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INDEIX. 



Livonia, numerical proportion of 

 male and female births in, 211, 

 238. 



Lizards, relative size of the sexes 

 of, 350; gular pouches of, 350. 



Lloyd, L., on the polygamy of the 

 capercailzie and bustard, 215; on 

 the numerical proportion of the 

 sexes in the capercailzie and 

 black-cock, 242; on the salmon, 

 330; on the colors of the sea 

 scorpion, 334; on the pugnacity 

 of male grouse, 360; on the ca- 

 percailzie and black-cock, 362, 

 366; on the call of the capercail- 

 zie, 370; on assemblages of 

 grouse and snipes, 400, on the 

 pairing of a shield-drake with 

 a common duck, 409; on the bat- 

 tles of seals, 496; on the elk 503. 



Lobivanellus, wing-spurs in, 361. 



Local influences, effect of, upon 

 stature, 30. 



Lockwood, Mr., on the develop- 

 ment of Hippocampus, 158. 



, Rev. S., musical mouse, 562. 



Locust, bright-colored, rejected by 

 lizards and birds, 287. 



, migratory, 280; selection by 



female, 281. 



Locusts, proportion of sexes in, 

 250; stridulation of, 281. 



Locustidee, stridulation of the, 

 280. 282; descent of the, 282. 



Longicorn beetles, difference of 

 the sexes of, in color, 291; strid- 

 ulation of, 300. 



Lonsdale, Mr., on an example of 

 personal attachment In Helix 

 pomatla, 260. 



Lophobranchil, marsupial recept- 

 acles of the males, 342. 



Lophophorus, habits of, 414. 



Lophorlna atra, sexual difference 

 in coloration of, 487. 



Xophornis ornatus, 382. 



Lord, J. K., on Salmo lycaodon, 

 331. 



Lory, King, 451; immature plu- 

 mage of the, 461. 



Love-antics and dances of birds, 

 375. 



Lowne, B. T., on Musca vomito- 

 ria, 52, 278. 



Loxia, characters of young of, 459. 



Lubbock, Sir J., on the antiquity 

 of man, 2; on the origin of man, 

 2: on the mental capacity of 

 savages, 63; on the origin of 

 Implements, 80; on the simplifi- 

 cation of languages, 89; on the 

 absence of the idea of God 

 among certain races of men, 91; 

 on the origin of the belief in 

 spiritual agencies, 91; on super- 

 stitions, 94; on the sense of duty, 

 94; on the practice of burying 

 the old and sick among the Pi- 



jians, 99; on the immorality of 

 savages, 116; on Mr. Wallace's 

 claim to the origination of the 

 idea of natural selection, 47; on 

 the absence of remorse among 

 savages, 128; on the former bar- 

 barism of civilized nations, 140; 

 on Improvements in the arts 

 among savages, 141; on resem- 

 blances of the mental charac- 

 ters in different races of men, 

 174; on the arts practiced by 

 savages, 175; on tlie power of 

 counting in primeval man, 175; 

 on the prehensile organs of the 

 male Labidocera Darwinii. 263; 

 on Chloeon, 272; on Smynthurus 

 luteus, 277; finding of new mates 

 by jays, 402; on strife for 

 women among the North Ameri- 

 can Indians, 556; on music, 565; 

 on the ornamental practices of 

 savages. 568; on the estimation 

 of the beard among the Anglo- 

 Saxons, 575; on artificial deform- 

 ation of the skull, 577; on "com- 

 munal marriages," 582, 583; on 

 exogamy, 584, 587; on the Ved- 

 dahs, 591; on polyandry, 587. 



iMceml&ss, variability of the 

 mandibles In the male, 297. 



Luoanus, large size of males of, 

 276. 



cervus, numerical propor- 



tion of sexes of, 249; weapons of 

 the male, 297. 



elaphus, use of mandibles 



of, 298; large jaws of male, 273. 



Lucas, Prosper, on pigeons, 412; 

 on sexual preference in horses 

 and bulls, 520. 



Lunar periods, 8, 156. 



Lund, Dr., on skulls found in 

 Brazilian caves, 164. 



Lungs, enlargement of, in the 

 Quichua and Aymara Indians, 

 32; a modified swim-bladder, 156; 

 different capacity of in races of 

 man, 163. 



Luminosity in insects, 275. 



Luschka, Prof., on the termina- 

 tion of the coccyx, 22. 



Luxury, expectation of life unin- 

 fluenced by, 132. 



Lycaena, sexual differences of 

 coloring in species of, 307. 



Lyell, Sir C, on the antiquity of 

 man, 2; on the origin of man, 

 2; on the parallelism of the de- 

 velopment of species and lan- 

 guages, 87; on the extinction of 

 languages, 88; on the Inquisi- 

 tion, 138; on the fossil remains 

 of vertebrata, 152; on the fertil- 

 ity of mulattoes, 167. 



Lynx, Canadian, throat-ruff of 

 the, 516. 



Lyre-bird, assemblies of, 401. 



