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INDEX. 



Mammalia, Prof. Owen's classification o^ 

 i. IsO; pi'nfnJojry of the, i. I'.ir). 



Mammai.k. secondary sexual cliaracters of, 

 ii. '2'J>; weapons of, ii. BJO; recent and 

 tertiary, coiii|>arison of cranial capacity 

 of, i. 140; relative size of the sexes of, 

 ii. 248 ; pursuit of female, by the males, 

 i. 208 ; i)amlleli,siii of. with birds in scc- 

 ondary se.xual characters, ii. 28;}; voices 

 of, u.sed especially during the breeding- 

 season, ii. .SIC), 317. 



Man, variability of, i. 1(14; erroneously re- 

 garded as more domesticated than other 

 animals, i. 107; definitive orifrin of, i. 

 22C; migi-aiions of. i. 131 ; wide distribu- 

 tion of, i. 132; causes of the nakedness 

 of, i. 14;$ ; 8Ui)posed phy.-^ical inferiority 

 of, i. 150; numcric.'d proportions of the 

 Bc.xes in, i. 255; a ineniher of tlie Catar- 

 rhine group, i. 190; early imiiriiiitors of, 

 i. 198; secondary sexual characters of; 

 ii. 801 ; primeval condition of, ii. 851. 



Mandans, correlation of color and texture 

 of hair in the, i. 239. 



Mandible, left, enlarged in the male of 

 Tuph rode res dinlortun. i. 3;M. 



Mandlblf.s, use of the, in Ammopliila, i. 

 332; large, of Corydalis cornutus, i. 

 332; large, of male Lvcanus elaphm, i. 

 882. 



Mandrill, number of c.iudal vertebrte in 

 the, i. 144; colors of the male, ii. 279, 

 2S2, 295. 



Manteoazza, Prof., on the ornaments of 

 savages, ii. 322, et netjq. : on the bcard- 

 lessness of the New-Zealanders, ii. 332 ; 

 on the exaggeration of natural characters 

 by man, ii. 885. 



Mantell, W., on the engrossment of pret- 

 ty girls by the New-Zealand chiefs, ii. 

 852. 



Mantis, pugnacity of species of, i. 849. 



Marcus Aurelius, on the origin of the 

 moral sense, i. C8; on the influence of 

 habitual thoughts, 1. 9". 



Mareca Penelope, ii. 109. 



Marks, ret^iiued throughout groups of 

 birds, ii. 126. 



Marriage, inlluence of, upon morals, i. 

 92; restraints upon, among savages, i. 

 128; influence of, on mortality, i. 169; 

 development of, ii. 345. 



Marriages, communal, ii. 342, 844; carlv, 

 i. 108. 



Marshall, Mr., on the brain of a Bush- 

 woman, i. 208. 



Marsupials, i. 194; possession of nipples 

 by, i. 201 ; their origin from Monotreina- 

 ta, i. 204; uterus of. i. \\>: (Uvelo|iment 

 of the nietitiiting membraiu' in. i. 23; ab- 

 dominal sacs of. i. 240; relative size of 

 the sexes of, ii. 248 ; colors of, ii. 272. 



Marsi Tii'M, rudimentiiry, in male marsu- 

 pials, i. 199. 



Martin, W. C. L., on alarm manifested by 

 an orang at the sight of a turtle, i. 42 ; 

 on the hair in Jlylohatei>, I. ISO; on a 

 female American deer, il. 246; on the 



voice of Ilylohates affUin, ii. 264; on 



SemnopiVteciix nemtvwt. ii. 297. 

 Martin, on the beards of the inhabitants 



of St. Kilda, ii. 300. 

 Martins deserting their young, 1. 80. 

 Martins, C on death caused by inflam- 

 mation of the vermiform appendage, i. 



27. 

 Mastoid processes in man and apes, i. 



188. 

 ^I.'.rDSLET, Dr., on the influence of the 



sense of smell in man, i. 23 ; on Laura 



liridgman. i. 57 ; on the development of 



the vocal organs, i. 57. 

 Mayers. W. F., on the domestication of 



the goldfish in China, ii. 10. 

 Mavhew, K., on the aft'ection between 



individuals of different sexes in the dog, 



ii. 258. 

 Maynard. C. J., on the sexes of Chryse- 



11) y» picta, ii. 27. 

 Meckel, on con-elated variation of the 



muscles of the arm and leg. i. 125. 

 Mei)icine.s. eftect produced by, the same 



in man and in monkeys, i. 12. 

 Meduxft. bright colors of some. i. 318. 

 Megalitiiic structures, prevalence of; i. 



224. 

 Megulophryu montana, sexual differences 



in, ii. 25. 26. 

 Mefjdpicun rahdux, sexual difference of 



color in, ii. 100. 

 Megamma, large size of males of i. 837. 

 Meics, Dr. .\., on variation in the skulls of 



the natives of America, i. 104. 

 Meinecke, on the numerical proportion of 



the sexes in butterflies, i. 800. 

 Melii'iiaoidj^ Australian, nidification oi; 



ii. 101. 

 J/e/ita, secondary se.xu.al characters ot i. 



322. 

 J/e/oe. difference of color in the sexes of a 



species of; i. 850. 

 Memory, manifestations of, in animals, i. 



4S. 

 Memnon, young, i. 209. 

 Mental characters, difterence of; in differ- 

 ent races of men, i. 208. 

 Mental faculties, variation of. in the same 



species, i. 85, 100; divcriity of, in the 



same race of men. i. 105; inheritance of. 



i. 106 ; similaritv of the. in different races 



of man, i. 223; of bird.s. ii. 108. 

 Mental powers, difl'erence ot; in the two 



sexes in man. ii. 810. 

 Mennra Albert!, ii. 98; song ot ii. 53. 

 Jfenura superlxi, ii. 97, 98; long tails of 



both sexes of, ii. 157. 

 Mk.i'.(;anser, trachea of the male, ii. 57. 

 J/i ri/uti ciiciilhitiix, speculum of, i. 281. 

 Mergus mergnnser. young of. ii. 181. 

 Merganser serrator, male- plum.ige of, ii. 



hi. 

 Metallura. splendid tail-feathers oC ii. 146. 

 Mit/ioca ic/ineuinonides. large male o^ i. 



837. 

 Meves, M., on the driniming ( f the snipe, 



ii. 61. 



