INDEX. 



617 



Antilope oreas, horns of, 229. 



saiga, polygamous habits 



of, 213. 



strepsiceros, horns of, 229. 



subgutturosa, absence of 



suborbital pits in, B25. 



Antipathy, shown by birds in 

 conflnement, to certain per- 

 sons, 406. 



Ants, 143; large size of the cere- 

 bral ganglia In, 52; soldier, 

 large jaws of, 60; playing to- 

 gether, 67; memory in, 72; inter- 

 communication of, by means of 

 the antennae, 87; habits of, 

 143; difference of the sexes in, 

 2S9; recognition of each other 

 by, after separation, 289. 



White, habits of, 288. 



Anura, 345. 



Apatania muliebris, male un- 

 Ijnown, 251. 



Apathus, difference of the sexes 

 in, 290. 



A-patura Iris, 304, 305. 



Apes, difference of the young, 

 from the adult, 8; semi-erect 

 attitude of some, 50; mastoid 

 processes of, 51; iniluences of 

 the Jaw-muscles on the physi- 

 ognomy of, 52; female destitute 

 of large canines, 60; building 

 platforms, 80; imitative facul- 

 ties of, 126; anthropomorphous, 

 149; probable speedy extermin- 

 ation of the, 152; Gratiolet on 

 the evolution of, 173; canine 

 teeth of male, 498; females of 

 some, less hairy beneath than 

 the males, 595. 



long-armed, their mode of 



progression, 60. 



Aphasia, Dr. Bateman on, 86. 



Apis melliflca, large male of, 277. 



Apollo, Greek statues of, 576. 



Apoplexy in Cebus Azarte, 7. 



Appendages, anal, of insects, 

 274, 275. 



Approbation, influence of the 

 love of, 106, 112, 128. 



Aprosmictus scapulatus, 451. 



Apus, proportion of sexes, 251. 



Aquatic birds, frequency of 

 white plumage in, 490. 



Aquila chrys^tos, 403. 



Arab women, elaborate and pe- 

 culiar coiffiire of, 578. 



Arabs, fertility of crosses with 

 other races, 167; gashing of 

 cheeks and temples among the, 

 569. 



Arachnida, 268. 



Arakhan, artificial widening of 

 the forehead by the natives of, 

 577. 



Arboricola, young of, 463. 



Archeopteryx, 154. 



Arctiidae, coloration of the, 311. 



Ardea asha, rufescens, and caer- 

 ulea, change of color in, 490, 491. 



Ardea caerulea, breeding in im- 

 mature plumage, 479. 



gularis, change of plumage 



in, 490. 



— — - herodias, love-gestures of 

 the male, 375. 



ludovicia,na, age of mature 



plumage in, 478; continued 

 growth of crest and plumes in 

 the male of, 480. 



nycticorax, cries of, 363. 



Ardeola, young of, 463. 



Ardetta, changes of plumage in, 

 454. 



Argenteuil, 21, 22. 



Argus pheasant, 379, ,397, 456; dis- 

 play of plumage by the male, 

 394; ocellated spots of the, 422; 

 gradation of characters in the, 

 428. 



Argyll, Duke of, on the physi- 

 cal weakness of man, 60; the 

 fashioning of implements pe- 

 culiar to man, 80; on the con- 

 test in man between right and 

 wrong, 121; on the primitive 

 civilization of man, 140; on the 

 plumage of the male Argus 

 pheasant, 392; on Urosticte 

 Benjamini, 436, 437; on the nests 

 of birds, 447. 



Argynnis, coloring of the lower 

 surface of, 311. 



Aricoris epitus, sexual differ- 

 ences in the wings of, 274. 



Aristocracy, increased beauty of 

 the, 581. 



Arms, proportions of, in soldiers 

 and sailors, 31; direction of the 

 hair on the, 147. 



and hands, free use of, in- 

 directly correlated with dimin- 

 ution of canines, 61. 



Arrest of development, 34, 35. 



Arrow-heads, stone, general re- 

 semblance of, 174. 



Arrows, use of, 174. 



Arteries, variations in the course 

 of the, 25. 



Artery, etCect of tying, upon the 

 lateral channels, 31. 



Arthropoda, 262. 



Arts practiced by savages, 174. 



Ascension, colored incrustation 

 on the rocks of, 260. 



Asoidia, affinity of the lancelet 

 to, 155; tadpole-like larvae of, 

 165. 



Ascidians, 260; bright colors of 

 some, 257. 



Asinus, Asiatic and African spe- 

 cies of, 543. 



taeniopus, 543. 



Ass, color-variations of the, 542. 



Ateles, effects of brandy on an, 

 7; absence of the thumb in, 49. 



beelzebuth, ears of, 15. 



marginatus, color of the 



ruff of, 532; hair on the head 

 of, 644. 



