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INDEX. 



Males, presence of rudimentary 

 female organs in, 157. 



and females, comparative 



numbers of, 209, 211; compara- 

 tive mortality of, while young-, 

 211. 



Malherbe, on the woodpeckers, 



452. 

 Mallotus peronii, 328. 



villosus, 327. 



Malthus, T., on the rate of in- 

 crease of population, 43, 44, 45. 



Maluridse, nidiftcation of the, 448. 



Malurus, young of, 480. 



Mammee, 204; rudimentary, in 

 male mammals, 11, 23, 157, 158; 

 supernumerary, in women, 35; of 

 male human subject, 35. 



Mammalia, Prof. Owen's classifi- 

 cation of, 144; genealogy of the, 

 153. 



Mammals, recent and tertiary, 

 comparison of cranial capacity 

 of, 53; nipples of, 157; pursuit of 

 female, by the males, 216; sec- 

 ondary sexual characters of, 496; 

 weapons of, 497; relative size of 

 the sexes of, 511; parallelism of, 

 with birds in secondary sexual 

 characters, 536; voices of, used 

 especially during the breeding 

 season, 562. 



Man, variability of, 25; erroneous- 

 ly regarded as more domesti- 

 cated than other animals, 27; 

 migrations of, 46; wide distribu- 

 tion of, 46; causes of the naked- 

 ness of, 55; supposed physical in- 

 feriority of, 61; a member of the 

 Catarrhine group, 151; early 

 progenitors of, 156; transition 

 from ape indefinite, 176; numer- 

 ical proportions of the sexes in, 

 210; difference between the sexes, 

 218; proportion of sexes amongst 

 the illegitimate, 239; different 

 complexion of male and female 

 negroes, 551; secondary sexual 

 characters of, 551; primeval 

 condition of, 588. 



Mandans, correlation of color and 

 texture of hair in the, 192. 



Mandible, left, enlarged in the 

 male of Taphroderes distortus, 

 274. 



Mandibles, use of the, in Ammo- 

 phila, 273; large, of Corydalis 

 cornutus, 273; large, of male Lu- 

 canus elaphus, 273. 



I.Iandrill, number of caudal verte- 

 brfe in the, 56; colors of the 

 male, 534, 536, 546. 



Mantegazza, Prof., on last molar 

 teeth of man, 20; bright colors 

 in male animals, 219; on the or- 

 naments of savages, 568 et seq. ; 

 on the beardlessness of the New 

 Zealanders, 575; on the exagger- 

 ation of natural characters by 

 man, 577. 



Man tell, W., on the engrossment 

 of pretty girls by the New Zea- 

 land chiefs, 590. 



Mantis, pugnacity of species of, 

 286. 



Maories, mortality of, 180; infanti- 

 cide and proportion of sexes, 253; 

 distaste for hairiness amongst 

 men, 575. 



Marcus Aurelius, on the origin of 

 the moral sense, 95; on the influ- 

 ence of habitual thoughts, 119. 



Mareca penelope, 409. 



Marks, retained throughout 

 groups of birds, 421. 



Marriage, restraints upon, among 

 savages, 44; influence of, upon 

 morals, 115; influence of, on 

 mortality, 136; development of, 

 584. 



Marriages, early, 134, 135; com- 

 munal, 582. 584. 



Marshall, Dr. W., protuberances 

 on birds' heads, 235, 378; on the 

 moulting of birds, 387; advant- 

 age to older birds of paradise, 

 480. 



, Col., Interbreeding amongst 



Todas, 184; infanticide and pro- 

 portion of sexes with Todas, 252; 

 choice of husbands amongst To- 

 ^ das, 588. 



, Mr., on the brain of a, 



Bushwoman, 163. 



Marsupials, 153; development of 

 the nictitating membrane in, 16; 

 uterus of, 37; possession of nip- 

 ples by, 158; their origin from 

 Monotremata, 160; abdominal 

 sacks of, 204; relative size of the 

 sexes of, 511; colors of, 529. 



Marsuplum, rudimentary, in male 

 marsupials, 157. 



Martin, W. C. L., on alarm man- 

 ifested by an orang at the sight 

 of a turtle, 71; on the hair in 

 Hylobates, 148; on a female 

 American deer, 510; on the voice 

 of Hylobates agilis, 523; on Sem- 

 nopithecus nem^us, 548. 



. , on the beards of the in- 

 habitants of St. Kllda, 555. 



Martins deserting their young, 

 104. 



, C, on death caused by in- 

 flammation of the vermiform 

 appendage, 20. 



Mastoid processes In man and 

 apes, 51. 



Maudsley, Dr., on the influence of 

 the sense of smell in man, 18; 

 on idiots smelling their food, 35; 

 on Laura Bridgman, 85; on the 

 development of the vocal or- 

 gans, 87; moral sense failing in 

 Incipient madness, 120; change 

 of mental faculties at puberty 

 in man, 560. 



Mayers, W. P., on the domestica- 

 tion of the goldfish in China, 

 339. 



