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INDEX. 



natives of, of tlicir extinction, 191; 

 practice of tattooing in, 576 ; aver- 

 sion of natives cf, to hairs on tlie 

 face,- 581; pretty girls engrossed 

 by the chiefs in, 595. 



Newton, A., on the throat-pouch of 

 the male bustard, 373 ; on the dif- 

 ference between the females of two 

 species of Oxynotus, 470 ; on the 

 habits of the Fhalarope, dotterel, 

 and godwit, 477. 



Newts, 348. 



Nicholson, Dr., on the non-immunity 

 of dark Europeans from yellow 

 fever, 195. 



Nictitating membrane, 17, 161. 



Nidihcatiou, of fishes, 344 ; relation 

 of, to colour, 453, 456 ; of British 

 birds, 454. 



Night-heron, cries of the, 368. 



Nightingale, arrival of the male 

 before the female. 212; object of 

 the song of the, 368. 



Nightingales, new mates found by 

 408. 



Nightjar, selection of a mate by the 

 female, 416 ; Australian, sexes of 

 479 ; coloration of the, 491. 



Nightjars, noise made by some male, 

 with their wings, 376 ; elongated 

 feathers in, 384, 403. 



Nilghau, sexual differences of colour 

 in the, 535. 



Nilsson, Prof., on the resemblance of 

 stone arrow-heads from various 

 places, 179 ; on the development of 

 the horns in the reindeer, 234. 



Nipples, absence of, in Monotremata, 

 162. 



Nitsche, Dr., ear of fietal orang, 17. 



Nitzsch, C. L., on the down of birds, 

 390. 



Noctua;, brightly-coloured beneath, 

 315. 



Noctuidse, color.ition of, 313. 



Nomadic habits, unfavourable to 

 human progress, 133. 



ttordmann. A., on Tetrao urogalloides, 

 405. 



Norfolk island, half-breeds on. 190. 



Norway, numerical proportion of male 



and female births in, 243. 

 Nose, resemblance of, in man and the 

 apes, 153; piercing and ornamen- 

 tatioD i)f the, 575 ; very flat, not 



admired in negroes, 582 ; flattening 

 of the, 583. 



Nott and Gliddon, on the features of 

 Sameses II., 168 ; on the features 

 of Amunoph III., 168 ; on skulls 

 from Brazilian caves, 168 ; on the 

 immunity of negroes and mulattoea 

 from yellow fever, 193 ; on the de- 

 formation of the skull among Ame- 

 rican tribes, 583. 



Novara, voyage of the, suicide in New 

 Zealand, 117. 



Nudibranch Mollusca, bright colours 

 of, 264. 



Numerals, Roman, 144; origin of, 

 264. 



Nunemaya, natives of, bearded, 349, 

 560. 



Nut-hatch of Japan, intelligence ofi 

 410. 



Obedience, value of, 130. 

 Observation, powers of, possessed bv 



birds, 411. 

 Occupations, sometimes a cause of 

 diminished stature, 31; effect of, 

 upon the proportions of the body, 

 31. 

 Ocelli, absence of, in female Mutii- 



lidai, 274. 

 of birds, formation and vari- 

 ability of the, 427. 

 Ocelot, sexual differences in the colour- 

 ing of the, 534. 

 Ocyyphaps luphotes, 402. 

 Odonata, 254. 

 Odonestis potatoria, sexual difference 



of colour in, 316. 

 Odour, correlation of, with colour of 

 skin, 197 ; emitted by snakes in 

 the breeding-season, 352 ; of mam- 

 mals, 528. 

 (Ecanthus nivalis, difference of colour 

 in the sexes of, 289. 



pellucidus, 289. 



Ogle, Dr. W., relation between colour 



and power of smell, 18. 

 Oidemiay 491. 

 Olivier, on sounds produced by 



Fimelia striata, 306. 

 Omaloplia bntnnea, stridulation of, 



303. 

 Onitis furcifcr, processes of antcriol 



