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INDEX. 



a, by tiirkcv's, 1. 856; on the sexes of 

 Agrotix erclamaiionin. i. 8S6. 



Btallios, mane of tlio. ii. '2ri(). 



Stallions, two, attiukinf; a third, i. 72; 

 flphting, li. 230; small canine teeth of; ii. 

 246. 



Stansburv, Captain, obserrations on pell- 

 cans, i. 74. 



Staphylinid^ bornliko processes in male, 

 1. 30:3. 



Starfishes, bripht v-olors of some. i. 313. 



Stark. Dr., on the death-rate in towns and 

 rural di.stricts. i. l(Ji»; on the influence of 

 marriape on mortality, i. 170 ; on the high- 

 er mortality of males in Scotland, i. 292. 



Starlino, American field, pugnacity of 

 male, ii. 49. 



Starling, red-winjred, selection of a mate 

 by the female, ii. 111. 



Starlings, three, frequentins' the same 

 nest, i. 209, ii. 102 ; new mates found bv, 

 ii. 101. 



Statues, Greek, Egyptian, Assyrian, etc., 

 contrasted, ii. 33;3. 



Stati-re, dependence of, upon local influ- 

 ences, i. 110. 



Staudinger, Dr.. his list of Lepidoptera, i. 

 304; on breeding Le])idoptera. i. 303. 



Staunton, Sir C, hatred of indecency a 

 modern virtue, i. 92. 



Stealing of bright objects by birds, ii. 

 107. 



Stebeixg, T. E.. on the nakedness of the 

 luiman liody, ii. 859. 



Stemtmitopm, li. 26.5. 



jSienol/ot/inm prutoritm, stridulating or- 

 gans of i. 340. 



Sterility, genei-al, of sole daughters, i. 164 ; 

 when crossed, a distinctive character of 

 species, i. 206. 



Sterna, seasonal change of plumage in, 15. 

 21 S. 



STiCKLE-BArK, polvgamous. i. 262 ; male, 

 courtship of the. ii. 2 ; male, brilliant col- 

 oring of. during the breeding-season, ii. 

 14; nidiflcation of the, ii. 19. 



Sticks used as implements and weapons 

 bj- monkeys, i. 50. 



Sting in bees. i. 240. 



Stokes, Captain, on the habits of the great 

 Bower-bird, ii. 00. 



Stoneciiat. young of the, ii. 211. 



Stone implements, difliculty of making, i. 

 138 ; as traces of extinct tribes, i. 22S. 



Stones, used by monkeys for breaking 

 hard fruits and as missiles, i. 134 ; piles 

 of, i. 224. 



Stork, black, sexual differences in the bron- 

 chi of the, li. 57; red beak of the, ii. 217. 



Storks, ii. 216. 220; sexual difl'eronce ia 

 The color of the eves of. ii. 123. 



Strange, Mr., on the Satin Bower-bird, ii. 

 66. 



Stretch, "Mr., on the numerical proportion 

 in the sexes of ehickens. i. 290. 



JStrepsiceros A'lidti, horns of, ii. 243; mark- 

 ings of. ii. 2S7. 



Stuibclation, by males of Tfieridion, 1. 



829; of the Orthoptera and Ilomoptera 

 discussed, i. 349 ; of beetles, i. 366. 



Stripes, retained throughout groups of 

 birds, il. 125; disappeai-ance oli in adult 

 mammals, ii. 2ss. 



StrixJIammea, ii. 101. 



Structure, existence of unserviceable 

 modifications of. i. 147. 



Struggle for existence, in man, i. 174, 

 178. 



Strutiierr. Dr.. on the occurrence of the 

 supra-condyloid foramen in the humerus 

 of man, i. 27. 



SivmfHa ludoviciana, pugnacity of tho 

 male, ii. 48. 



f^tuniuK ndgaris, ii. 101. 



Subspecies, i. 219. 



Suffering, In strangers, indiflTercnce of 

 savages to, i. 90. 



Suicide, i. 166; formerly not regarded as a 

 crime, i. 90 ; rarely pnictised among the 

 lowest savages, i. 90. 



SuiDiF., stripes of young, ii. 176. 



Su.vATRA, compression of the nose by tho 

 Malays of, ii. a35. 



Sumner, Archbishop, man aloni? capable of 

 progressive improvement, i. 47. 



SuN-niRDs, nidiflcation of, ii. 161. 



Superstitions, i. 175; prevalence of, i. 95. 



SuPEP-STiTious customs, i. 60. 



Superciliary ridge in man. ii. 301, 303. 



Supernumerary digits, more frequent in 

 men than in women. 1. 268 ; inheritince 

 of, 1. 270 ; early development of i. 2S2. 



Supra-condyloid foramen in the early pro- 

 genitors of man. i. 198. 



Suspicion, prevalence ofj among animals, 

 i. 38. 



SuLivAN. Sir B. J., on two stallions attack- 

 ing a third, ii. 230. 



Swallow-tail Butterfly, i. 381. 



Swallows deserting their young, i. 80, 87. 



Swan, black, red beak of the. ii. 217; black- 

 necked, ii. 220 ; white, young o^ 11. 202 ; 

 wild, trachea of the. ii. 57. 



Swans, ii. 216, 220 ; young, ii. 199. 



Swaysland, Mr., on the aiTival of migra- 

 toiy birds, i. 251. 



SwiNHOE. I*., on the common rat in For- 

 mosa and Chinii, i. 49; on the sounds 

 produced by the male Hoopoe, ii. CO; on 

 IMcruriifi inacrocercits and the Spoon- 

 bill ii. 171 ; on the young o( Ardeolti. il. 

 182; on the habits of Tiirnix. ii. 193; on 

 the habits of Ithi/ncfKra BcngultnsU. ii. 

 193; on Orioles breeding in immature 

 plumage, ii. 205, 206. 



Si/lria uiricapilla. young of, ii. 210. 



Si//vi(i ciiirrea, aerial love-dance of the 

 male, ii. 05. 



Sv.mpathy. i. 102; among animals, 1. 74; its 

 supposed basis, i. 78. 



Sympathies, gradual widening of. 1. 96. 



Svngnathous fishes, abdominal pouch in 

 male, i. 201. 



Si/pheotides aurifiiii, acuminated prima- 

 ries of the male, il. 62 ; ear-tufts of. ii. 

 70. 



