INDEX. 



389 



Amadayat, pugnacity of male, li. 46. 



Amadina Lat/iami' display of plumage 

 by the male, ii. 91. 



Amadina casianotis, display of plumage 

 by the male, li. 91. 



Amazons, butterflies of the, 1. 801; fishes 

 of the, ii. 17. 



America, variation in the skulls of abori- 

 gines of, 1. 104 ; wide rangre of aborigines 

 of, i. 211; lice of the natives of i. 212; 

 general beardlessness of the natives of, 

 ii. 307. 



America, North, butterflies of, 1. 301 ; In- 

 dians of, vromen a cause of strife among 

 the, ii. 308 ; Indians of, their notions of 

 female beauty, ii. 327, 328. 



America, South, character of the natives 

 o^ i. 208 ; population of parts of i. 216 ; 

 piles of stones in, i. 224 ; extinction of 

 the fossil horse ot, 1. 231 ; desert-birds of, 

 U. 214; slight se.vual difference of the 

 aborigines of, ii. 367 ; prevalence of infan- 

 ticide in, ii. 347. 



American languages, often highly artifi- 

 cial, 1. 103. 



Americans, wide geographical range of, i. 

 108 ; and negroes, diflerence of, 1. 238 ; 

 aversion of, to hair on the face, ii. 219 ; 

 native, variability of, i. 219. 



Ammophila, on the jaws of, i. 232. 



Amniotraffus tragelaplius, hairy forelegs 

 of ii. 269, 272. 



Amphibia, affinity o^ to the ganoid fishes, 

 i. 196; vocal organs of the, ii. 315. 



Amphibi.ins, 1. 204, ii. 22; breeding while 

 immature, ii. 206. 



Amphiaxus. i. 196. 



Amphipoda, males sexually mature while 

 young, ii. 205. 



Amunopii III., negro character of features 

 of, i. 210. 



Anal appendages of insects, i. 332. 



Analogous variation in the plumage of 

 birds, ii. 71. 



Anas, ii. 172. 



Anas OGuta, male plumage of, ii. 81. 



Anaa boschas, male plumage of, 11. 81. 



Anas histHonica, ii. 205. 



Anastomus oscUams, sexes and young ot, 

 11. 208; white nuptial plumage of, ii. 

 218. 



Anatid-e, voices ot li, 57. 



Anax Junius, difference in the sexes o^ 1. 

 351. 



Aj^glo-Saxons, estimation of the beard 

 among the, 11. 333. 



Animals, cruelty of savages to, 1.91; do- 

 mesticated, more fertile than wild, i. 127 ; 

 characters common to man and, i. 178 ; 

 domestic, change of breeds of, ii. 353. 



Annelida, 1. 318. 



Annulosa, i. 318. 



Anolis cristatellus, male, crest of, 11. 30 ; 

 pugnacity of the male, ii. 30; throat- 

 pouch of, ii. 31. 



AnoHum tessellatum, sounds produced 

 by, 1. 373. 



Anser Canadensis, IL 112. 



Anser cygnoides. ii. 110; knob at the base 

 of the beak of, ii. 124. 



Anser hyperboreus, whiteness of ii. 218. 



Antelope, prong-horned, homs of, 1. 279. 



Antelopes, generally polygamous, 1. 258 ; 

 horns of^ i. 279, ii. 234 ; canine teeth of 

 some male, ii. 230; use of horns of ii. 

 259 ; dorsal crests in, 11. 268 ; dewlaps ot, 

 11. 270 ; winter change of two species of, 

 li. 284 ; peculiar markings oi^ ii. 285, 



Antennje, furnished with cushions in the 

 male of Penth^, i. 333. 



Anthidium manicatum, large male of, 1. 

 337. 



Anthocharis oardamines, 1. 376, 381 ; sex- 

 ual difference of color in, 1. 396. 



Anthooharis genutia, 1. 381. 



Anthocharis sara, i. 381. 



Anthopjhora acervorum, large male of 1. 

 337. 



Anthophora rettisa, difference of the sexes 

 in, 1. 354. 



Anthu-s, moulting of, ii. 79. 



ANTHROPID.E, 1. 187. 



Antigua, Dr. Nicholson's observations on 

 yellow fever in, 1. 236. 



Antics of birds, 11. 65. 



Antilocapra Americana, homs o^ i, 280, 

 11. 234. 



AntUope bezoartica, horned females of ii. 

 235, 237 ; sexual difference in the color 

 of ii. 274. 



AntUope Dorcas and euchore, li. 234. 



Ant Hope euchore, horns of ii. 239. 



AntUope m-ontana, rudimentary canines 

 in the young male of 11. 246. 



AntUope niger, sing-sing, caama, and 

 gorgon. sexual differences ia the colors 

 of ii. 275. 



AntUope orens, horns of i. 279. 



AntUope saiga, polygamous habits of, 1. 

 2.58. 



AntUope strepsiceros, horns of 1. 279. 



AntUope subguttiirosa, absence of sub- 

 orbital pits in, ii. 267. 



Antipathy, shown by birds in confine- 

 ment, to certain persons, ii. 106. 



Ants, i. 179 ; playing together, 1. 38; mem- 

 ory in, i. 44; intercommunication of, by 

 means of the antennte, 1. 56 ; large size 

 of the cerebral ganglia in, i. 140 ; soldier-, 

 large jaws of 1. 149 ; difference of the 

 sexes in, 1. 854 ; recognition of each other 

 by, after separation, 1. 354. 



Ants, Wiiite, habits of, 1. 353. 



Anura, ii. 24. 



Apatania muUebris, male unknown, i. 

 306. 



Apathzi-s, difference of the sexes in, 1. 355. 



Apatura Iri.% 1. 374, 376. 



Apes, anthropomorphous, 1. 189 ; differ- 

 ence of the young, from the adult, 1. 18 ; 

 building platforms, i. 51 ; probable 

 speedy e.xtermination of the, i. 193; Gra- 

 tiolet on the evolution of, 1. 222 ; semi- 

 erect attitude of some, 1. 137 ; mastoid 

 processes ot, 1. 137; influence of the jaw- 

 muscles on the physiognomy of. 1. 139 ; 



