INDEX. *t1t 



PTialaropus fulicarius, 544; phaZaropus Tiyperhoreus, 544. 



PhniKBUs, 338; phancetis carnifex, variation of the hortis of the 

 male, 336; phaiKBUs f annus, sexual difference of, 335; phancmis 

 lancifer, 336. 



Phaseolarctus cinereus, taste for rum and tobacco, 7. 



Phasgaiiura viridissima, stridulation of, 322, 328. 



Phadanus Scemmerringii, 507; plmsianus versicolor, 449; ph/mantis 

 Wallichii, 454, 538. 



Phea-sant, polygamous, 248; and black grouse, hybrids of, 470; 

 production of hybrids with the common fowl, 477; immature 

 plumage of the, 532; Amherst, display of, 449; Argus, 435, 526; 

 display of plumage by the male, 451; ocellated spots of th, 488, 

 493; gradation of characters in the, 493; blood, 413; cheer, 454; 

 eared, 267, 454, 538; length of the tail in the, 513; sexes alike in 

 the, 524 ; fire- backed, possessing spurs, 413 ; golden, display of 

 plumage by the male, 449; age of mature plumage in the, 551; sex 

 of young,* ascertained by pulling out head-feathers, 551; Kalij, 

 drumming of the male, 426, 533; Reeve's, length of the tail in, 514; 

 silver, triumphant male, deposed on account of spoiled plumage, 

 476 , sexual coloration of the, 560 ; Soemmerring's, 507, 514 ; 

 Tragopan, 434; display of plumage by the male, 451; marking of the 

 sexes of the, 487. 



Pheasants, period of acquisition of male characters in the 

 family of the, 266; proportion of sexes in chicks of, 280; length of 

 the tail in, 507, 513, 514. 



Philters, worn by women, 659. 



Phoca gr(B7ilandica, sexual difference in the coloration of, 611. 



PJmnicura rutieiUa, 464. 



Pliosphorescence of insects, 314. 



Phryganidae, copulation of distinct species of, 312. 



Phryniscus nigricans, 396. 



Physical inferiority, supposed, of man, 67. 



Pickering, on the number of species of man, 199. 



Picton, J. A., on the soul of man, 700. 



Picus auratus, 411; picas major, 456. 



Pieiis, 354, 361. 



Pigeon, female, deserting a weakened mate, 242 ; carrier, late 

 development of the wattle in, 269; pouter, late deveh)pment of the 

 crop in, 269; domestic, breeds and sub-breeds of, 523. 



Pigeons, nestling, fed by the secretion of the crop of both parents, 

 185; changes of plumage in, 259; transmission of sexual peculiarities 

 in, 261; Belgian, with black-streaked males, 262, 269, 507; changing 

 color after several moultings, 269; numerical proportion of the sexes 

 in, 280; cooing of, 425; variations in plumage of, 438; display of 

 plumage by male, 456; local memory of, 467; antipathy of female, 

 to certain males, 475; pairing of, 475; profligate male and female, 

 475; wing-bars and tail-feathers of, 486; supposititious breed of, 506; 

 pouter and carrier, peculiarities of, predominant in males, 508; nidifi- 

 cation of, 516; Australian, 522; immature plumage of the, 532. 



Pigs, origin of the improved breeds of, 202; numerical proportion 

 of the sexes in, 279; stripes of young, 529, 623; tusks of miocene, 

 593; sexual preference shown by, 598. 



Pike, American, brilliant colors of the male, during the breeding- 



