INDEX. 



435 



Wartness, acquired by animals, i. 4S. 



Waiting-ton, K., on the babits of the 

 sticklebacks, ii. 2, 20; on the brilliant 

 colors of the male stickleback during the 

 breeding-season, ii. 14. 



Wart-hog. tusks and pads of the, ii. 253. 



Watchmakers, short-sighted, i. 113. 



Waterhen, ii. 38. 



Waterhouse. C. O., on blind beetles, i. 

 856 ; on difference of color in the sexes 

 of beetles, i. 356. 



Waterhouse, G. P., on the voice of Eylo- 

 bates agiMs, ii. 816. 



Water-ouzel, autumn song of the, ii. 51. 



Waterton, C, on the pairing of a Canada 

 goose with a Bernicle gander, ii. 109 ; on 

 hares fighting, ii. 22S ; on the Bell-bird, 

 ii. 75. 



"Wattles, disadvantageous to male birds 

 in fighting, ii. 94. 



Wealth, influence of, i. 163. 



Weale, J. ManseL, on a South African 

 caterpillar, i. 403. 



Weapons, employed by monkeys, i. 50; 

 use of, i. 132 ; offensive, of males, i. 249 ; 

 of mammals, ii. 280, et seq. 



Weaver-bibd, ii. 52. 



Weaver-birds, rattling of the wings of, 

 ii. 59 ; assemblies of, ii. 97. 



Webb, Dr., on the wisdom teeth, i. 26. 



Wedgewood, Hensleigh, on the origin of 

 language, i. 54. 



Weevils, sexual difference in length of 

 snout in some, i. 247. 



Weir, Harrison, on the numerical propor- 

 tion of the sexes in pigs and rabbits, i. 

 295 ; on the sexes of young pigeons, i. 

 297; on the songs of birds, ii. 50; on 

 pigeons, ii. 104; on the dislike of blue 

 pigeons to other colored varieties, ii. 113 ; 

 on the desertion of their mates by female 

 pigeons, ii. 114. 



Weir, J. Jenner, on the nightingale and 

 blackcap, i. 257; on the relative sexual 

 maturity of male birds, i. 253 ; on female 

 pigeons deserting a feeble mate, i. 254; 

 on three starlings frequenting the same 

 nest, i. 260: on the proportion of the 

 sexes in Machetes jmgnax and other 

 birds, i. 297 ; on the coloration of the 

 J'/iphcence, i. 3S3; on the rejection of 

 certain caterpillars by birds, i. 403 ; on 

 sexual differences of the beak in the 

 goldfinch, ii. 8S; on a piping bullfinch, ii. 

 50 ; on the object of the nightingale's 

 6ong, ii. 49 ; on song-birds, ii. 51 ; on the 

 pugnacity of male fine-plumaged birds, 

 ii. S9 ; on the courtship of birds, ii. 90 ; 

 on the finding of new mates by Pere- 

 grine-falcons and Kestrels, ii. 100; on 

 the bullfinch and starling, ii. 101 ; on the 

 cause of birds remaining unpaired, ii. 

 103 ; on starlings and parrots living in 

 triplets, ii. 103 ; on recognition of color 

 by birds, ii. 106; on hybrid birds, ii. 109 ; 

 on the selection of a greenfinch by a fe- 

 male canary, ii. 110 ; on a case of rivalry 

 of female bullfinches, ii. 116 ; on the ma- 

 turity of the Golden-pheasant, ii. 204. 



Weisbach, Dr., measurement of men of 

 different races, i. 20S; on the greater 

 variability of men man of women, i. 206; 

 on the relative proportions of the body 

 in the sexes of different races of man, ii. 

 305. 



Welcker. M., on Brachycephaly and Do- 

 lichocephaly, i. 142 ; on'sexual differences 

 in the skull in man, ii. 302. 



Wells, Dr., on the immunity of colore I 

 races from certain poisons, i. 234. 



"Westring, on the stridulation of Rediwius 

 personatus, i. 340; on the stridulating 

 organs of the Coleoptera, i. 370 ; on 

 sounds produced by Cychrus. i. 370 ; on 

 the stridulation of males of Theridion, 

 i. 330 ; on the stridulation of beetles, i. 

 367 ; on the stridulation of Omaloplia 

 bmnnea, i. 369. 



Westphalia, greater proportion of female 

 illegitimate children in, i. 292. 



Westrop, H. M., on the prevalence of cer- 

 tain forms of ornamentation, i. 224. 



Westwood, J. O., on the classification of 

 the Hymenoptera, i. 181; on the Culi- 

 cidas and Tabanidae. i. 24rl; on a Hymen- 

 opterous parasite with a sedentary male, 

 i. 263 ; on the proportions of the 6exes 

 in Lucanus cervus and Siagonium, i. 

 305 ; on the absence of ocelli in female 

 mutillidas, i. 331 ; on the jaws of Am- 

 mophila, i. 332 ; on the copulation of in- 

 sects of distinct species, i. 332 ; on tho 

 male of Crabro cribrarius, i. 333 ; on 

 the pugnacity of male Tipulce, i. 389 ; on 

 the stridulation of Pirates stridulus, i. 

 340 ; on the Cicada?, i. 341 ; on the strid- 

 ulating organs of the crickets, i. 335 ; on 

 Pneumora, i. 347 ; on EpJiippiger riti- 

 um, i. 345, 34S ; on the pugnacity of the 

 Mantides, i. 349 ; on Platyblemmts. i. 

 350; on difference in the sexes of the 

 Agrionidse, i. 351 ; on the pugnacity of 

 the males of a species of Tenthredina?, 

 i. 352 ; on the pugnacity of the male 

 stag-beetle, i. 364; on Bledhis tavmts 

 and Siagonium, L 363 ; on lamellicorn 

 beetles, i. 364 ; on the coloration of Litho- 

 sia, i. 383. ' 



Whale, Sperm-, battles of male, ii. 229. 



Whales, nakedness of, i. 142. 



Wiiately, Archb., language not peculiar 

 to man, i. 52 ; on the primitive civiliza- 

 tion of man, i. 174. 



Whewell, Prof., on maternal affection, 

 i. 38. 



Whiskers, in monkeys, i. 1S5. 



White, Gilbert, on the proportion of the 

 sexes in the partridge, i. 297 ; on the 

 house-cricket, i. 342 ; on the object of 

 the song of birds, ii. 50 ; on the finding 

 of new mates by white owls, ii. 101; on 

 spring coveys of male partridges, ii. 103. 



Whiteness, a sexual ornament in some 

 birds, ii. ' 221 ; of mammals inhabiting 

 snowy countries, ii. 284. 



White-throat, aerial love-dance of the 

 male, ii. 65. 



Widow-bird, polygamous, L 260; breed 



