INDEX 



315 



Moschus, 76 ; M. moschiferus, 96 

 Moseley, on elephant seal, 65, 66 ; on 



courtship of Ornithoptera poseidon, 



249 

 Muntjacs, 78, 86 

 Muraenidae, 186 

 Murie, on pouch of emeu, 163 

 Musk-deer, 76, 96 

 Mycetes, voice of, 63 

 Myrianida, 304 



Narwhal, 73 



Natural selection, 4, 7, 12 



Nautilus, 292 



Nitsche, on horn-sheath of Antilocapra, 



101 

 Negroes, 46, 49 

 Nereidae, 295 

 Nereis diversicolor, 295 ; N. Dumerilii, 



287 

 Nerophis, 226 

 Neuroptera, 262 

 Newton and Gadow, on the Solitaire, 



197 

 Noctuidae, 246, 253. 

 Norway haddock, 199 

 Notodelphyidae, 281, 283 

 Nototrema, 176 

 Numida, 115 



Octopus, 292 



Oedemia fusca, 159 



Oigopsidae, 292 



Oligochaeta, 293 



Opisthobranchia, 287 



Orang, 45 



Ornithoptera brookiana, courtship of 



249 ; 0. poseidon, 249 

 Ornithorhynchus, 107 

 Ortalis, 118 

 Orthoptera, 262 

 Oscines, 164 

 Ostrich, African, 160 

 Otididae, 152 



Otis tarda, 152 ; 0. australis, kori, 153 

 Otters, fur of, 51 



Palamedea cornuta, 153 



Palozmon serratus, 278 



Palaeomeryx, 85 



Paper Nautilus, 298 



PapUio cenea, mimicry of 237 ; P. 



hippocoon, 237 

 Papilioninae, 230 

 Papuans, 50 

 Paradisea apoda, 139 

 Paradiseidae, 108, 137 

 Pauxis, 118 

 Pavo cristatus, 113 



Peafowl, 113 



Pedionymus, 118 



Peewit, 154 



Pelicanus erythrorhynchus, 160 



Pelicanidae, 160 



Penelope, 116 



Penelopidse, 116 



Perdix cinerea, rubra, etc., 116 



Periwinkle, 287 



Peron, on elephant seal, 66 



Phacochcerus cethiopicus, 106 



Phalaropus fulicarius and hyperboreus, 

 155 



Pharomacrus mocinno, 137 



Phasianidae, 108, 112 



Pheasants, 113 



Philonexis, 292 



Phocidae, 65 



Physostomi, 182 



Pieris, 250 



Pigeons, 121 



Pipa Americana, 177 



Pipra, 140 



Pithecia sat anas, 48 - 



Plaice, 8, 9, 188, 189 



Plecostomus barbatus, 182 



Pleurodeles waltlii, 174 



Pleuronectes glacialis, 190 



Pleuronectidae, 188 



Ploceidae, 150 



Pneumora, 262 



Podocerus falcatus, 271 ; P. pulchellus, 

 pielagicus, 272 



Podophthalma, 265 



Polybostrichus, 303 



Polychaeta, 293, 294, 295 



Polygamy of birds, 109 



Polymorphism, 2 



Polyplectron, 113 



Pomatis, 225 



Pontellidae, 283 



Potamochozrus penicillatus, 106 



Poulton, experiments on colours of 

 Lepidoptera, 231 ; on sexual selec- 

 tion in moths, 550 



Poultry, domestic, 112 



Pouter pigeon, 121, 125 



Prairie cock, 115 



Praniza, 273 



Primates, 45 



Prong-buck, 102 



Prosobranchia, 287 



Pseudorhombus ocellatus, 196 



Psittacidae, 156 



P solus ephippiger, 309 



Psychidae, 250 



Pterodactyle reptiles, 15 



Pterotrachea, 288 



Pulmonata, 287 



