INDKX. 771 



Papilio, proportion of the sexes in North American species of. 283; 

 sexual differences of coloring in species of, 351; coloration of the 

 wiug in species of, 354. 



Papilio ascanius, 251; papilio sesostris and children^, variability 

 of, 362. papilio tarnus, 283. 



Papilionidae, variability in the, 362. 



Papuans, line of separation between the, and the Malays, 192; 

 beards of the, 639, hair of, 655; and Malays, contrast in characters 

 of, 191. 



Paradise, birds of, 460, 526; supposed by Lesson to be polygamous, 

 248; rattling of their quills by. 426; racket-shaped feathers in, 437; 

 sexual differences in color of, 438; decomposed feathers in, 437, 457; 

 display of plumage by the male, 449; sexual differences in color of 

 559. 



Paradisp.a apoda, barbless feathers in the tail of, 437; plumage of; 

 438: and P. papuana, 437, 438; divergence of the females of, 535; 

 increase of beauty with age, 552 ; paradisea papuana, plumage 

 of, 535. 



Paraguay, Indians of, eradication of eyebrows and eyelashes 

 by. 662. 



Parallelism of development of species and languages, 102. 



Parasites, on man and animals, 8; as evidence of specific 

 identity or distinctness, 193; immunity from, correlated with color, 

 220. 



Parental feeling in earwigs, star-fishes and spiders, 120; affection, 

 partly a result of natural selection, 119. 



Parents, age of, influence upon sex of offspring, 277. 



Parinse, sexual difference of color in, 521. 



Park, Mango, negro-women teaching their children to love th 

 truth, 133; his treatment by the negro- women, 133, 642; on negro 

 opinions of the appearance of white men, 660. 



Parker, Mr., no bird or reptile in line of mammalian descent, 179. 



Paroquet, young of, 525, 549; Australian, variation in the color of 

 the thighs of a male, 481. 



Parrot, racket-shaped feathers in the tail of a, 436; instance of 

 benevolence in a, 467. 



Parrots, change of color in, 68; imitative faculties of, 82; living 

 in triplets, 464; affection of, 467; colors and nidifications of the, 518, 

 520, 521; immature plumage of the, 532; colors of, 557; sexual dif- 

 ferences of color in, 562; musical powers of. 651. 



Parthenogenesis m the Teiithrediuae, 286 ; in Cynipidap, 286; in 

 Crustacea, 287. 



Partridge, monogamous, 248; proportion of the sexes in the, 280; 

 Indian. 412; female. 538; "dances." 431. 460. 



Partridges, living in triplets, 464; spring coveys of male, 464; dis- 

 tinguishing persons, 467. 



Parut ccsruleus, 521. 



Passer, sexes and young of. 550; passer "bracJiydactylus, 550; passer 

 domesticus, 518, 550: passer montauus, 518, 550. 



Patagonians, self-sacrifice by, 126; marriages of, 683. 



Patterson. Mr., on the Agrionidse, 329. 



Patteson, Bishop, decrease of Melanesianft, 211. 



Pavo crintatus, 267, 489; pavo muticas, 267 489; possession of 

 spurs by the leuiale, 413, 511; p:iw nigripenni* t 470. 



