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INDEX. 



Pedionomus torquatas, sexes of, ii. 192. 



Peewit, wing-tubercles of the male, ii. 

 44. 



Pelagic animals, transparency of, i. 314. 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, horny crest 

 on the beak of the male, during the breed- 

 ing-season, ii. 76. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus, spring plumage of, 

 ii. 81. 



Pelele, ii. 325. 



Pelican, blind, fed by his companions, i. 

 74; young, guided by old birds, i. 74; 

 pugnacity of the male, ii. 41. 



Pelicans, Ashing in concert, i. 72. 



Pelobius Ilermanni, stridulation, of, i. 368, 

 370. 



Pelvis, alteration of, to suit the erect atti- 

 tude of man, i. 137 ; differences of the, in 

 the sexes in man, ii. 302. 



Penelope nigra, sound produced by the 

 male, ii. 61. 



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

 the bladder-nose seal, ii. 265. 



Penthe, antennal cushions of the male, i. 

 333. 



Perch, brightness of male, during breeding- 

 season, ii. 13. 



Peregrine Falcon, new mate found by, ii. 

 100. 



Period of variability, relation of, to sexual 

 selection, i. 287. 



Periodicity, vital, Dr. Lay cock on, i. 12. 



Periods, lunar, followed by functions in 

 man and animals, i. 12, 204. 



Periods of life, inheritance at correspond- 

 ing, i. 271, 276. 



Perisoreus Canadensis, young of, ii. 

 200. 



Peritrichia, difference of color in the sexes 

 of a species of, i. 356. 



Periwinkle, i. 315. 



Pemis cristata, ii. 121. 



Perseverance, a characteristic of man, ii. 

 312. 



Persians, said to be improved by intermix- 

 ture with Georgians and Circassians, ii. 

 341. 



Personnat, M., on Bombyx Yamamai, i. 

 301. 



Peruvians, civilization of the, not foreign, 

 i. 176. 



Petrels, colors of, ii. 220. 



Petrocincla cyanea, young of, ii. 210. 



Petronia, ii. 203. 



Pfeiffer, Ida, on Javanese ideas of beauty, 

 ii. 331. 



Phacochoerus jEtliiopicus, tusks and pads 

 of, ii. 253. 



Phal anger, Vulpine, black varieties of the, 

 ii. 280. 



Phalaropus fulicarius, ii. 194. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, ii. 194. 



Phanceus, i. 361. 



Plmnwus carni/ex, variation of the horns 

 of the male, i. 369. 



Phanceus f annus, sexual differences of, i. 

 858. 



Phatuzus lanotfer, i. 859. 



Phasgonura viridissima, stridulation o£ 

 i. 344,345. 



Phasianus Sozmmerringii, ii. 150. 



Phasianus versicolor, ii. 85. 



Phasianus Wallichii, ii. 89, 187. 



Phasmid^e, mimicry of leaves by the t i. 401. 



Pheasant, polygamous, i. 261 ; production 

 of hybrids with the common fowl, ii. 117: 

 and black grouse, hybrids of, ii. 109 ; im- 

 mature plumage of the, ii. 180. 



Pheasant, Argus, ii. 69, 173; display of 

 plumage by the male, ii. 88; ocellated 

 spots of the, ii. 128, 135; gradation of 

 characters in the, it. 135. 



Pheasant, Blood-, ii. 42. 



Pheasant, Cheer, ii. 89, 187. 



Pheasant, Eared, i. 290; ii. 89, 187; sexea 

 alike in the, ii. 170 ; length of the tail in 

 the, ii. 158. 



Pheasant, Golden, display of plumage by 

 the male, ii. 85; sex of young, ascer- 

 tained by pulling out head-feathers, ii, 

 205 ; age of mature plumage in the, ii. 

 204. 



Pheasant, Kalij, drumming of the male, 

 ii. 59. 



Pheasant, Eeeves, length of the tail in, ii. 

 158. 



Pheasant, Silver, sexual coloration of the, 

 ii. 218; triumphant male, deposed on ac 

 count of spoiled plumage, ii. 115. 



Pheasant, Scemnierring''s, ii. 149, 158. 



Pheasant, Tragopan, ii. 68; display of 

 plumage by the male, ii. 87; markings 

 of the sexes of the, ii. 128. 



Pheasants, period of acquisition of male 

 characters in the family of the, i. 2S0 ; 

 proportion of sexes in chicks or, i. 297 ; 

 length of the tail in, ii. 149, 157, 158. 



P7iilodromus, i. 328. 



Philters, worn by women, ii. 828. 



Phoca Groenlandica, sexual difference in 

 the coloration of, ii. 273. 



Phcenicura ruticilla, ii. 101. 



Phosphorescence of insects, i. 345. 



PHRYGANiDiE, copulation of distinct spe- 

 cies of, i. 332. 



Phryniscus nigricans, ii. 24. 



Physical inferiority, supposed, of man, i. 

 149. 



Pickering, on the number of species of 

 man, i. 218. 



Picton, J. A., on the soul of man, ii. 378. 



Picus auratus, ii. 41. 



Pierid^e, mimicry by female, i. 399. 



Pieris, i. 380. 



Pigeon, carrier, late development of the 

 Avattle in, i. 2S4; domestic, breeds and 

 subbreeds of, ii. 170; pouter, late de- 

 velopment of the crop in, i. 2S4 ; female, 

 deserting a weakened mate, i. 254. 



Pigeons, nestling, fed by the secretion of 

 the crop of both parents, i. 202 ; changes 

 of plumage in, i. 272; transmission of 

 sexual peculiarities in, 5. 274; changing 

 color after several moultings, i. 2S4 ; nu- 

 merical proportion of the sexes in, i. 296; 

 cooing of, ii. 58 ; variations in plumagl 



