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INDEX. 



Life, inheritance at corresponding' periods 

 of i. 271, 276. 



Light, supposed effects of, i. Ill ; influ- 

 ence of, upon the colors of shells, i. 317. 



Lilfor-d, Lord, the ruff attracted by bright 

 objects, ii. 107. 



IAmosa lapponica, ii. 195. 



Linaria, ii. 172. • 



Linaria montana, i. 298. 



Linnaeus, views of, as to the position of 

 man, i. 1S3. 



Linnet, numerical proportion of the sex- 



- es in the, i. 29S; crimson forehead and 

 breast of the, ii. 82 ; courtship of the, ii. 

 90. 



LinypMa, i. 328. 



Lion, polygamous, i. 259; mane of the, de- 

 fensive, ii. 254 ; roaring of the, ii. 262. 



Lions, stripes of young, ii. 176. 



Lips, piercing of the, by savages, ii. 325. 



Lffliobius, prehensile appendages of the 

 female, i. 330. 



Lithosia, coloration in, i. 3S3. 



Littorina littorea, i. 315. 



Livingstone, Dr., on the influence of 

 dampness and dryness on the color of 

 the skin, i. 233 ; on the liability of ne- 

 groes to tropical fevers after residence in 

 a cold climate, i. 234; on the spur- 

 winged goose, ii. 44 ; on weaver-birds, 

 ii. 60 ; on an African night-jar, ii. 69, 92 ; 

 on the battle-scars of South African male 

 mammals, ii. 228 ; on the removal of the 

 upper incisors by the Batokas, ii. 324 ; 

 on the perforation of the upper lip by 

 the Makalolo, ii. 326 ; on the Banyai, ii. 

 327. 



Livonia, numerical proportion of male and 

 female births in, i. 292. 



Lizards, relative size of the sexes of, ii. 30 ; 

 gular pouches of, ii. 31. 



Lloyd, L., on the polygamy of the caper- 

 cailzie and bustard, i. 261 ; on the numer- 

 ical proportion of the sexes in the caper- 

 cailzie and black-cock, i. 297 ; on the sal- 

 mon, ii. 5 ; on the colors of the sea-scor- 

 pion, ii. 9; on the pugnacity of male 

 grouse, ii. 42; on the capercailzie and 

 black-cock, ii. 47, 52 ; on the call of the 

 capercailzie, ii. 53; on assemblages of 

 grouse and snipes, ii. 97 ; on the pairing 

 of a shield-drake with a common duck, 

 ii. 109 ; on the battles of seals, ii. 229 ; on 

 the elk, ii. 238. 



Lobivanellus, wing-spurs in, ii. 46. 



Local influences, effect of, upon stature, i. 

 110. 



Lookwood, Mr., on the development of 

 Hippocampus, i. 201. 



Locust, bright-colored, rejected by lizards 

 and "birds, i. 350. 



Locust, migratory, i. 342. 



Looustid^e, stridulation of the, i. 341, 343 ; 

 descent of the, i. 346. 



Longicorn beetles, difference of the sexes 

 of, in color, i. 356 ; stridulation of, i. 368. 



Lonsdale, Mr., on an example of personal 

 attachment in Helix pomatia, i. 316. 



Lophobranchtj, marsupial receptacles of 

 the male, ii. 20. 



Lophophorus, habits of, ii. 116. 



Lophorina atra, sexual difference in color* 

 ation of, ii. 216. 



Lophornis omatus, ii. 73. 



Lord, J. K., on Salmo lycaodon, ii. 5. 



Lory, King, ii. 166; immature plumage of 

 the, ii. 180. 



Love-antics and dances of birds, ii. 65. 



Lowne, B. T., on Musca vomitoria, i. 140, 

 339. 



Loxia, characters of young of, ii. 176. 



Lubbock, Sir J., on the antiquity of man, 

 i, 3 ; on the origin of man, i. 4 ; on the 

 mental capacity of savages, i. 33 ; on the 

 origin of implements, i. 51 ; on the sim- 

 plification of languages, i. 60 ; on the ab- 

 sence of the idea of God among certain 

 races of men, i. 63 ; on the origin of the 

 belief in spiritual agencies, i. 66 ; on su- 

 perstitions, i. 66; on the sense of duty, i. 

 6S; on the practice of burying the old 

 and sick among the Fijians, i. 74; non- 

 prevalence of suicide among the lowest 

 barbarians, i. 90; on the immorality of 

 savages, i. 93 ; on Mr. Wallace's claim to 

 the origination of the idea of natural se- 

 lection, i. 132; on the absence of remorse 

 among savages, i. 158 ; on the former bar- 

 barism of civilized nations, i. 174; on im- 

 provements in the arts among savages, i. 

 175 ; on resemblances of the mental char- 

 acters in different races of men, i. 224 ; on 

 the power of counting in primeval man, 

 i. 225 ; on the arts practised by savages, 

 i. 225; on the prehensile organs of the 

 male Labiclocera Darwin/ii, i. 320 ; on 

 Chloeon, i. 331 ; on Smynthurus luteus, 

 i. 338; on strife for women among the 

 North American Indians, ii. 808 ; on mu- 

 sic, ii. 31S; on the ornamental practices 

 of savages, ii. 322 ; on the estimation of 

 the beard among the Anglo-Saxons, ii. 

 333 ; on artificial deformation of the skull, 

 ii. 835; on "communal marriages," ii. 

 842, 844 ; on exogamy, ii. 344, 348 ; on the 

 Veddahs, ii. 347 ; on polyandry, ii. 349. 



Lucanid.e, variability of the mandibles in 

 the male, i. 364. 



Lticanus, large size of males of, i. 336. 



Zucanus cer-vue, numerical proportion of 

 sexes of, i. 305 ; weapons of the male, i. 

 364. 



I/uconns elaphus, use of mandibles of, i. 

 365 ; large jaws of male, i. 832. 



Lucas, Prosper, on sexual preference in 

 horses and bulls, ii. 260. 



Lunar periods, i. 204. 



Lund, Dr., on skulls found in Brazilian 

 caves, i. 210. 



Lungs, enlargement of, in the Quechua and 

 Aymara Indians, i. 115; a modified swim- 

 bladder, i. 198; different capacity of, in 

 races of man, i. 208. 



Luminosity in insects, i. 335. 



Luschka, Prof., on the termination of th« 

 coccyx, i 29. 



