668 



PEREORWIE. 



INDEX. 



Peregfine falcon, new mate found by, 



408. 

 Period of variability, relation of, lo 



sexual selection, 240. 

 Periodicity, vital, Dr. Laycock, on, 8. 

 Periods, lunar, followed by functions 



in man and animals, 8, 164. 

 ■ of life, inheritance at corre* 



spondmg, 228, 232, 

 Perisoreus canadensis, young of, 481. 

 Peritnohia, dififereuce of colour in the 



sexes of a species of, 294. 

 l*i'riwinkle, 262. 

 Pernis cristata^ 424. 

 Perrier, M., on sexual selection, 210 ; 



on bees, 292. 

 Perseverance, a characteristic of man, 



564. 

 Persians, said to be improved by in- 

 termixture with Georgians andCii-- 



cassians, 586. 

 Personnat, M., on Bomhyx Yamamai, 



251. 

 Peruvians, civilisation of the, not 



foreign, 145, 

 Petrels, colours of, 493. 

 Pctrocincla cyanea, young of, 487. 

 PetrocossyphuSf 461. 

 Petronia, 483. 

 PfeifFer Ida, on Javan ideas of beauty, 



680. 

 Phacoclioerus mthiopicus, tusks and 



pads of, 519. 

 Phalanger, Vulpine, black varieties of 



the, 539. 

 Phalaropus fulkarius, 476. 



hyperboreusj 476. 



P/iancBus, 298. 



■' '-■ camifexy variation of the horns 



of the male, 297, 



faunus, sexual differences of, 



296. 



landfer^ 295. 



Phaseoiarctus cinei^eus, taste for rura 



and tobacco, 7. 

 Phasgonura viridissima, stridulation 



of," 284, 285. 

 Phasianus Scemmerringii^ 446. 

 versicolor, 396. 



Wallichii, 400, 472. 



Pheasant, polygamous, 219 ; and black 



grouse, hybrids of, 414 ; production 

 of hybrids with the common fowl, 

 420 immature [>lumage of the, 

 466. 



Pheasant, Amherst, display of, 396, 



, Argus, 334, 462 ; ' display o( 



plumage by the male, 398 ; ocel- 

 lat^d spots of the 428, 434 ; grada* 

 tion of characters in the, 434. 



, Blood-, 364. 



, Cheer, 400, 472. 



, Eared, 235, 400, 472 ; leDgtb 



of the tail in the, 452 ; sejces aUk« 

 in the, 460. 



, Golden, display of plumnge 



by the male, 396 ; age of mature 

 plumage in the, 483 ; sex of young, 

 ascertained by pulling out htiad- 

 feathers, 484. 



, Kalij, drumming of the male, 



375. 



, Reeve*s, length of the tail iu, 



452. 



, Silver, triumphimt male, de- 



pofed on account uf spoiled plu- 

 mage, 419 ; sexual coloration of the, 

 492. 



, Scemmerring's, 445, 452. 



, Tragopan, 383 ; display of 



plumage by the male, 397 ; mark- 

 ings of the sexes of the, 428. 



Pheasants, period of acquisition of male 

 characters in the family of the, 

 235 ; proportion of sexes in chicks 

 of, 247 ; length of the tail in, 445, 

 451, 452. 



Philters, worn by women, 577. 



Piwca grcenlandicay sexual difl'ereuce 

 in the coloration of, 535. 



Phcenicura rutidUa, 408. 



Phosphorescence of insects, 277. 



Phryganidse, copulation of distinct 

 species of, 275. 



Phryniscus nigricans, 349. 



Physical inferiority, supposed, of man, 

 64. 



Pickering, on the number of species 

 of man, 174. 



Picton, J. A., on the soul of man, 613. 



Picus auratuSj 362. 



major f 402. 



PieriSy 312 ,319. 



Pigeon, female, deserting a weakened 

 mate, 214 ; carrier, late develop- 

 ment of the wattle in, 238 • 

 pouter, late development of the 

 crop in, 238; domestic, breeds and 

 sub-breeds of, 460. 



Pigeons, nestling, fed by the secretidi. 



