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INDEX. 



Denison, Sir W., manner of riJdiug 

 themselves of vermin among the 

 Australians, 57 ; extinction of Tas- 

 manians, 1 84-. 

 Denny, H., on the lice of domestic 

 animals, 169. 



Demiestes murinus, stridulation of, 

 302. 



Descent traced through the mother 

 alone, 588. 



Deserts, protective colouring of ani- 

 mals inhabiting, 489. 



Desmarest, on the absence of sub- 

 orbital pits in Antilope snJyguttu- 

 rosa, 529 ; on the whiskers of 

 Macacus, 531 ; on the colour of 

 the opossum, 534 ; on the colours 

 of the sexes of Mus minutus, 534 ; 

 on the colouring of the ocelot, 53+ ; 

 on the colours of seals, 535 ; on 

 Antilope caama, 536 ; on the 

 coiuurs of goats, 536; on sexual 

 difference of colour in Aides mar- 

 ginatus, 537 ;" on the mandrill, 

 539 ; on Macacus cynomolgus, 558. 



Dcsmoulins, on the number of species 

 of man, 174 ; on the musk-deer, 

 530. ' 



Desor, on the imitation of .man by 

 monkeys, 72. 



Despine, P., on criminals destitute of 

 conscience, 1 16. 



Development, embryonic, of man, 9, 

 11 ; correlated, 426. 



Devil, not believed in by the Fue- 

 gians, 95. 



Devil -crab, 269. 



Devonian, fossil insect from the, 289. 



Dewlaps, of cattle and antelopes, 531. 



Diadema, sexual diiferences of colour- 

 ing in the species of, 309. 



Diamond-beetles, bright colours of, 

 294. 



Diastema, occurrence of, in man, 35. 



Diastyiidae, proportion of the sexes in, 

 255. 



DicruruSj racket-shaped feathers in, 

 384; nidification of, 453. 



— macrocercusy change of plumage 

 in, 461. 



Vkielphis opossum^ sexual difference 

 in the colour of, 533. 



Differences, comparative, between dif- 

 ferent species of birds of -he same 

 sex. 470. 



Digits, supernumerary, more frequent 

 in men than in women, 223 ; super- 

 numerary, inheritance of, 232; 

 supernumerary, early devel pment 

 of, 237. 



Dimorphism in females of water- 

 beetles, 276 ; in JS'curothcmis and 

 Agrion, 291, 



Diodorus, on the absence of beard ili 

 the natives of Ceylon, 560. 



Dipeiicus Cantori, sexual difi*erence» 

 of, 296. 



Diplopoda, prehensile limbs of the 

 male, 274. 



Dipsas cynodon, sexual difference io 

 the colour of, 351. 



Diptera, 280. 



Disease, generated by the contact of 

 distinct peoples, 183. 



Diseases common to man and the 

 lower animals, 7 ; difference of 

 liability to, in different races of 

 men, 167 ; new, effects of, upon 

 savages, 182 ; sexually limited, 

 237, 



Display, coloration of Lepidoptera 

 for, 314 ; of plumage by male 

 birds, 394, 402. 



Distribution, wide, of man, 48 ; geo- 

 graphical, as evidence of specific 

 distinctness in man, 169. 



Disuse, effects of, in producing rudi- 

 mentary organs, 12; and use of 

 parts, effects of, 32 ; of parts, in- 

 fluence of, on the races of men, 197, 



Divorce, freedom of, among the Char- 

 ruas, 598. 



Dixon, E. S., on the pairing of different 

 species of geese, 415 ; on the court- 

 ship of peafowl, 419. 



Dobrizhoffer, on the marriage-castom? 

 of the Abipones, 599. 



Dobson, Dr., on the Cheiroptera, 218; 

 scent-glands of bats, 529 ; fru* 

 givorous bats, 534. 



Dogs, suffering from Tertian ague, 8 ; 

 memory of, 74; dreaming, 74; 

 diverging when drawing sledges 

 over thin ice, 75; exercise of reason- 

 ing faculties by, 78 ; domestic, pro- 

 gress of, in moral qualities, 80; 

 distinct tones uttered by, 84 ; 

 parallelism between his affection for 

 his master and religious feeling, 96 ; 

 sociability of the, luO; sTmpaxhvof, 



