INDEX. 



621 



ajjriim Ramfmrii, sexes of, 290. 



igrionidae, difference in the sexes of, 

 290. 



AgroiAs exclamationis, 316. 



.Vgue, tertian, dog suffering from, 8. 



AUhurus polytmus, young of, 487. 



Aiaos, hairiness of the, 560. 



Albino birds, 419. 



Aha tarda, young of, 486. 



Atces palmata, 513. 



Alder and Hancock, MM., on the 

 nudi-branch mollusca, 264, 



Allan, J. A., Hgour of birds earliest 

 hatched, 212, 213; effect of dif- 

 ference of temperature, light, &c., 

 on birds, 225 ; colours of birds, 

 +22 ; on the relative size of the 

 sexes of Oallorhinus Mrsmws, 515; 

 on the mane of Otaria jubata, 521 ; 

 on the pairing of seals, 523; on 

 sexual differences in the colour of 

 bats, 534. 



^— S., on the habits of JToplo- 

 pterus, 366 ; on the plumes of 

 herons, 391 ; on the vernal moult 

 of Herodias bubulcas, 393. 



Alligator, courtship of the male, 221, 

 331 ; roaring of the male, 567. 



Amadavat, pugnacity of male, 366. 



Amadina LatJiami, display of plumage 

 by the male, 402. 



castanotis, display of plumage 



by the male, 402. 



Amazons, butterflies of the, 250 ; 

 fishes of the, 343. 



America, variation in the skulls of 

 aborigines of, 26 ; wide range of 

 aborigines of, 169 ; lice of the 

 natives of, 170 ; general beardless- 

 ness of the natives of, 560. 



, North, butterflies of, 250; 



Indians of, women a cause of strife 

 among the, 561 ; Indians of, their 

 notions of female beauty, 577, 

 580. 



, South, character of the natives 



of, 168 ; population of parts of, 

 173 ; piles of stones in, 179 ; ex- 

 tinction of the fossil horse of, 191 ; 

 desert-birds of, 490 ; slight sexual 

 difference of the aborigines of, 561 ; 

 J>revalence of infanticide in, 592. 



.^m'^rican languages, often highly 

 artificial, 91. 



Americans, wide geographical range 



of, 29; native, variability of, 174; 



and negroes, difference of, 197 ; 



aversion of, to hair on the face, 580. 

 Ammophila, on the jaws of, 275. 

 Ammotragus tragelaphus, hairy forev 



legs of, 531, 533. 

 Amphibia, affinity of, to the ganoid 



fishes, 159 ; vocal organs of the, 



566. 

 Amphibians, 165, 348 ; breeding 



whilst immature, 485 

 Amphioxus, 159. 

 Amphipoda, males sexually mature 



while young, 485. 

 Amunoph III., negro character of 



features of, 168. 

 Anal appendages of insects, 275. 

 Analogous variation in the plumiige of 



birds, 385. 

 Anas, 462. 



acuta, male plumage of, 393. 



boschas, male plumage of, 393 



histrionica, 484. 



punctata, 374. 



Anast07nus oscitans, sexes and young 



of, 486 ; white nuptial plumage of, 



492. 

 Anatidse, voices of, 374. 

 Anax Junius, differences in the sexee 



of, 290. 

 Andaman islanders, susceptible u> 



change of climate, 188. 

 Anderson, Dr., on the tail of Macacus 



bmnncus, 59 ; the Bufo sikimmen- 



sis, 349 ; sounds of Mchis arinata, 



353. 

 Andrcena fulva, 292. 

 Anglo-Saxons, estimation of the beard 



among the, 581. 

 Animals, domesticated, more fertile 



than wild, 45 ; cruelty of savages 



to, 1 18 ; characters common to 



man and, 146 ; domestic, change of 



hreeds of, 596. 

 Annelida, 264 ; colours of, 265. 

 Anobium tesscllatum, sounds produced 



by, 306. 

 AnoUs cristatellus, male, crest of, 354 ; 



pugnacity of the male, 354 ; throat- 

 pouch of, 354. 

 Anser canadensis, 416. 

 cugnoides, 415 ; knob at the has* 



of the beak of, 426. 



hyperboreus, whiteness of, 492 



Antelope, prong-horned, horn.s of, 2S4 



