INDEX. 



655 



Parker, Mr., no bi:;^ cr reptile in 

 line of mammalian descent, 153. 



Parrot, racket-shaped featliers in 

 the tail of a, STO; instance of 

 benevolence in a, 406. 



Parrots, change of color in, 58; 

 imitative faculties of, 71; living 

 in triplets, 404; affection of, 405; 

 colors and nidiflcatlon of the, 

 449, 451, 452; immature plumage 

 of the, 461; colors of, 485; sex- 

 ual differences of color in, 489; 

 musical powers of, 565. 



Parthenogenesis in the Tenthre- 

 dinse, 251; in Cynipidae, 250; in 

 Crustacea, 251. 



Partridge, monogamous, 248; pro- 

 portion of the sexes in the, 243; 

 female, 465. 



" dances," 375, 400. 



Partridges, living in triplets, 404; 

 spring coveys of male, 404; dis- 

 tinguishing persons, 406. 



Parus caeruleus, 451. 



Passer, sexes and young of, 477. 



brachydactylus, 477. 



domesticus, 449, 477. 



montanus, 449, 477. 



Patagonians, self-sacrifice by, 



107; marriages of, 592. 

 Patterson, Mr., on the Agrionidae, 



288. 

 Patteson, Bishop, decrease of 



Melanesians, 181. 

 Paulistas of Brazil, 169. 

 Pavo cristatus, 230, 424. 



muticus, 230, 424; possession 



of spurs by the female, 360, 444. 



nigripennis, 413. 



Fayaguas Indians, thin legs and 

 thick arms of the, 31. 



Payan, Mr., on the proportion of 

 the sexes in sheep, 219. 



Peacock, polygamous, 214; sexual 

 characters of, 230; pugnacity of 

 the, 360; rattling of the quills 

 by, 371; elongated tail-coverts of 

 the, 379, 397; love of display of 

 the, 389, 425; ocellated spots of 

 the, 424; inconvenience of long 

 tail of the, to the female, 438, 

 445, 446; continued increase of 

 beauty of the, 480. 



butterfly, 309. 



Peafowl, preference of females 

 for a particular male, 413; first 

 advances made by the female, 



416. . , ., 



Pediculi of domestic animals and 



man, 166. 

 Pedigree of man, 161. 

 Pedlonomus torquatus, sexes of, 



469. 

 Peel, J., on horned sheep, 501. 

 Peewit, wing-tubercles of the 



male, 361. 

 Pelagic animals, transparency of, 



259. 

 Pele'canus erythrorhynchus.horny 



crest on the beak of the male, 



during the breeding season, 384. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus, spring 

 plumage of, 388. 



Pelele, an African ornament, 570. 



Pelican, blind, fed by his sompan- 

 ions, 99; young, guided by old 

 birds, 99; pugnacity of the male, 

 358. 



Pelicans, fishing in concert, 98. 



Pelobius Hermanni, stridulation 

 of, 300, 301. 



Pelvis, alteration of, to suit the 

 erect attitude of man, 51; differ- 

 ences of the, in the sexes in 

 man, 552. 



Penelope nigra, sound produced 

 by the male, 373. 



Pennant, on the battles of seals, 

 496; on the bladder-nose seal, 

 523. 



Penthe, antennal cushions of the 

 male, 273. 



Perch, brightness of male, during 

 breeding season, 336. 



Peregrine falcon, new mate found 

 by, 402. 



Period of variability, relation of, 

 to sexual selection, 235. 



Periodicity, vital, Dr. Laycock, 

 on, 8. 



Periods, lunar, followed by func- 

 tions in man and animals, 8, 160. 



of life. Inheritance at corre- 

 sponding, 223, 227. 



Perlsoreus canadensis, young of, 

 476. 



Peritrichia, difference of color in 

 the sexes of a sgecies of, 292. 



Periwinkle, 259. 



Pernis crlstata, 418. 



Perrier, M., on sexual selection, 

 205; on bees, 290. 



Perseverance, a characteristic of 

 man, 558. 



Persians, said to be improved by 

 intermixture with Georgians 

 and Circassians, 581. 



Personnat, M., on Bombyx Tam- 

 amai, 246. 



Peruvians, civilization of the, not 

 foreign, 141. 



Petrels, colors of, 489. 



Petrocincla cyanea, young of, 482. 



Petrocossyphus, 456. 



Petronia, 477. 



Pfeiffer, Ida, on Javan ideas of 

 beauty, 574. 



Phacochcerus Eethiopicus, tusks 

 and pads of, 515. 



Phalanger, Vulpine, black varie- 

 ties of the, 535. 



Phalaropus fulicarius, 471. 



hyperboreus, 471. 



Phanseus, 295. 



carnifex, variation of the 



horns of the male, 294. 



faunus, sexual differences 



of, 293. 



lanoifer. 



Phaseolarctus cinereus, taste for 

 rum and tobacco, 7. 



