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INDEX 



the contest in man between right and 

 wrong, 169; on the primitive civili- 

 zation of man, 193 ; on the plumage 

 of the male Argus pheasant, 513; 

 on Urosticte Benjamini, 5T0; on the 

 nests of birds, 584. 



Argynnis, coloring of the lower sur- 

 face of, 410^11. 



Aricoris epitus, sexual difEerences in 

 the wings of, 365. 



Aristocracy, increased beauty of the, 

 754. 



Arms, proportions oE, in soldiers and 

 sailors, 54; direction of the hair on 

 the, 203. 



. and hands, free use of, indirectly 



correlated with diminution of ca- 

 nines, 19. 



Arrests of development, 58. 



Arrowheads, stone, general resem- 

 blance of, 238. 



Arrows, use of, 238. 



Arteries, variations in the course of 

 the, 47. 



Artery, effect of tying, upon the lateral 

 channels, 53. 



Arlhropoda, 350. 



Arts, practiced by savages, 239. 



Ascension, colored incrustation on the 

 rocks of, 349. 



Ascidia, affinity of the lancelet to, 213 ; 

 tadpole-like larvse of, 213. 



Ascidians, 347 ; bright colors of some, 

 345. 



Asinus, Asiatic and African species of, 

 707. 



— — tcBniopus, 707. 



Ass, color variations of the, 707. 



Ateles, effects of brandy on an, 24; 

 absence of the thumb in, 76. 



ieelzebuth, ears of, 33. 



marginaius, color of the rufE of, 



694; hair on the head of, 709. 



AUuchus, stridulation of, 400. 



-, cicatrKosus, habits of, 393. 



Athalia, proportions of the sexes in, 

 336. 



Atropos pwlsatorius, 382. 



Attention, manifestations of, in ani- 

 mals, 105. 



Audouin, V., on a hymenopterous para- 

 site with a sedentary male, 292. 



Audubon, J. J., on the pinioned goose, 

 144; on the speculum of Mergus 

 cwyuUatwa, 311 ; on the pugnacity 

 of male birds, 469, 476; on Tei/rao 



cupido, 477; on Ardea nycticorax, 

 477; on SturneUa ludoviciana, ill; 

 on the vocal organs of Tetrao cupido, 

 483 ; on the drumming of the male 

 Tetrao umbeUus, 487 ; on sounds 

 produced by the night-jar, 488; on 

 Ardea herodias and Cathartes jota, 

 492; on Mimus polyglottus, 531 ; on 

 display in male birds, 508 ; on spring 

 change of color in some finches, 508 ; 

 recognition of a dog by a turkey, 

 532 ; selection of mate by female 

 birds, 537 ; on the turkey, 532, 540 ; 

 on variation in the male scarlet tan- 

 ager, 547; on the muskrat, 700; on 

 the habits of Pyranga cestiva, 584; 

 on local difEerences in the nests of 

 the same species of birds, 587 ; on 

 the habits of woodpeckers, 590; 

 on Bomhycilla carolinensis, 594; on 

 young females of Tyranga cestiva 

 acquiring male characters, 595; on 

 the immature plumage of thrushes, 

 599 ; on the immature plumage of 

 birds, 601 et seq.; on birds breed- 

 ing in immature plumage, 625 ; on 

 the growth of the crest and plumes 

 in \he raaXe Ardea ludoviciana, 626; 

 on the change of color in some spe- 

 cies of Ardea, 638. 



Audubon and Baohman, MM., on squir- 

 rels lighting, 646; on the Canadian 

 lynx, 672. 



Aughey, Prof., on rattlesnakes, 459. 



Austen, N. L., on Anolis cristatellus, 

 460-461. 



Australia, not the birthplace of man, 

 208; lice of the natives of, 227; 

 half-castes killed by the natives of, 

 228; prevalence of female infanti- 

 cide in, 762. 



, South, variation in the skulls of 



aborigines of, 46. 



Australians, color of newborn children 

 of, 718; relative height of the sexes 

 of, 720 ; women a cause of war among 

 the, 723. 



Axis deer, sexual difference in the color 

 of the, 693. 



Aymaras, measurements of the, 56-57 ; 

 no gray hair among the, 719; hair- 

 leasness of the face in the, 722; long 

 hair of the, 722. 



Azara, on the proportion of men and 

 women among the Guaranys, 321; 

 on Falamedea cornuta, 476; on the 



