INDEX. 



435 



■Wardtess, acquired by animals, i. 48. 

 Warington, R., on the habits of the 



sticklebacks, ii. 2, 20; on the brilliant 



colore of the male stickleback during the 



breedinp-season, ii. 14. 

 "Wart-hog, tusks and pads of the, ii. 253. 

 Watchmakers, short-sighted, i. 113. 

 Waterhen, ii. 38. 

 Waterhouse, C. O., on blind beetles, i. 



356 ; on difference of color in the sexes 



of beetles, i. 356. 

 Waterhouse, G. E., on the voice of Ifj/lo- 



bates aff-iHs, ii. 816. 

 Water -OFZBL, autumn song of the, ii. 51. 

 Waterton, C, on the pairing of a Canada 



goose with a Bernicle gander, ii. 109 ; on 



hares fighting, ii. 228 ; on the Bell-bird, 



u. 75. 

 Wattles, disadvantageous to male birds 



in fighting, ii. 94. 

 Wealth, influence o^ i. 163. 

 Wealb, J. Mansel, on a South African 



caterpillar, i. 403. 

 Weapons, employed by monkeys, i. 50; 



use o^ i. 132 ; offensive, of males, i. 249 ; 



of mammals, ii. 230, et seq. 

 Weaver-bibd, ii. 52. 

 Weaver-birds, rattling of the wings o^ 



ii. 59 ; assemblies of, ii. 97. 

 Webb, Dr., on the wisdom teeth, i. 26. 

 Wedgewood, Hensleigh, on the origin of 



language, i. 54. 

 Weevils, sexual difference in length of 



snout in some, i. 247. 

 Weir, Harrison, on the numerical propor- 

 tion of the sexes in pigs and rabbits, i. 



295 ; on the sexes of young pigeons, i. 



297; on the songs of birds, ii. 50; on 



pigeons, ii. 104; on the dislike of blue 



pigeons to other colored varieties, ii. 113 ; 



on the desertion of their mates by female 



W pigeons, ii. 114. 

 EiR, J. Jenner, on the nightingale and 

 blackcap, i. 2.57; on the relative sexual 

 maturity of male birds, i. 253 ; on female 

 pigeons deserting a feeble mate, i. 254 ; 

 on three starlings frequenting the same 

 . nest, i. 260; on the proportion of the 

 sexes in Machetes pugnax and other 

 birds, i. 297 ; on the coloration of the 

 T7-iphcence, i. 883 ; on the rejection of 

 certain caterpillars by birds, i. 403 ; on 

 sexual differences of the beak in the 

 goldfinch, ii. 88; on a piping bullfinch, ii. 

 50; on tlie object of the nightingale's 

 song, ii. 49 ; on song-birds, ii. 51 ; on the 

 pugnacity of male fine-plumaged birds, 

 ii. 89 ; on the courtship of birds, ii. 90 ; 

 on the finding of new mates by Pere- 

 grine-falcons and Kestrels, ii. 100; on 

 the bullfinch and starling, ii. 101 ; on the 

 cause of birds remaining unpaired, ii. 

 103 ; on starlings and parrots Uving in 

 triplets, ii. 103 ; on recognition of color 

 by birds, ii. 106 ; on hybrid bu-ds, ii. 109 ; 

 on the selection of a greenfinch by a fe- 

 male canary, ii. 110 ; on a case of rivahy 

 of female bullfinches, ii. 116 ; on the ma- 

 turity of the Golden-pheasant, ii. 204. 



Weisbach, Dr., measurement of men of 

 different races, i. 208; on the greater 

 variability of men than of women, i. 266; 

 on the relative proportions of the body 

 in the sexes of different races of man, ii. 

 305. 



Welcker, M., on Brachycephaly and Do- 

 lichocephaly, i. 142 ; on sexual differences 

 in the skidl in man, ii. 302. 



Wells, Dr., on the immunity of colored 

 races fix)m certain poisons, i. 234. 



Westring, on the stridulation of Ee<iurius 

 persanatiis, i. 340; on the stridulating 

 organs of the Coleoptera, i. 370 ; on 

 sounds produced by Cychrxis, i. 370 ; on 

 the stridulation of males of Tlieridicyn, 

 i. 330 ; on the stridulation of beetles, i. 

 867 ; on the stridulation of OmalopUa 

 b>'iinne<i. i. 369. 



Westphalia, greater proportion of female 

 illegitimate children in, i. 292. 



Westrop, H. M., on the prevalence of cer- 

 tain forms of ornamentation, i. 224. 



Westwood, J. O., on the classification of 

 the Hymenoptera, i. 181; on the Culi- 

 cidse and Tabanidas, i. 246; on a Hymon- 

 opterous parasite with a sedentary male, 

 i. 263 ; on the proportions of the sexes 

 in Lucanua cerirus and Siagoniwm^ i. 

 805 ; on the absence of ocelli in female 

 mutillida>, i. 331 ; on the jaws of Am- 

 7nophila, i. 832 ; on the copulation of in- 

 sects of distinct species, i. 832 ; on the 

 male of Crabro cribrariu»y i. 333 ; on 

 the pugnacity of male Tip^dcE, i. 339 ; on 

 the stridulation of Pirates stridulus, i 

 340 ; on the Cicadee, i. 841 ; on the strid- 

 ulating organs of the crickets, i. 335 ; on 

 Pnewmava, i. 347 ; on Ephipj/iger mti- 

 v»i, i. 845, 848 ; on the pugnacity of the 

 Mantides, i. 349 ; on P/ati/b/emnits, i. 

 350; on difference in the sexes of the 

 Aginonidae, i. 351 ; on the pugnacity of 

 the males of a species of TentliredinsB, 

 i. 852 ; on the pugnacity of the male 

 stag-beetle, i. 864; on Bledius tanrua 

 and Siaffoiiium, i. 363 ; on lamellicom 

 beetles, i. 364 ; on the coloration of Litho- 

 sia, i. 883. 



Whale, Sperm-, b.attles of male, ii. 229. 



Whales, n.akedness of, i. 142. 



Whately, Archb., language not peculiar 

 to man, i. 52 ; on the primitive civiliza- 

 tion of man, i. 174. 



Whewell, Prof., on maternal affection, 

 i. 38. 



Whiskers, in monkeys, i. 185. 



White, Gilbert, on the proportion of the 

 sexes in the partridge, i. 297; on the 

 house-cricket, l 342 ; on the object of 

 the song of bu-ds, ii. 50 ; on the finding 

 of new mates by white owls, ii. 101 ; on 

 spring coveys of male partridges, ii. 103. 



Whiteness, a sexual ornament in some 

 birds, ii. 221 ; of mammals inhabiting 

 snowy countries, il 284. 



White-throat, aerial love-dance of the 

 male, ii. 65. 



Wmow-BiBD, polygamous, i 260 ; breed- 



