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INDEX 



Eyelaehea, eradication of, by the In- 

 dians of Paraguay, 747. 



Eyelids, colored black, in part of Africa, 

 739. 



Eyes, pillared, of the male of ChIo€on, 

 362 ; difierence in the color of, in the 

 sexes of birds, b49. 



Eyton, T. C, observations on the de- 

 yelopment of the horns in the fallow- 

 deer, 308. 



Eyzies, Les, human remaina from, 242. 



Fabre, M., on the habits of Ceroeris, 

 883. 



Facial bones, causes of modification of 

 the, 82. 



Faculties, diversity of, in the same race 

 of men, 47; inheritance of, 48; di- 

 versity of, in animals of the same 

 species, 50; mental, variation of, 

 in the same species, 96; of birds, 

 630. 



Fakirs, Indian, tortures undergone by, 

 161. 



Falco leucocephalus, 626. 



peregrinus, 527, 594. 



— — tinnunculus, 827. 



Falcon, peregrine, new mate found by, 

 527. 



Falconer, H., on the mode of fighting 

 of the Indian elephant, 663 ; on ca- 

 nines in a female deer, 634; on Hyo- 

 mosohuB aquations, 706. 



Falkland Islands, horses of, 241. 



Fallow-deer, different colored herds of, 

 698. 



Famines, frequency of, among savages, 

 70. 



Farr, Dr., on the structure of the 

 uterus, 60; on the effects of profli- 

 gacy, 185 ; on the influence of mar- 

 riage on mortality, 188. 



Farrar, F. W., on the origin of lan- 

 guage, 122; on the crossing or 

 blending of languages, 126; on the 

 absence of the idea of God in certain 

 races of men, 130; on early mar- 

 riages of the poor, 186; on the mid- 

 dle ages, 190. 



Fashions, long prevalence of, among 

 savages, 742, 751-752. 



Faye, Prof., on the nomerical propor- 



tion of male and female births in 

 Norway and Bussia, 319; on the 

 greater mortality of male children at 

 and before birth, 320. 



Feathers, modified, producing sounds, 

 488 et seq., 580; elongated, in male 

 birds, 496, 519 ; racket-shaped, 497 ; 

 barbless and with filamentous barbs 

 in certain birds, 498; shedding of 

 margins of, 608. 



Feeding, high, probable influence of, in 

 the pairing of birds of different spe- 

 cies, 537. 



Feet, thickening of the skin on the 

 soles of the, 55 ; modification of, iu 

 man, 77. 



Fells canaden^, throat-ruff of, 672. 



pardalis and F. mitis, sexual dif- 

 ferences in the coloring of, 690. 



Female, behavior of the, during court- 

 ship, 292-293. 



Female birds, differences of, 606. 



Females, presence of rudimentary male 

 organs in, 216; preference of, for 

 certain males, 283; pursuit of, by 

 males, 292 ; occurrence of secondary 

 sexual characters in, 297; develop- 

 ment of male characters by, 300. 



Females and males, comparative num- 

 bers of, 281, 284r-286; comparative 

 mortality of, while young, 285. 



Femur and tibia, proportions of, in the 

 Aymara Indians, 66. 



Fenton, Mr., decrease of Maories, 245; 

 infanticide among the Maories, 339. 



Ferguson, Mr., on the courtship (A 

 fowls, 539. 



Fertility lessened under changed condi- 

 tioES, 249. 



Fertilization, phenomena of, in plantB, 

 293 ; in the lower animals, 293. 



Fevers, immunity of Negroes and Mu- 

 lattoes from, 256. 



Fiber zibethicus, protective coloring of 

 the, 700. 



Pick, H., effect of conscription for mili- 

 tary service, 181. 



Fidelity of savages to one another, 160; 

 importance of, 169. 



Field-slaves, difference of, from house- 

 slaves, 260. 



Fijians, burying their old and sick par- 

 ents alive, 140; estimation of the 

 beard among the, 748; admiration 

 of, for a broad occiput, 750. 



