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INDEX. 



Peilionomns torquntaK, sexes of, ii. 192. 

 I'kewit, wlng-tubcrcles of the male, 11. 



44. 

 Pf,i..\gic animals, transparency o£ 1. 314. 

 /'e/ecaniix eryihrorlujnrlnut, horny crest 



on the beak of the male, during the breed- 



Infr-season, ii. "(>. 

 Pel era nun oiiocrotdlitu, spring plumage o^ 



ii. 81. 

 Pelelk, ii. .S'25. 

 I'euc.vs, blind, fed by his companions. 1. 



74; youni,', guided by olil birds, 1. 74; 



j)ugnacity of the male' ii. 41. 

 Pelicans, fishing in concert, 1. 72. 

 J't/ohiiis I/ermdnni, slridulatlon, of, 1. 86S, 



;{70. 

 Pelvis, alteration of, to suit the erect atti- 

 tude of man, 1. 137 ; difiereuces of the, in 



the sexes in man, ii. 3(12. 

 Penelope nigra, sound jiroduced by the 



male, ii. 61. 

 Pesn AST. on the battles of seals, ii. 229 ; on 



the bladder-nose seal, ji. 205. 

 Pentlit^ anteunal cushions of the male, 1. 



a«. 



Perch, brightness of male, during breeding- 

 season, ii. 13. 



Peregrine Falcon, new mate found by, ii. 

 100. 



Period of variability, relation of, to sexual 

 selection, i. 2S7. 



Periodicitt, vital. Dr. Laycock on, i. 12. 



Periods, lunar, followed by functions in 

 man and animals, i. 12, 204. 



Periods of life, inheritance at correspond- 

 ing, i. 271, 276. 



Perisoreua Canadensis, young of, ii. 

 200. 



Peritrirhia. difference of color in the se.xes 

 of a species of, 1. 356. 



pERlWINKl.E, i. 815. 



Pernin cristata, ii. 121. 



Perseverance, a characteristic of man, ii. 

 312. 



Persians, said to be improved by intermix- 

 ture with Georgians and Circassians, ii. 

 341. 



Personnat, M., on Bombijx Yamamai, i. 

 301. 



Peruvians, civilization of the, not foreign, 

 i. 176. 



Petrels, colors of, ii. 220. 



Petrocincla cijnnea, young of, ii. 210. 



yv^ronJrt, ii. 20;3. 



Pfeiffer, Ida, on Javanese ideas of beauty, 

 ii. 331. 



P/iiieochtvrus .^Jiiopiciis, tusks and pads 

 ot, ii. 253. 



PiiALANOER, Vulpine, black varieties of the, 

 ii. 2MI. 



J'hnliiroprui fidicarins, ii. 194. 



/'/u//,iropu8'/ii/per(joreus, ii. 194. 



P/nnntiiK, 1. 361. 



PhiDuviin carnifer, variation of the horns 

 of the male, i. 369. 



Pliiin4Xii« fauniig, sexual difteronoes of. i. 



Phanceiu lanei/er, I. 359. 



Phangrmiirn riridi«8ima, stridulatton ot, 

 i. 344. 345. 



P/tattiuiiim Svinmerringii, ii. 150. 



PlKminiins remicolor, ii. 85. 



P/ianiaiiiiM Wollichii. ii. 89, 1S7. 



PiiASMiD.f, mimicry of leaves by the, 1.401. 



Pheasant, polygamous, i. 261 ; "production 

 of hybrid.'* with the common fbwl, ii. 117 ; 

 and black groiL^e, hybrids of. ii. 109; im- 

 mature plumage of the, ii. 1^0. 



Pheasant, Argu.s, ii. 69, 173; display of 

 plumage by the male, ii. &S; ocellatcd 

 spots of the, ii. 128, 135; gradation of 

 characters in the, ii. 135. 



Pheasant, Blood-, ii. 42. 



Pheasant, t'hecr, ii. 89. 1S7. 



Pheasant, Eared, i. 290; ii. 89. 1S7; eexcs 

 alike in the, ii. 170; length of the tail in 

 the. ii. 15S. 



Pheasant, Golden, display of plumage by 

 the male. ii. S5; sc.x of j-oung. ascer- 

 tained by pulling out head-feathers, ii. 

 205; age of mature plumage in the, ii. 

 204. 



Pheasant, Kalij, drumming of the male, 

 ii. 59. 



Pheasant, Reeves, length of the tail in, ii. 

 15S. 



Pheasant. Silver, se.xual coloration of the, 

 ii. 218; triunifihant male, deposed on ac- 

 count of si)oikd plumage, ii. 115. 



Pheasant, b^iemmerring's, ii. 149. 15S. 



Pheasant, Tragopan, ii. 6S: display of 

 plumage by the male, ii. 87; markings 

 of the sexes of the. ii. 12S. 



Pheasants, period of acquisition of male 

 characters in the family of the, i. 2S0; 

 proportion of sexes in chicks o£ i. 297 ; 

 length of the fciil in, ii. 149, 157, 153. 



Philodromus. i. 82S. 



Philters, worn by wjmen, ii. 328. 



Phoca (irvenlandicu, se.xual diflfercncc in 

 the coloration of. ii. 273. 



P/itxiiiciira rtitici/la. ii. 101. 



PnosrHOREScESCE of insects, i. S4!). 



Phryganid-e, copulation of distinct spe- 

 cies of, i. 332. 



Phr>/ni«cu« nigricans, ii. 24. 



Physical inferiority, supposed, of man, i. 

 149. 



Pickering, on the nmnber of species of 

 man, i. 218, 



PiCTON, J. A., on the soul of man, ii. 878. 



Picus aurntu.i. ii. 41. 



PiERiDJi, mimicry bv female, i. 399. 



Pieri^, i. 380. 



Pigeon, carrier, late development of the 

 wattle in, i. 284; domestic, breeds and 

 subbreeds of, ii. 170; pouter, late de- 

 velopment of the crop in, i. 2S4 ; female, 

 deserting a weakened mate., i. 254. 



Pigeons, nestlinir. fed by the secretion of 

 the crop of both parents, i. 202: ch.ingea 

 of plunLige in. i. 272; transmission of 

 sexual peculiarities in. i. 274; changing 

 color after several moultings. i. 2>4 ; nu- 

 merical proportion of the sexes in, 1.296; 

 cooing ot; ii. 6S; variations in plumage 



