INDEX. 773 



Phalaropus fuliccirius, 544; phalaropus liyperboreus, 544. 



Pkatiaius, 838: phanams caniifex. variation of the horns of the 

 male, 386: phanceus faunus,' sexual difference of, 885; phanceui 

 lancifer, 336. 



Phaseolarctus cinereus, taste for rum and tobacco, 7. 



Phasgonura mridissima, stridulation of, 322, 323. 



Phaxianus Scemmnrriiigii, 507; phasianus versicolor, 449; pTiasianus 

 WallichiL 454, 538. 



Pheasant, polygamous, 248; and black grouse, hybrids of. 470; 

 production of hybrids with the common fowl, 4'77: immature 

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

 display of plumage by the male, 451; ocellated spots of the, 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 ; Scernmer ring's, 507, 514 ; 

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

 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 granlandica, sexual difference in the coloration of, 611. 



Ph&nicura ruticilla, 464. 



Phosphorescence of insects, 314. 



Phryganidae, copulation of distinct species of> 313, 



Phryniscus nigricans, 896. 



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; picus major, 456. 



Pieris, 354, 361. 



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

 development of the wattle in, 269; pouter, late development 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, 

 693; sexual preference shown by, 598. 



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



