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LICE. 



INDEX. 



LUBBOCK. 



of, 279 ; difference in the sexes of, 

 290. 



Lice of domestic animals and man, 

 169. 



Licentiousness, a check upon popula- 

 tion, 46 ; prevalence of, among 



vages, 119. 



Licluenstein, on Chera projne, 419. 



Life, inheritance at corresponding 

 periods of, 228, 232. 



Light, effects on complexion, 32 ; in- 

 fluence of, upon the colours of 

 shells, 263. 



Lilford, Lord, the ruff attracted by 

 bright objects, 413. 



Limosa lapponica, 478. 



Linaria, 462. 



mont'ina, 248. 



Lindsay, Dr. W. L., diseases commu- 

 nicated from animals to man, 7 ; 

 madness in animals, 79 ; the dog 

 considers his master his God, 96. 



Linnaeus, views of, as to the position 

 of man, 149. 



Linnet, numerical proportion of the 

 sexes in the, 248 ; crimson fore- 

 head and breast of the, 394 ; court- 

 ship of the, 401. 



Lion, polygamous, 218 ; mane of the, 

 defensive, 521 ; roaring of the, 526. 



Lions, stripes of young, 464. 



Lips, piercing of the, by savages, 575. 



Li'/wbius, prehensile appendages of 

 the female, 274. 



Lithosia, coloration in, 314. 



Littorina littorea, 262. 



Livingstone, Dr., manner of sitting of 

 gorilla, 151 ; on the influence of 

 dampness and dryness on the colour 

 of the skin, 193 ; on the liability 

 of negroes to tropical fevers after 

 residence in a cold climate, 194; 

 on the spur-winged goose, 364 ; on 

 weaver-birds, 376 ; on an African 

 night-jar, 384, 403 ; on the battle- 

 scars of South African male mam- 

 mals, 500 ; on the removal of the 

 upper incisors by the Batokas, 575; 

 on the perforation of the upper lip 

 by the Makalolo, 576 ; on the 

 Banyai, 579. 



Livonia, numerical proportion of male 

 and female births in, 215, 243. 



Lizards, relative size of the sexes 

 of, 354 ; gular pouches of, 354. 



Lloyd, L., on the polygamy of the 

 capercailzie and bustard, 219; on 

 the numerical proportion of the 

 sexes in the capercailzie and black- 

 cock, 248 ; on the salmon, 333 ; 

 on the colours of the sea-scorpion, 

 337 ; on the pugnacity of male 

 grouse. 364; on the capercailzie 

 and black-cock, 366, 370 ; on the 

 call of the capercailzie, 375 ; on 

 assemblages of grouse and snipes, 

 405 ; on the pairing of a shield- 

 drake with a common duck, 414 ; 

 on the battles of seals, 500 ; on the 

 elk, 507. 



Lobivanellus, wing-spurs in, 366. 



Local influences, effect of, upon sta- 

 ture, 31. 



Lockwood, Mr., on the development 

 of Hippocampus, 163. 



, Rev. S., musical mouse, 568. 



Locust, bright-coloured, rejected by 

 lizards and birds, 289. 



, migratory, 283 ; selection by 



female, 283. 



Locusts, proportion of sexes in, 254 ; 

 striduiation of, 284. 



Locustidae, striduiation of the, 282, 

 284 ; descent of the, 285. 



Longicorn beetles, difference of the 

 sexes of, in colour, 294 ; striduia- 

 tion of, 303. 



Lonsdale, Mr., on an example of per 

 sonal attachment in Helix poavxiia, 

 263. 



Lophobranchii, marsupial receptacles 

 of the males, 346. 



Lophophorus, habits of, 420. 



Lophorina atra, sexual difference in 

 coloration of, 491. 



Lophomis ornatus, 387 



Lord, J. K., on Sat'mo lycaodon, 333. 



Lory, King, 457 ; immature plumage 

 of the, 467. 



Love-antics and dances of birds, 380. 



Lowne, B. T., on Musca vomitoria, 

 54, 280. 



Loxia, characters of young of, 464. 



Lubbock, Sir J., on the antiquity of 

 man, 2 ; on the origin of man, 3 ; 

 on the mental capacity of savages, 

 65 ; on the origin of implements, 

 82 ; on the simplification of lan- 

 guages, 92 ; on the absence of the 

 idea of God among certain races of 



