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AUSTRALIA. 



INDEX. 



BARRINGTON. 



Australia, South, variation in the 

 skulls of aborigines of, 26. 



Australians, colour of newborn chil- 

 dren of, 557 ; relative height of the 

 sexes of, 559 ; women a cause of 

 war among the, 561. 



Axis deer, sexual difference in the 

 colour of the, 537. 



Aymaras, measurements of the, 34 ; 

 no grey hair among the, 559 ; 

 hairlessness of the face in the, 561 ; 

 long hair of the, 580. 



Azara, on the proportion of men and 

 women among the Guaranys, 244 ; 

 on Falamedea cornuta, 366 ; on the 

 beards of the Guaranys, 561 ; on 

 strife for women among the Guanas, 

 561 ; on infanticide, 577, 592; on 

 the eradication of the eyebrows and 

 eyelashes by the Indians of Para- 

 guay, 5S0 ; on polyandry among 

 the Guanas, 593; celibacy unknown 

 among the savages of South Ame- 

 rica, 594 ; on the freedom of 

 divorce among the Charruas, 598. 



B. 



Babbage, C, on the greater proportion 



of illegitimate female births, 244. 

 Babirusa, tusks of the, 518. 



Baboon, revenge in a, 69 ; rage ex- 

 cited in, by reading, 71 ; manifes- 

 tation of memory by a, 74 ; em- 

 ploying a mat for shelter against 

 the sun, 82 ; protected from punish- 

 ment by its companions, 103. 



, Cape, mane of the male, 521 ; 



Hamad ryas, mane of the male, 

 521. 



Baboons, effects of intoxicating li- 

 quors on, 7 ; ears of, 15 ; diversity 

 of the mental faculties in, 27 ; hands 

 of, 50 ; habits of, 51 ; variability 

 of the tail in, 58 ; manifestation of 

 maternal affection by, 70 ; using 

 stones and sticks as weapons, 81 ; 

 co-operation of, 101 ; silence of, on 

 plundering expeditions, 104; ap- 

 parent polygamy of, 217 ; poly- 

 gamous and social habits of, 590. 



Bachman, Dr., on the fertility of rau- 

 lattoes, 171. 



Baer, K. E. von, on embryonic deve- 

 lopment, 9. 



Bagehot, W., on the social virtue* 

 among primitive men, 117 ; slavery 

 formerly beneficial, 117 ; on the 

 value of obedience, 130 ; on humaa 

 progress, 132 ; on the persistence 

 of savage tribes in classical times, 

 183. 



Bailly, E. M., on the mode of fighting 

 of the Italian buffalo, 508 ; on the 

 fighting of stags, 510. 



Bain, A., on the sense of duty, 98 ; 

 aid springing from sympathy, 103 ; 

 on the basis of sympathy, 106 ; on 

 love of approbation, &c, 109 ; on 

 the idea of beauty, 584. 



Baird, W., on a difference in colour 

 between the males and females of 

 some Entozoa, 260. 



Baker, Mr., observation on the pro- 

 portion of the sexes in pheasant- 

 chicks, 247. 



, Sir S., on the fondness of the 



Arabs for discordant music, 380 ; ou 

 sexual difference in the colours of 

 an antelope, 536 ; on the elephant 

 and rhinoceros attacking white or 

 grey horses, 540 ; on the disfigure- 

 ments practised by the negroes, 

 541 ; on the gashing of the cheeks 

 and temples practised in Arab 

 countries, 574 ; on the coiffure of 

 the North Africans, 575 ; on the 

 perforation of the lower lip by the 

 women of Latooka, 575 ; on the 

 distinctive characters of the coiffure 

 of central African tribes, 576 ; oii 

 the coiffure of Arab women, 584. 



" Balz " of the Black-cock, 363, 405. 



Bantam, Sebright, 211, 238. 



Banteng, horns of, 505 ; sexual dif- 

 ferences in the colours of the, 536. 



Banyal, colour of the, 579. 



Barbarism, primitive, of civilised 

 nations, 143. 



Barbs, filamentous, of the feathers, 

 in certain birds, 385, 430. 



Barrago, F., on the Simian resem- 

 blances of man, 3. 



Barr, Mr., on sexual preference in 

 dogs, 524. 



Barrington, Daines, on the language 



of birds, 86 ; on the clucking ol 



the hen, 368 ; on the object of the 



song of birds, 369 ; on the singing 



of female -birds, 370 ; on bird* 



