INDEX. 



421 



p. 



Pachtdermata, i. 259. 



Paget, on the abnormal development of 

 hairs in man, i. 24 ; on the thickness of 

 the skin on the soles of the feet of in- 

 fants, i. 113. 



Painting, i. 224. 



Pa!(xmo7i, chelae of a species o£ i. 321. 



Palceornis, sexual differences of color in, 

 ii. 221. 



Palceornis Javanioiis, color of beak of, ii. 

 171. 



Puloeornis rosa, young of, ii. ISO. 



Palamedea cornuta, spurs on the wings 

 of, ii. 44. 



Paieolithic period, i. 176. 



Palestine, habits of the chaffinch in, i. 

 298. 



Pallas, on the perfection of the senses in 

 the Mongolians, i. 114; on the want of 

 connection between climate and the color 

 of the skin, 1. 232 ; on the polygamous 

 habits of A?itilope saiga, i. 258; on the 

 lighter color of horses and cattle in win- 

 ter in Siberia, i. 273 ; on the tusks of the 

 musk-deer, ii. 245, 24<y; on the odorifer- 

 ous glands of mammals, ii. 266 ; on the 

 odoriferous glands of the musk-deer, ii. 

 267 ; on winter changes of color in mam- 

 mals, ii. 284 ; on the ideal of female beau- 

 ty in North China, ii. 823. 



Pabnaris awessorius nmscle, variations 

 of the, i. 105. 



Pampas, horses of the, i. 227. 



Pangenesis, hypothesis of, i. 271, 275. 



Panniculus carnosus, i. 19. 



Papilio, sexual differences of coloring in 

 species of, i. 377; proportion of the sexes 

 in North American species of, i. 301 ; 

 coloration of the wings in species of, i. 

 383. 



Papilio aitcaniu.% i. 377. 



Papilio Sesoxfris and Children's, varia- 

 biUtv of. i. 389. 



Papilio Turniis, i. 301. 



Papilionidje, variability in the, i. 389. 



Papuans, line of separation between the, 

 and the Malavs, i. 210 ; beards of the, ii. 

 307 ; hair of, ii. 324. 



Papuans and Malays, contrast in char- 

 acters of, i. 208. 



Paradise, Bu-ds of, ii. 96, 173; supposed 

 by Lesson to be polygamous, i. 260 ; rat- 

 tling of their quills by, ii. 58; racket- 

 shaped feathers in, ii. 70 ; sexual differ- 

 ences in color of, ii. 71 : decomposed feath- 

 ers in, ii. 70, 93 ; display of plumage by 

 the male, ii. 85. 



Paradisea apoda, barbless feathers in the 

 tail ot, ii. 70; plumage of, ii. 72; and P. 

 Papxiaiia, divergence of the females of, 

 ii. 184. 



Paradisea rubra, ii. 71, 72. 



Paraguay, Indians ot, eradication of ej-e- 

 brows and eyelashes by, ii. 332. 



Parakeet, Australian, variation in the col- 

 or of the thighs of a male, ii. 121. 



Parallelism of development of species 

 and languages, i. 57. 



Parasites on man and anim.als, i. 12; as 

 e\ddence of specific identity or distinct- 

 ness, i. 211 ; immunity from, correlated 

 with color, i. 233. 



Parental affection, partly a result of natu- 

 ral selection, i. 77. 



Parents, age of, influence upon sex of off- 

 spring, i. 293. 



Parin.e, sexual difference of color in, ii. 166. 



Park, Mungo, negro women teaching their 

 children to love the truth, i. 91 ; his treat- 

 ment hy the negro women, i. 91, ii. 311 ; 

 on negro opinions of the appearance of 

 white men, ii. 330. 



Parrot, racket-shaped feathers in the tail 

 of a. ii. 70; instance of benevolence in a, 

 ii. 105. 



Parrots, imitative faculties of, i. 43 ; change 

 of color in. i. 146 ; living in triplets, ii. 102 ; 

 affection of ii. 104 ; colors of, ii. 213 ; se.x- 

 ual differences of color in, ii. 221 ; colors 

 and nidiflcation of the. ii. 163, 166, 168; 

 immature plumage of the, ii. 180 ; musi- 

 cal powers of, ii. 319. 



Parthenogenesis in the Tenthredin^, i. 

 305 ; in Cynipidae, i. 305 ; in Crustacea, i. 

 306. 



Partridge, monogamous, i. 261 ; propor- 

 tion of the sexes in the, i. 297 ; female, ii. 

 186. 



'• Partridge-dances.'' ii. 65. 



Partridges. Uving in triplets, ii. 102 ; spring 

 coveys of male, ii. 103; distinguishing 

 persons, ii. 106. 



Pat^us coeruleu.% ii. 166. 



Passer, sexes and young of, ii. 203. 



Passer braehydactylus, ii. 203. 



Passer domeslicus. ii. 162, 203. 



Passer montanus. ii. 162, 203. 



Patagonians, self-sacrifice by, i. 84. 



Patterson, Mr., on the Afirionid<E, 1.351. 



P.AULIBTA8 of Brazil, i. 216. 



Paro cristatits, i. 281, ii. 130. 



Pa 10 miiticus, i. 290, ii. 130; possession of 

 spurs by the female, ii. 44, 155. 



Paro nigripenni-s, ii. 115. 



Pataguas Indians, thin legs and thick arms 

 of the, 1.112. 



Patan, Mr., on the proportion of the sexes 

 in sheep, i. 295. 



PE.4.C0CK, polygamous, i. 261 ; sexual char- 

 acters of i. 281 ; pugnacity of the, ii. 44 ; 

 rattUng of the quiUs by, ii. 58 ; elongated 

 tail-coverts of the, ii. 69, 93 ; love of dis- 

 play of the, ii. 130, 65, S3 ; oeellated spots 

 of the, ii. 130 ; inconvenience of long tail 

 of the, to the female, ii. 147, 157. 158; 

 continued increase of beauty of the, il. 

 206. 



Peacock-eutterflt, i. 380. 



Peafowl, preference of females for a partic- 

 ular male, ii. 116 ; first advances made by 

 the female, ii. 116. 



Pediculi of domestic animals and man, i. 

 211. 



Pedigree of man, 1. 205. 



