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L\DEX. 



Fakiks, Indian, tortures iinderRone by, 1. 



92. 

 Fdico Uucorepfnilwt, ii. 205. 

 FaU-o perenrinim. it. 1(W. 179. 

 Fiilfo tinniineiiliiH. ii. 100. 

 Falcon, percfjrino, new mate found by, U. 



100. 

 Falconer, II., on the mode of flphtinjj of 

 tlio Indian eicphnnt ii. 24i>; on canines 

 in a female deer, ii. 24C; on llyomoschus 

 a<]>iati4'iiit, ii. 2^9. 



Falkland iHlands, horses of, i. 227. 



Fallow-deer, ditlbrent colored herds ot 

 ii. 2S1. 



Famines, frequencv of, among' savages, 1. 

 229. 



Farr. Dr., on the structure of the uterus, 

 i. US; on the effects of profligacy, i. 166; 

 on the intlucnce of marriage on mortali- 

 ty, i 169. 



Farrar, F. W., on the origin of language, 

 i. 54 ; on the crossing or blending of lan- 

 guages, i. OS; on the absence of the idea 

 of (iod in certain races of men, i. 6:^ ; on 

 early marriages of the poor, i. 167; on 

 the middle ages. i. 172. 



Fashions, long prevalence of; among sav- 

 ages, ii. 327, 336. 



Fave, Prof'., on the numerical proportion 

 of male and female births in Nonvay and 

 Kussia, i. 291 ; on the greater mort.'ility 

 of male children at and before birth, i. 

 292. 



Feathers, modified, producing sounds, ii. 

 60; et »eqq., 1.56; elongatefl, in male 

 binis, ii. 69, 93 ; racket-shaped, ii. 70 ; 

 barbless and with filamentous barbs in 

 certain birds, ii. 70 ; shedding of margins 

 of, ii. 82. 



Feedino, liigh, probable influence of in 

 the pairing of birds of different species, 

 ii. 111. 



Feet, modification of in man, i. 136; thick- 

 ening of the skin on the soles of the, 1. 

 113. 



Feli^i C(inaifeiiiti\ throat-ruff of ii. 273. 



Felis pardalin and /'. tnitis. sexual differ- 

 ences in the coloring of ii. 273. 



Female, behavior of the, during courtship, 

 1. 2f4. 



Female birds, differences of, ii. 18.5. 



Females, presence of rudimeiit;iry male 

 organs in, i. 199; preference of for cer- 

 tain males, i. 254; pursuit of by males, 

 i. 263; occurrence of secondary se.xual 

 characters in, i. 267; development of 

 male characters by, i. 271. 



Females and males, comparative mortali- 

 ty of while young, i. 255, 267; compara- 

 tive nuHibers of i, 252, 2.55. 



Femur and tibia, proportions of, in the 

 Aymara Indians, i. 115. 



Fer(;u80N, Mr., on the courtship of fowls, il. 

 11.3. 



Fertilization, phenomena of in plants, I. 

 265; in the lower animals, i. 206. 



Fevers, immunity of Negroes and Mulat- 

 tocB from, i. 234. 



Fihfr HhetfticJiA, protective coloring of^ ii. 

 2.St. 



Fidelity of savages to one another, i. 91 ; 

 importance of i. 156. 



Field-slaves, difference of^ ftom house- 

 slaves, i. 237. 



Fi.iiANS, bur>-ing their old and sick parents 

 alive, i. 74; estimation of the beard 

 among the, ii. 3:^; admiration of^ for a 

 broad occiput, ii. 335. 



Fi.ii Islands, beards of the natives, ii. 306, 

 333; marriage-customs of the, ii. libO. 



Filial afl'ection, partly the result of natu- 

 ral selection, i. 77. 



FiLr.M terminale, i. 29, 



Finch, racket-shaped feathers in the tail 

 of a, ii. 70. 



Finches, spring change of color in, iL 82 ; 

 British females of the, ii. 18.5. 



FiN(iERs, partiallv coherent, in species of 

 Jli/lnhiite«. i. l:U. 



FiNi.AYSoN, on the Cochin-Chinese, il. 829, 



Fire, use of, i. 132, 176, 22.5. 



FisrnER, on the pugnacity of the male of 

 J.ethriis cfpluiloten, i. Sfe. 



Fish, proportion of the sexes in, 1. 298; 

 eagerness of male, i, 26;}, 



Fishes, kidneys of, represented bv Cor- 

 pora Wolfliana in the human embr}-o, L 

 16; male, hatching ova in their mouths, 

 i. 202 ; receptacles for ova possessed by, 

 i. 246 ; relative size of the sexes in, ii. 7 : 

 fresh-water, of the tropics, ii. 17 ; protec- 

 tive resi'inblances in, ii. 18; nest- build- 

 ing, ii. 19; spawning of, ii. 18; sounds 

 proiluced bv, ii. 22, 315; continued 

 growth of, ii." 207. 



Flea-or pollicit< longus, similar variation 

 of. in man, i. 124. 



Flint tools, i. 176. 



Flints, difficulty of chipping into form, 1. 

 i:W. 



Florida, Quiwahiti major in, i. 298. 



Flounder, coloration of the, ii, 18. 



Flower, W. H., on the abductor of tho 

 fifth metatarsal in apes, i. 12-3 ; on the 

 I)osition of the Seals, i. Is;}; on the 

 throat-pouch of the male Bustard, ii. 

 55. 



Fly-catchers, colors and nidiflcation o^ 

 ii. 162. 



FtETUS, human, woolly covering of the, L 

 25 ; arrangement of the hair on. i. 186, 



Food, influence of upon stature, i. 110. 



Foot, prehensile, in the early progenitors 

 ofman, i, 198; preliensile power of the, 

 retiiined in some savages, i. 136. 



Foramen, supra-condyloid, exceptional oc- 

 currence of in the humerus of man, i. 27, 

 125 ; in the early progenitore of man, 1. 

 198. 



Forbes, D., on the Aymara Indians, 1. 

 115; on l(K-al variation of color in the 

 Quechuas, 1. 237 ; on the liairlessness of 

 the Aymarns and Quechuas. il. 307; on 

 the long hair of the Ayuianis and Que- 

 chuas. ii. 80,5. :«1. 



FoBEL, F., on wliitc young swans, iL 202. 



