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INDEX. 



^f, 279 ; difierence in the sexes of, 

 290. 



Lice of domestic auimals and man, 

 169. 



Licentiousness, a check upon popula- 

 tion, 46 ; prevalence of, among 

 sfvvages, 119. 



Lichtenstein, on Chera progne, 41 9. 



Life, inheritance at corresponding 

 periods of, 228, 232. 



Light, effects on complexion, 32 ; in- 

 Huence of, upon the colours of 

 shells, 263. 



Lilford, Lord, the ruff attracted by 

 bright objects, 413. 



Limosa lapponicay 478. 



Linarm, 462. 



■ montana, 248. 



Lindsay, Dr. W. L., diseases commu- 

 nicated from animals to man, 7 ; 

 madness in animals, 79 ; the dog 

 considers his master his God, 96. 



Linnaeus, views of, as to the position 

 of man, 149. 



Linnet, numerical proportion of the 

 sexes in the, 248 ; crimson fore- 

 head and breast of the, 394 ; court- 

 ship of the, 401. 



Lion, polygamous, 218 ; mane of the, 

 defensive, 521 ; roaring of the, 526. 



Lions, stripes of young, 464. 



Lips, piercing of the, by savages, 575. 



Li'.hobiuSf prehensile appendages of 

 the female, 274. 



Lithosia, coloration in, 314. 



Littorina littorea^ 262. 



Livingstone, Dr., manner of sitting of 

 gorilla, 151 ; on the influence of 

 dampness and dryness on the colour 

 of the skin, 193 ; on the liability 

 of negroes to tropical fevers after 

 residence in a cold climate, 194; 

 on the spur-winged goose, 364 ; on 

 weaver-birds, 376 ; on an African 

 night-jar, 384, 403 ; on the battle- 

 scars of South African male mam- 

 mals, 500 ; on the removal of the 

 ttpper incisors by the Batokas, 575; 

 oa the perforation of the upper lip 

 by the Makalolo, 576 ; on the 

 Banyai, 579. 



Livonia, numerical proportion of male 

 and female births in, 215, 243. 



Lizards, relative size of the sexes 

 of, 354 ; gular pouches of, 354. 



Lloyd, L., on the polygamy of the 

 capercailzie and bustard, 219; ou 

 the numerical proportion of the 

 sexes m the capercailzie and black- 

 cock, 248 ; on the salmon, 333 ; 

 on the colours of the sea-scorpion, 

 337 ; on the pugnacity of male 

 grouse. 364; on the capercailzie 

 and black-cock, 366, 370 ; on th*^ 

 call of the capercailzie, 875 ; on 

 assemblages of grouse and snipes, 

 405 ; on the pairing of a shield- 

 drake with a common duck, 414 ; 

 on the battles of seals, 500 ; on the 

 elk, 507. 



Lobivanellus, wing-spurs in, 366. 



Local mfluences, effect of, upon sta- 

 ture, 31. 



Lockwood, Mr., on the development 

 oi Hippocampus, 163. 



-, Rev. S., musical mouse, 568. 



Locust, bright-coloured, rejected by 

 lizards and birds, 289. 



, migratory, 283 ; selection by 



female, 283. 



Locusts, proportion of sexes in, 254 ; 

 stridulation of, 284. 



LocustidiE, stridulation of the, 282, 

 284; descent of the, 285. 



Longicorn beetles, difference of the 

 sexes of, in colour, 294 ; stridula- 

 tion of, 303. 



Lonsdale, Mr., on an example of per 

 sonal attachment in Jlelix poniatia, 

 263. 



Lophobranchii, marsupial receptacles 

 of the males, 346. 



Lophophorus, habits of, 420. 



Lophorina atra, sexual difference in 

 coloration of, 491. 



Lopkornis ornatus, 387 



Lord, J. K., on Sabn-i iycaodon, 333. 



Lorv, King, 457 ; immature plumage 

 oiP the, 467. 



Love-antics and dances of birds, 380. 



Lowne, B. T., on Mv.$ca vomitoria, 

 54, 280. 



Loocia, characters of young of, 464. 



Lubbock, Sir J., on the antiquity of 

 man, 2 ; on the origin of man, 3 

 on the mental capacity of savages. 

 65 ; on the origin of implements, 

 82 ; on the simplification of Ian 

 guages, 92 ; on the absence of the 

 idea of God among certain racps ol 



