618 



INDEX. 



Ateuchus, stridulation of, 303. 



, cicatrioosus, habits of, 297. 



Athalia, proportions of the sexes 

 in, 250. 



Atropus pulsatorius, 288. 



Attention, manifestations o£, in 

 animals, 71. 



Audouln, v., on a hymenopterous 

 parasite with a sedentary male, 

 217. 



Audubon, J. J., on the pinioned 

 goose, 101; on the speculum of 

 Mergus cucullatus, 231; on the 

 pugnacity of male birds, 358, 

 362; on Tetrao cupido, 363; on 

 Ardea nycticorax, 363; on Stur- 

 nella ludoviciana, 363; on the 

 vocal organs of Tetrao cupido, 

 367; on the drumming of the 

 male Tetrao umbellus, 371; on 

 sounds produced by the night- 

 Jar, 371; on Ardea herodias and 

 Cathartes jota, 375; on Mimus 

 polyglottus, 406; on display in 

 male birds, 389; on the spring 

 change of color in some finches, 

 388; recognition of a dog by a 

 turkey, 407; selection of mate 

 by female birds, 411; on the tur- 

 key, 406, 414; on variation 

 in the male scarlet tanager, 

 418; on the musk-rat, 537; on the 

 habits of Pyranga sestiva, 447; 

 on local differences in the nests 

 of the same species of birds, 

 450; on the habits of wood- 

 peckers, 452; on Bombycilla 

 carolinensis, 455; on young fe- 

 males of Tyranga sestiva ac- 

 quiring male characters, 455; 

 on the immature plumage of 

 thrushes, 459; on the immature 

 plumage of birds, 469, et seq. ; 

 on birds breeding in immature 

 plumage, 479; on the growth of 

 the crest and plumes in the 

 male Ardea ludoviciana, 480; on 

 the change of color in some 

 species of Ardea, 490. 

 Audubon and Bachman, M.M., on 

 squirrels fighting, 496; on the 

 Canadian lynx, 516. 

 Aughey, Prof., on rattlesnakes, 



349. 

 Austen, N. L., on Anolis crista t- 



ellus, 350. 

 Australia, not the birthplace of 

 man, 151; half-castes killed by 

 the natives of, 166; lice of the 

 natives of, 166; prevalence of fe- 

 male infanticide in, 686. 



, South, variation in the 



skulls of aborigines of, 25. 

 Australians, color of newborn 



children of, 552; relative height 



of the sexes of, 554; women a 



cause of war among the, 656. 

 Axis deer, sexual difference in 



the color of the, 532. 



Aymaras, measurements of the 

 r?i "°.fay hair among the,' 

 554; hairlessness of the face in 

 the, 555; long hair of the, 674 



Azara, on the proportion of men 

 and women among the Guar- 

 anys, 238; on Palamedea cor- 

 nuta, 361; on the beards of the 

 Guaranys, 566; on strife for 

 women among the Guanas, 566- 

 on mfantioide, 572, 687; on the 

 eradication of the eyebrows 

 and eyelashes by the Indians 

 of Paraguay, 575; on polyandry 

 among the Guanas, 588; celi- 

 bacy unknown among the sav- 

 f^es of South America, 68S; on 

 the freedom of divorce among 

 the Charruas, 592. 



B 



Babbage, C, on the greater pro- 

 ZTs%^'. "'^S'"--te fe.^ale 



Babirusa, tusks of the, 516. 



Baboon, revenge in a, 67; rage 

 excited in, by reading, 69; man- 

 ifestation of memory by a 72- 

 employing a mat for shelter 

 against the sun, 80; protected 

 from punishment by its com- 

 panions, 100. 



— -— , Cape, mane of the male, 

 olb; Hamadryas, mane of the 

 male, 517. 



Baboons, effects of intoxicating 

 liquors on, 7; ears of, 15; diver- 

 sity of the mental faculties in, 

 26; hands of, 48; habits of 49- 

 variability of the tail in 56- 

 manifestation of maternal af- 

 fection by, 68; using stones and 

 sticks as weapons, 79; co-opera- 

 tion of, 97; silence of, on plun- 

 dering expenditions, 101; appar- 

 ent polygamy of, 212; polyga- 

 mous and social habits of, 585. 



Bachman, Dr., on the fertility of 

 mulattoes, 167. 



Baer, K. E., von, on embryonic 

 development, 9. 



Bagehot, W., on the social vir- 

 tues among primitive men, 113; 

 slavery formerly beneficial, 114; 

 on the value of obedience, 127; 

 on human progress, 129; on the 

 persistence of savage tribes in 

 classical times, 179. 



Bailly, E. M., on the mode of 

 fighting of the Italian buffalo, 

 504; on the fighting of stags, 

 606. 



Bain, A., on the sense of duty, 

 95; aid springing from sympa- 

 thy, 100; on the basis of sym- 

 pathy, 103; on love of approba- 

 tion, &c., 106; on the idea of 

 beauty, 579. 



