INDEX. 



62J 



Ardeola^ young of, 468. 



Ardetta, changes of plumage in, 461. 



Argenteuil, 22. 



Argus pheasant, 384, 403, 462 ; dis- 

 phiy of plumage by the male, 898 ; 

 ocellated spots of the, 428; grada- 

 tion of characters in the, 434. 



Ai'gyll, Duke of, on the physical 

 weakness of man, 63 ; the fashion- 

 ing of implements peculiar to man, 

 82 ; on the contest in man between 

 right and wrong, 125 ; on the pri- 

 mitive civilisation of man, 143 ; on 

 the plumage of the male Argus 

 pheasant, 398 ; on Urosticte Bea- 

 yammz, 442, 443 ; on the nests of 

 birds, 453. 



A^gynnis, colouring of the lower sur- 

 face of, 314, 



Aricoris epitus, sexual differeuces in 

 the wings of, 277. 



Aristocracy, increased beauty of the, 

 586. 



Arms, proportions of^in soldiers and 

 sailors, 32 ; direction of the hair on 

 the, 151. 



■ and hands, free use of, indi- 

 rectly corrtlated with diminution 

 of canines, 53. 



Arrest of development, 35, 36. 



Arrow-heads, stone, genei*al resem- 

 blance of, 179. 



Arrows, use of, 179. 



Arteries, variations in the course of 

 the, 26. 



Artery, effect of tying, upon the 

 lateral channels, 32. 



Arthropoda, 265. 



Arts practised by savages, 179. 



Ascension, coloured incrustation on 

 the rocks of, 263. 



Ascidia, affinity of the lancelet to, 

 159; tadpole-like larvje of, 159. 



Ascidinns. 262 j bright colours of 

 some, 2l>0. 



Aslnus, Asiatic and African species of, 

 648. 



. tceniopus, 548. 



Ass, colour-variations of the, 547. 



Ateles, effects of brandy on au, 7 ; 

 absence of the thumb in, 51. 



• beelzehuth, ears of, 15. 



■ marginatus, colour of the i"uff 



of, 537 ; hair on the head of, 549. 



Ateuchiis^ stridulation of, 306. 



AteuchnSj cicatricosus^ habits of, 300. 



Athalia, proportions of the sexes in, 

 254. 



Atropus pulsatorius, 291. 



Attention, manifest£.tions of, in ani- 

 mals, 73. 



Audouiii, v., on a hymenopterous pa- 

 rasite with a sedentary male, 221. 



Audubon, J. J., on the pinioned goose, 

 105; on the speculum of Mergus 

 cucullatus, 236 ; on the pugnacity 

 of male birds, 362, 366 ; on Tetrao 

 cupidOj 367 ; on Ardea nijctlcorajc, 

 368 ; on Stumella ludoviciana, 368 : 

 on the vocal organs of Tetrao 

 cupido, 371; on the drumming of 

 the male Tetrao umbellus, 375 ; on 

 sounds produced by the nightjar, 

 376; on Ardea herodias and Cath- 

 artes jota, 380 ; on Mimus pol//- 

 glottuSf 393 ; on display in male 

 birds, 394; on the spring change of 

 ' colour in some finches, 394 ; recog- 

 nition of a dog by a turkey, 412 ; 

 selection of mate by female birds, 

 416 ; on the turkey, 411, 412, 419 ; 

 on variation in the male scarlet 

 tanager, 424 ; on the musk-rat, 

 542 ; on the habits of Fi/ran'/a 

 (EStiva, 453; on local differences in 

 the nests of the same species of 

 bird;', 456 ; on the habits of wood- 

 peckers, 458 ; on Bombi/ci'la caro- 

 linensiSf 461 ; on young females of 

 Tyranga CEstiva acquiring male cha- 

 racters, 462 ; on the immature 

 plumage of thrushes, 464; on the 

 immature plumage of birds, 465 et 

 SG}. ; on birds breeding in immature 

 plumage, 484; on the growth of 

 the crest and plumes in the male 

 Ardea ludoviciana, 485; on the 

 change of colour in some species of 

 Ardea, 494 



Audubon and Bachman, M.M., on 

 squirrels fighting, 500 ; on the 

 Canadian lynx, 521. 



Aughey, Prof, on rattlesnakes, 353. 



Austen, H.L., on Anolis cristateliiis, 

 354. 



Australia, not the birthplace of man, 

 155 ; half-castes Killed by the 

 natives of, 170; lice of the natives 

 of, 170; prevalence of female (»• 

 l^nticitle in. 592. 



