AGRION. 



INDEX. 



ANTELOPE. 



621 



Agrion Ramburii, sexes of, 290. 



Agrioniibe, difference in the sexes of, 

 290. 



Agrotis exclamationis, 316. 



Ague, tertian, dog sutfering from, 8. 



Aithurus polytmus, young of, 487. 



Ainos, hairiness of the, 560. 



Albino birds, 419. 



Alca torda, young of, 486. 



Alces pahnata, 515. 



Alder and Hancock, MM., on the 

 nudi-branch mollusca, 264. 



Allan, J. A., vigour of birds earliest 

 hatched, 212, 213; effect of dif- 

 ference of temperature, light, &c, 

 on birds, 225 ; colours of birds, 

 422 ; on the relative size of the 

 sexes of Ca/lorhinus ursinus, 515 ; 

 on the mane of Otaria jubata, 521 ; 

 on the pairing of seals, 523; on 

 sexual differences in the colour of 

 bats, 534. 



— — S., on the habits of Hoplo- 

 pteruSf 366 ; on the plumes of 

 herons, 391 ; on the vernal moult 

 of Herodias bubulcus, 393. 



Alligator, courtship, of the male, 221, 

 351 ; roaring of the male, 567. 



Amadavat, pugnacity of male, 366. 



Amadina Lathami, display of plumage 

 by the male, 402. 



castanotis, display of plumage 



by the male, 402. 



A.mazons, butterflies of the, 250 ; 

 fishes of the, 343. 



America, variation in the skulls of 

 aborigines of, 26 ; wide range of 

 aborigines of, 169 ; lice of the 

 natives of, 170 ; general beardless- 

 ness of the natives of, 560. 



, North, butterflies of, 250 ; 



Indians of, women a cause of strife 

 among the, 561 ; Indians of, their 

 notions of female beautv, 577, 

 580. 



* , South, character of the natives 



of, 168 ; population of parts of, 

 173 ; piles of stones in, 179 ; ex- 

 tinction of the fossil horse of, 191 ; 

 desert-birds of, 490; slight sexual 

 difference of the aborigines of, 561 ; 

 prevalence of infanticide in, 592. 



American languages, often highly 

 artificial, 91. 



Americans, wide geographical range 



of, 29; native, variability of, 174; 



and negroes, difference of, 197 ; 



aversion of, to hair on the face, 580- 

 Ammophila, on the jaws of, 275. 

 Ammoiragus trayelaphuSj hairy fore- 

 legs of, 531, 533. 

 Amphibia, affinity of, to the ganoid 



fishes, 159 ; vocal organs of the, 



566. 

 Amphibians, 165, 348 ; breeding 



whilst immature, 485 

 Amphioxus, 159. 

 Amphipoda, males sexually mature 



while young, 485. 

 Amunoph III., negro character of 



features of, 168. 

 Anal appendages of insects, 275. 

 Analogous variation in the plumage of 



birds, 385. 

 Anas, 462. 



acuta, male plumage of, 393. 



boschas, male plumage of, 393 



histrionica, 484. 



■ punctata, 374. 



Anastomus oscitans, sexes and young 



of, 486 ; white nuptial plumage of, 



492. 

 Anatidae, voices of, 374. 

 Anax Junius, differences in the sexes 



of, 290. 

 Andaman islanders, susceptible to 



change of climate, 188. 

 Anderson, Dr., on the tail of Jfacacus 



bntnneus, 59 ; the Bufo sikimmen- 



sis, 349 ; sounds of Echis c irinata, 



353. 

 Andrama fulva, 292. 

 Anglo-Saxons, estimation of the beard 



among the, 581. 

 Animals, domesticated, more fertile 



than wild, 45 ; cruelty of savages 



to, 118; characters common to 



man and, 146 ; domestic, change of 



breeds of, 596. 

 Annelida, 264 ; colours of, 265. 

 Anobium tessellatum, sounds produced 



by, 306. 

 Anolis cristatellus, male, crest of, 354 ; 



pugnacity of the male, 354 ; throat- 

 pouch of, 354. 

 Anser canadensis, 416. 

 c/gnoides, 415 ; knob at the bas« 



of the beak of, 426. 



hyperboreus, whiteness of, 492. 



Antelope, prong-horned, horns of, 234 



