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INDEX. 



MOaQBlDQE. 



Uaynard, C J , on the sexes of Chry^ 



semija picta, 351. 

 Meckel, on correlated v.iriation of the 



muscles of the arm and leg, 44. 

 Medicines, effect produced by, the 



same in man and in monkeys, 7. 

 Medmw, bright colours of some, 260. 

 Megalithic structures, prevalence of, 



179. 

 ilegapicKS valiJus, sexual difference 



of colour in, 458. 

 Megasoma, large size of males of, 



279. 

 Meigs, Dr. A., on variation in the 

 slsuUs of the natives of America, 

 26. 

 Meinecke, on the numerical propor-- 

 tion of the sexes in butterflies, 

 250. 

 Melanesians, decrease of, 185. 

 Meldola, Mr., colours and marriage 



ilight of Oolias and Pieris, 319. 

 Meliphagidse, Australian, nidification 



of, 454. 

 Melita, secondary sexual characters 



of, 268. 

 Meloe, difTerence of colour in the 



sexes of a species of, 294. 

 Memory, manifestations of, in ani- 

 mals, 74. 

 Memnon, young, 168. 

 Mental characters, difference of, in 

 different races of men, 167. 



' faculties, diversity of, in the 



same race of men, 26 ; inheritance 

 of, 27 ; variation of, in the same 

 species, 27, 66 ; similarity of the 

 in different races of man, 178 ; of 

 birds, 410. 



■ powers, difference of, in the 



two sexes in man, 563. 

 Uermra Alberti, 406 ; song of, 371. 



superba, 406 ; long tails of both 



sexes of, 451. 

 Mer.ianser, trachea of the male, 



374. 

 — serrator, male plumage of, 393. 

 iJergus oucullatus, speculum of, 236. 

 _ __ merganser, young of, 467. 

 Hetallwa, splendid tail-feathers of, 



443. 

 Methova ichneUTnonides, large male of, 



279. 

 Vfeves, M., on the drumming of th* 

 taipe, 377. 



Mexicans, civilisation of tbe. Dot 



foreign, 145. 

 Meyer, on a convoluted body at the 

 extremity of the tail in a Macacui 

 and a cat, 23. 



, Dr. A., on the copulation o* 



Phryganidte of distinct species, 275. 



, Prof. li., on development ol 



helix of ear, 15, 16; men's errs 

 more variable than women's, 224 ; 

 antennse serving as ears, 280. 

 Migrations of man, effects of, 47. 

 Migratoi-y instinct of birds, 105; 

 vanquishing the maternal, 1U7, 

 113. 

 Mill, J. S., on the origin of the moral 

 sense, 98 ; on the " greatest hap- 

 piness principle," 120; on the dif- 

 ference of the mental powers in 

 the sexes of man, 564. 

 Millipedes, 274. 



Milne-Edwards, H., on the use of the 

 enlarged chelffi of the male Gelasi' 

 mus, 267. 

 MUvago leucurus, sexes and ) ^ung of, 



479. 

 Mimicry, 323. 

 Miinus polggluttus, 411. 

 Mind, difference of, in man and the 

 highest animals, 126 ; similarity 

 of the, in different races, 178. 

 Minnow, proportion of the sexes in 



the, 249. 

 Mirror, larks attracted by, 413. 

 Mitchell, Dr., interbreeding iu the 



Hebrides, 189. 

 Mitford, selection of children in 



Sparta, 29. 

 Mivart, St. George, on the reduction 

 of organs, 12 ; on the ears of the 

 lemuroidea, 15 ; on variability ol 

 the muscles in lemuroidea, 41, 48 ; 

 on the caudal vertebra; of monkeys, 

 58 ; on the classification of tlte 

 primates, 153 ; on the ornng and 

 on man, 154; on differences in t.'ie 

 lemuroidea, 155 ; on the crest ot 

 the male newt, 348. 

 Mobius, Prof., on reasoning powers 



in a pike, 75. 

 Mocking-thrush, partial migration of, 



411 ; young of the, 487. 

 Modifications, linsei'viceable, 62. 

 I Moggridge, J. T., on habits of spiders 

 I 63 ; on habits of ants, 147. 



