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639; on strife for women among the Guanas, 640 ; on infanticide, 

 659, 675; on the eradicatiuii of the eyebrows and eyelashes by the 

 Indians of Paraguay, 6t52; on polyandry among the Guanas, 677; celi- 

 bacy unknown among the savages of South America, 678; on the 

 freedom of divorce among the Charruas, 6d3. 



Babbage, C., on the greater proportion of illegitimate female 

 births, 276. 



Babirusa, tusks of the, 592. 



Baboon, revenge in a, 78; rage excited in, by reading, 80; mani- 

 festation of memory by a, 83; employing a mat for shelter against 

 the sun. 93; protected from punishment by its companions. 117; 

 Cape, mane of the male, 594; Hamadryas, mane of the male, 594. 



Baboon, effects of intoxicating liquors on, 8; ears of. 17; diversity 

 of the mental faculties in, 30; hands of, 56; habits of, 57; variability 

 of the tail in, 65; manifestation of maternal affection by, 79; using 

 stones and sticks as weapons, 93 ; co-operation of, 115 ; silence of, 

 on plundering expeditions, 118; apparent polygamy of, 245; polyga- 

 mous and social habits of, 674. 



Baboons, courtship of, 710. 



Bachman, Dr., on the fertility of nmlattoes, 194. 



Baer, K. E. von, on embryonic development, 9; definition of 

 advancement in the organic scale, 186. 



Bagehot, \V., on the social virtues among primitive men, 132 ; 

 slavery formerly beneficial, 133; on the value of obedience, 147; on 

 human progress* 150; on the persistence of savage tribes in classical 

 times. 208. 



Bailey, E. M., on the mode of fighting of the Italian buffalo, 580; 

 on the fighting of stags, 582. 



Bain, A., oii the sense of duty, 111; aid springing from sympathy, 

 116; on tne basis of sympathy, 120; on the love of approbation, etc., 

 124; on the idea of beauty, 667. 



Baird, \V., on a difference in color between the males and females 

 of some Entozoa, 294. 



Baker. Mr., observation on the proportion of the sexes in pheas- 

 ant-chicks, 2dO: Sir S., on the fondness of the Arabs for discordant 

 music, 431; on sexual difference in the colors of an antelope, 612; 

 on the elephant and rhinoreros attacking white or grey horses, 617; 

 on the disfigurements practiced by the negroes, 617; on the gashing 

 of the cheeks and temples practiced in Arab countries, 655; on the 

 coiffure of the North Africans, 656; on the perforation of the lower 

 lip by the women of Latooka 656; on the distinctive characters of 

 the coiffure of central African tribes, 656; on the coiffure of Arab 

 women, 606. 



" Bal/ " of the black cock, 412, 460. 



Bantam, Sebright, 239, 270. 



Banteng, horns of, 576 : sexual differences in the colors of the, 

 612. 



Banyal, color of the, 661. 



Barbarism, primitive, of civilized nations. 162. 



Barbs, filamentous, of the feathers, in certain birds, 437, 489. 



Barr, Mr., on sexual preference in dogs, 598. 



Barrago, F., on the Simian resemblances of man, 3. 



Barriugton, Daines, on the language of birds, 97; on the duckling 



