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COSMETOBNIS, 



INDEX. 



OTANECDLA. 



Cosinetomis vexitlarius, elongation of 

 wiug-feathers in. SS4, 403. 



Uotingidse, sexunl differences in, 219 ; 

 coloration of the sexes of, 460 ; re- 

 semblance of the females of distinct 

 species of, 470. 



Cottus scorpius, sexual differences in, 

 337. 



Coulter, Dr., on the Califoruian In- 

 dians, 258. 



Counting, origin of, 144 ; limited 

 power of, in primeval man, 180. 



Courage, rariability of, in the same 

 species, 69 ; universal high appre- 

 ciation of, 118; importance of, 

 1 30 ; characteristic of men, 564. 



Courtship, greater eagerness of males 

 in, 221 ; of fishes, 331, 341 ; of 

 bii-ds, 367, 405. 



Cow, winter change of colour, 542. 



Crab, devil, 269. 



, shore, habits of, 268. 



Crabro cribrarms, dilated tibias of the 

 male, 276. 



Crabs, proportions of the sexes in, 

 255. 



Cranz, on the inheritance of dexterity 

 in seal catching, 33. 



Crawfurd, on the number of species 

 of man, 174. 



Crenilabnts massa and C melops, nests 

 built by, 345. 



Crest, origin of, in Polish fowls, 231. 

 .Crests, of birds, difference of, in the 

 sexes, 467 ; dorsal hairy, of mam- 

 mals, 530. 



Cricket, field-, stridulation of the, 

 283 ; pugnacity of male, 289. 



, house-, stridulation of the 

 283, 284. 



Crickets, sexual differences in, 289. 



Crioceridse, stridulation of the, 302. 



Crinoids, complexity of, 91. 



Cloaking of frogs, 350. 



Crocodiles, musky odour of, during 

 the breeding season, 351. 



Crocodilia, 351. 



Crossbills, characters of young, 464. 



Crosses in man, 173. 



Crossing of races, effects of the, 192. 



CrossoptUon auritwm, 400, 452, 472 ; 

 adornment of both sexes of, 235 ; 

 sexes alike in, 460. 



Orotch. G. R., on the stridtilation of 

 beetles, 302, 304 ; on .he stridu- 



lation of Heliopathea, 305; on th« 

 stridulation of Analles, 306 ; habit 

 of female deer at breeding time, 503. 



Crow Indians, long hair of the, 580. 



, young of the, 481. 



Crows, 491 ; vocal organs of the, 370 ; 

 living in triplets, 409. 



, carrion, new mates found by, 



407. 



, Indian, feeding their blind com- 

 panions, 103. 



Cruelty of savages to animals, 118. 



Crustacea, parasitic, loss of limbs by 

 female, 208; prehensile feet and 

 antennse of, 209 ; male, more active 

 than female, 221 ; parthenogenesis 

 in, 255 ; secondary sexual charac- 

 ters of, 265 ; amphipod, males 

 sexually mature while young, 485 ; 

 auditory hairs of, 568. 



Crystal worn in the lower lip by some 

 Central African women, 575. 



Cuckoo fowls, 238. 



Culicida:, 208, 280 ; attracted by each 

 other's humming, 280, 



CuUen, Dr., on the throat-pouch of 

 the male bustard, 373. 



Cultivation of plants, probable origin 

 of, 133. 



Cupples, Mr., on the numerical pro- 

 portion of the sexes in dogs, sheep, 

 and cattle, 246 ; on the Scotch 

 deerhound, 516 ; on sexual pre- 

 ference in dogs, 524. 



Curculionidse, sexual difference in 

 length of snout in some, 208 ; 

 hornlike processes in male, 299 ; 

 musical, 301, 302. 



Curiosity, manifestations of, by ani- 

 mals, 71. 



Curlews, double moult in, 390. 



Cursores, comparative absence of 

 sexual differences among the, 219. 



Curtis, J., on the proportion of the 

 sexes in Atkalia, 254. 



Cuvier, F., on the recognition of 

 women by male quadrumana, 8. 



, G., on the number of caudal 



vertebree in the mandrill, 58 ; on 

 instinct and intelligence, 67 ; views 

 of, as to the position of man, 149 ; 

 on the position of the seals, 150 ; 

 on Jlectocotyle, 263. 



Ci/aneoula sueoicOj sexu.il diff*';^;^ 

 of, 472. 



