TENCH. 



INDEX. 



TOADS. 



68 1 



Tench, proportions of the sexes in the 



249 ; brightness of male, during 



breeding season, 340. 

 Tenebrionila, stridulation of, 302. 

 Tennent, Sir J. E., on the tusks of 



the Ceylon Elephant, 507, 515; 



on the frequent absence of beard in 



the natives of Ceylon, 560 ; on the 



Chinese opinion of the aspect of 



the Cingalese, 578. 

 lennyson, A., on the control of 



thought, 123. 

 Tenthredinidae, proportions of the 



sexes in, 254; fighting habits of 



male, 291 ; difference of the sexes 



in, 292. 

 Tephrodornis, young of, 468. 

 Terai, in India, 182. 

 Termites, habits of, 291. 

 Terns, white, 492 ; and black, 493. 

 , seasonal change of plumage in, 



492. 

 Terror, common action of, upon the 



lower animals and man, 69. 

 Testudo elcgans, 351. 



nigra, 



351. 



Tctrao cupido, battles of, 367 ; sexual 



difference in the vocal organs of, 



371. 

 — — phasianellus, dances of, 380 ; 



duration of dances of, 405. 

 ■ scoticus 455, 465, 471. 

 tetrix, 455, 465,471 ; pugnacity 



of the male, 363. 

 ■ umbellus, pairing of, 367 ; battles 



of, 367 ; drumming of the male, 



375. 



urogalloides, dances of, 405. 



. urogallus, pugnacity of the male, 



363. 

 • urophasianus, inflation of the 



oesophagus in the male, 372. 

 Thamnobia, young of, 468. 

 Thaumalea picta, display of plumage 



by the male, 396. 

 TUcla, sexual differences of colouring 



in species of, 310. 

 — — rubi, protective colouring of, 



312. 

 Inecopkora fovea, 308. 

 Thfcognis, selection in mankind, 29. 

 'Jheridion, stridulation of males of, 



273. 



lineatum, 272. 



Thomisus citreiis, anc' T. flokolens, 



30 



difference of colour in the sexes of, 



272. 

 Thompson, J. H., on the battles of 



sperm-whales, 500. 

 , W., on the colouring of the 



male char during the breeding 



season, 340 ; on the pugnacity of 



the males of Gallinula chloropus, 



360 ; on the finding of new mates 



by magpies, 407 ; on the finding of 



new mates by Peregrine falcons, 



408. 

 Thorax, processes of, in male beetles, 



295. 

 Thorell, T., on the proportion of the 



sexes in spiders, 255. 

 Thornback, difference in the teeth of 



the two sexes of the, 334. 

 Thoughts, control of, 123. 

 Thrush, pairing with a blackbird, 



414; colours and nidification of 



the, 455. 

 Thrushes, characters of young, 455, 



464. 

 Thug, remorse of a, 117. 

 Thumb, absence of, in Ateles and Hy- 



lobates, 51. 

 Thury, M., on the numerical propor- 

 tion of male and female births 



among the Jews, 243. 

 Thylacinus, possession of the marsupial 



sack by the male, 161 

 Thysanura, 279. 

 Tibia, dilated, of the male Grabo cri- 



brarius, 276. 

 and femur, proportions of, in 



the Aymara Indians, 34. 

 Tierra del Fuego, marriage-customs 



of, 598. 

 Tiger, colours and markings of the, 



545. 

 Tigers, depopulation of districts by, in 



India, 46. 

 Tillus elongatus, difference of colour 



in the^sexes of, 294. 

 Timidity, variability of, in the same 



species, 69. 

 Tmeina, proportion of the sexes in, 



250. 

 Tipula, pugnacity of male, 280. 

 Tits, sexual difference of colour in, 



458. 

 Toads, 349 ; male, treatment of ova 



by some, 163 ; male, ready to breed 



before the female, 212. 



