. 217. 



Ciiromid^e, frontal protuberance in male, 

 ii. 13 ; sexual difference in color of, ii. 20. 



C hrysemys picta, long claws of the male, 

 ii. 27. 



Chrysococcyx, characters of young of, ii. 

 177. 



Chrtfsomela cerealis, bright colors of, i. 

 355. 



Chrysomelid.e, stridulation of, i. 367. 



Cicada pruinosa, i. 341. 



Cicada septendecim, i. 341. 



Cicada, songs of the, i. 340 ; rudimentary 

 sound-organs in females of, i. 348. 



Cicatrix of a burn, causing modification 

 of the facial bones, i. 141. 



Tichla*, frontal protuberance of male, ii. 

 13. 



Cimetiere du Sud, Paris, i. 28. 



'Cincloramphus cruralis, largo size of 



male, ii. 41. 

 Cinclus aquaticus, ii. 162. 



Cingalese, Chinese opinion of the appear- 

 ance of the, ii. 329. 



Cirripedes, complemental males of, i. 247. 



Civilization, effects of, upon natural se- 

 lection, i. 164 ; influence of, in the compe- 

 tition of nations, i. 230. 



Clanging of Geese, etc., ii. 49. 



Claparede, E., on natural selection ap- 

 plied to man, i. 132. 



Clarke, on the marriage-customs of tho 

 Calmucks, ii. 357. 



Classification, i. 181. 



Claus, C, on the sexes of SapJririna, i. 

 326. 



Cleft-palate, inherited, i. 116. 



Climacteris erythrops, sexes of, ii. 197. 



Climate, i. Ill ; cool, favorable to human 

 progress, i. 160 ; power of supporting ex- 

 tremes of, by man, i. 228 ; want of con- 

 nection of, with color, i. 232. 



Cloaca, existence of a, in the early pro- 

 genitors of man, i. 138. 



Cloacal passage existing in the human 

 embryo, i. 17. 



Club, origin of the, i. 225. 



Clucking of fowls, ii. 49. 



Clythra ^-punctata, stridulation of, i. 367. 



Cobra, ingenuity of a, ii. 29. 



Coccus, i. 179. 



Coccyx, i. 28, 29 ; in the human embryo, i. 

 16 ; convoluted body at the extremity of 

 the, i. 29 ; embedded in the body, i. 145. 



Cochin-China, notions of beauty of the 

 inhabitants of, ii. 329, 331. 



Cock, game, killing a kite, ii. 42 ; blind, 

 fed by its companions, i. 74 ; comb and 

 wattles of the, ii. 94 ; preference shown 

 by the, for young hens, ii. 117 ; game, 

 transparent zone in the hackles of a, ii. 

 130. 



Cock of the rock, ii. 96. 



Cockatoos, ii. 216, 218, 220 ; nestling, ii. 

 105 ; black, immature plumage of, ii. 180. 



Coslenterata, absence of secondary sex- 

 ual characters in, i. 312. 



Coffee, fondness of monkeys for, i. 12. 



Cold, supposed effects of, i. 113 ; power of 

 supporting, by man, i. 229. 



Coleoptera, i. 355 ; stridulant organs of, 

 discussed, i. 369. 



Collingwood, C, on the pugnacity of the 

 butterflies of Borneo, i. 375 ; on butter- 

 flies being attracted by a dead specimen 

 of the same species, i. 3S7. 



Colombia, flattened heads of savages of, ii. 

 324. 



Colonists, success of the English as, i. 

 172. 



Coloration, protective, in birds, ii. 213. 



Color, supposed to be dependent on light 

 and heat, i. Ill ; correlation of, with im- 

 munity from certain poisons and para- 

 sites, i. 233 ; purpose of, in lepidoptera, 

 i. 387 ; relation of, to sexual functions, in 



