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INDEX. 



Phasgonura viridissim&, strldula- 

 tion of, 282, 283. 



i*hasianus Scemmerringii. 440. 



versicolor, 391. 



Walllohii, 395, 466. 



Pheasant, polygamous, 215; and 

 black grouse, hybrids of, 409; 

 production of hybrids with the 

 common fowl, 414; immature 

 plumage of the, 461. 



Pheasant, Amherst, display of, 

 390. 



, Argus, 379, 456; display of 



plumage by the male, 392; ooel- 

 lated spots of the, 422, 428; grad- 

 ation of characters in the, 428. 



, Blood-, 360. 



, Cheer, 395, 467. 



, Eared, 230, 395, 467; length 



of the tall in the, 446; sexes 

 alike in the, 454. 



Golden, display of plumage 



by the male, 390; age of mature 

 plumage in the, 478; sex of 

 young, ascertained by pulling 

 out headfeathers, 478. 



, Ealij, drumming of the 



male, 371. 



, Reeve's, length of the tail 



In, 446. 



Silver, triumphant male, de- 



posed on account of spoiled plu- 

 mage, 413; sexual coloration of 

 the, 488. 



, Soemmerring's, 439, 446. 



, Tragopan, 377; display of 



plumage by the male, 392; mark- 

 ings of the sexes of the, 422. 



Pheasants, period of acquisition of 

 male characters in the family of 

 the, 230; proportion of sexes in 

 chicks of, 242; length of the tail 

 in, 439, 445, 446. 



Philters, worn by women, 572. 



Phoca grcenlandica, sexual differ- 

 ence in the coloration of, 530. 



Phoenlcura ruticilla, 403. 



Phosphorescence of insects, 275. 



Phryganidse, copulation of dis- 

 tinct species of, 272. 



Phryniscus nigricans, 345. 



Physical inferiority, supposed, of 

 man, 60, 61. 



Pickering, on the number of spe- 

 cies of man, 170. 



Pioton, J. A., on the soul of man, 

 607. 



Picus auratus, 358. 



major, 396. 



Pieris, 309, 315. 



Pigeon, female, deserting a 

 weakened mate, 210; carrier, late 

 development of the wattle in, 

 232; pouter, late development of 

 the crop in, 232; domestic, breeds 

 and sub-breeds of, 454. 



Pigeons, nestling, fed by the se- 

 cretion of the crop of both pa- 

 rents, 158; changes of plumage 

 In, 224; transmission of sexual 

 peculiarities In, 225; Belgian, 



with black-streaked males, 226, 

 233, 440; changing color after sev- 

 eral moultings, 233; numerical 

 proportion of the sexes in, 242; 

 cooing of, 370; variations In 

 plumage of, 380; display of plu- 

 mage by male, 396; local memory 

 of, 405; antipathy of female, to 

 certain males, 412; pairing of, 

 412; profligate male and female, 

 412; wing-bars and tail-feathers 

 of, 421; supposititious breed of, 

 439; pouter and carrier, peculiar- 

 ities of, predominant In males, 

 441; nidlflcation of, 447; Austra- 

 lian, 462; Immature plumage of 

 the, 461. 



Pigs, origin of the Improved 

 breeds of, 173; numerical propor- 

 tion of the sexes in, 241; stripes 

 of young, 458, 641; tusks of ml- 

 ocene, 516; sexual preference 

 shown by, 520. 



Pike, American, brilliant colors 

 of the male, during the breeding 

 season, 337. 



, reasoning powers of, 73; 



male, devoured by females, 244. 



Pike, 3L. O., on the psychical ele- 

 ments of religion, 93. 



Pimelia striata, sounds produced 

 by the female, 303. 



PInel, hairiness In Idiots, 35. 



Pintail, drake, plumage of, 388; 

 pairing with a wild duck, 409. 



. Duck, pairing with a wig- 

 eon, 409. 



Pipe-flsh, filamentous, 340; mar- 

 supial receptacles of the male, 

 342. 



Pipits, moulting of the, 386. 



Pipra, modified secondary wing- 

 feathers of male, 374. 



deliciosa, 374, 376. 



Pirates stridulus, strldulation of, 

 279. 



PItcairn island, half-breeds on, 

 186. 



Pithecia leuoocephala, sexual dif- 

 ferences of color In, 532. 



Satanas, beard of, 527, 628; 



resemblance of, to a negro, 598. 



Pits, suborbital, of Ruminants, 

 525. 



Pittldae, nidlflcation of, 447. 



Placentata, 163. 



Plaglostomous fishes, 327. 



Plain-wanderer, Australian, 469. 



Planarias, bright colors of some, 

 257. 



Plantain-eaters, colors and nidl- 

 flcation of the, 449; both sexes 

 of, equally brilliant, 453. 



Plants, cultivated, more fertile 

 than wild, 43; Nageli, on natural 

 selection In, 58; male flowers of, 

 mature before the female, 208; 

 phenomena of fertilization in, 

 218. 



Platalea, 370; change of plumage 

 in, 455. 



