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INDEX 



Leptalides, mbnloiy fd, 433. 



Leptorhynchoa angnstatus, pugnacity 

 (A male, 392. 



Leptara testacea, cUfCerence of color in 

 the sexes of, 386. 



Leroy, on the wariness of young foxes 

 in hunting districts, 114; on the de- 

 sertion of their young by swallows, 

 147. 



Leslie, D., marriage-customs of Eafflra, 



in. 



Lesse, valley of the, 41. 



Lesson, on the birds of paradise, 289, 

 620 ; on the sea-elephant, 682. 



Lessona, M., observations on Serranus, 

 216. 



Lethrus cephalotes, pugnacity of the 

 males of, 389, 393. 



Leuckart, R., on the veaicula pros- 

 tatica, 43; on the influence of the 

 age of parents on the sex of ofE- 

 spring, 322. 



Levator claviculae, muscle, 65. 



Libellula deprossa, color of the male, 

 381. 



Libellulidse, relative size of the sexes 

 of, 361 ; difference in the sexes of, 

 380. 



Lice of domestic animals and man, 

 227. 



Licentiousness, a check upon popula- 

 tion, 71; prevalence of, among sav- 

 ages, 162. 



Lichtenstein, on Chera progne or 

 widow-bird, 541. 



Life, inheritance at corresponding peri- 

 ods of, 301, 306. 



Light, effects on complexion, 63; in- 

 fluence of upon the colors of shells, 

 348. 



Lilford, Lord, the ruff attracted by 

 bright objects, 633. 



Limosa lapponica, 616. 



Linaria, 696. 



• montana, 327. 



Lindsay, Dr. W. L.; diseases commu- 

 nicated from animals to man, 23; 

 madness in animals, 112; the dog 

 considers his master his god, 133. 



Linnseus, views of, as to the position 

 of man, 200. 



Linnet, numerical proportion of the 

 sexes in the, 327 ; crimson forehead 

 and breast of the, 509 ; courtship of 

 the, 617. 



Lion, polygunous, 388; mane cf the^ 

 defensive, 673; roaring of the, 680. 



Idons, stripes of young, 698. 



Lips, piercing of the, by savages, 741. 



Lithobius, prehensile appendages of 

 the female, 361. 



Lithosia, coloration in, 410. 



Littorina littorea, 347. 



Livingstone, Dr., manner of sitting of 

 gorilla, 203; on the influence of 

 dampness and dryness on the odor 

 of the skin, 266 ; on the liability of 

 negroes to tropical fevers after red- 

 dence in a cold climate, 267 ; on the 

 spur- winged goose, 476; on weaver- 

 birds, 488 ; on an African night- jar, 

 497, 619; on the battle-scars of 

 South African male mammals, 646; 

 on the removal of the upper incisors 

 by the Batokas, 740 ; on the perfora- 

 tion of the upper lip by the Makalolo, 

 741 ; on the Banyai, 745-746. 



Livonia, numerical proportion of male 

 and female births in, 284, 320. 



Lizards, relative size of the sexes o^ 

 460; gular pouches of, 464. 



Lloyd, £., on the polygamy of the 

 capercailzie and bustard, 289; oa 

 the numerical proportion of the 

 sexes in the capercailzie and black- 

 cock, 326; on the salmon, 436; on 

 the colors of the sea-scorpion, 439; 

 on the pugnacity of male grouse^ 

 474; on the capercailzie and black- 

 cock, 476, 481; on the call of fte 

 capercailzie, 486; on assemblages of 

 grouse and snipes, 524; on the pair- 

 ing of a shield-drake with a common 

 duck, 636; on the liattles of seals, 

 647 ; on the elk, 666. 



Lobivanellus, wing-spurs in, 475. 



Local influences, effect of, upon stat- 

 ure, 52. 



Lockwood, Mr., on the development 

 of Hippocampus, 218. 



, Bev. S., account of a musical 



mouse by, 731. 



Locust, bright-colored, rejected by lia- 

 ards and birds, 381. 



, migratory, 372; selection by fe- 

 male, 373. 



Locusts, proportion of sexes in, 338; 

 stridulation of, 373. 



Locustidte, stridulation of the, 373-375; 

 descent of the, 376. 



