INDEX 



839 



Males, presence of rudimentary female 

 organs in, 217. 



and females, comparative numbers 



of, 281, 284; comparative mortality 

 of, while young, 285. 



Mallierbe, on the woodpeckers, 590. 



Mallotus peronii, 432. 



viUosus, 432. 



Malthus, 1., on the rate of increase of 

 population, 68-70. 



Maluridse, nidiflcation of the, 686. 



Malurus, young of, 626. 



Mammse, 275; rudimentary, in male 

 mammals, 28, 43, 216, 217, 218; 

 supernumerary, in women, 69; of 

 male human subject, 59. 



Mammalia, Prof. Owen's classiflcatioa 

 of, 198 ; genealogy of the, 211. 



Mammals, recent and tertiary, com- 

 parison of cranial capacity of, 80; 

 nipples of, 217; pursuit of female, 

 by the males, 291 ; secondary sexual 

 characters of, 646 ; weapons of, 647 ; 

 relative size of the sexes of, 665-666 ; 

 parallelism of, with birds in second- 

 ary sexual characters, 699; voices 

 of, -used especially during the breed- 

 ing season, 730. 



Man, variability of, 46; erroneously 

 regarded as more domesticated than 

 other animals, 49; migrations of, 

 72; wide distribution of, 72; causes 

 of the nakedness of, 83; supposed 

 physical inferiority of, 91 ; a mem- 

 ber of the Oatarrhine group, 208; 

 early progenitors of, 214; transi- 

 tion from ape indefinite, 240; nu- 

 merical proportions of the sexes in, 

 284; difference between the sexes, 

 295 ; proportion of sexes among the 

 illegitimate, 321; drSerent complex- 

 ion of male and female negroes, 716- 

 717; secondary sexual characters of, 

 716; primeval condition of, 764. 



Mandans, correlation of color and text- 

 ure of hair in the, 261. 



Mandible, left, enlarged in the male of 

 Taphroderes distortus, 364-365. 



Mandibles, use of the, in Ammophila, 

 363; large, of Corydalis comutas, 

 363; large, of male Lncanus ela- 

 phus, 363. 



Mandrill, number of caudal vertebras 

 in the, 86 ; colors of the male, 696, 

 698, 711. 



Mantegazza, Prof., on last molar teeth 

 of man, 39; bright colors in male 

 animals, 296; on the ornaments a£ 

 savages, 738 ei seq. ; on the beard* 

 lessness of the New Zealanders, 

 748; on the exaggeration of nat- 

 ural characters by man, 749. 



Mantell, W., on the engrossment of 

 pretty girls by the New Zealand 

 chiefs, 766. 



Mantis, pugnacity of species of, 379. 



Maories, mortaUty of, 245 ; infanticide 

 and proportion of sexes, 339-340; 

 distaste for hairiness among men, 

 747. 



Marcus Aurelius, on the origin of the 

 moral sense, 135; on the influence 

 of habitual thoughts, 167. 



Mareca penelope, 535. 



Marks, retained throughout groups o£ 

 birds, 551. 



Marriage, restraints upon, among sav- 

 ages, 70 ; influence of, upon morals, 

 161 ; influence of, on morlality, 187- 

 188; development of, 759. 



Marriages, early, 186-187; communal, 

 757. 



Marshall, Dr. W., protuberances on 

 birds' heads, 310, 497; on the 

 moulting of birds, 507; advantage 

 to older birds of paradise, 626. 



, Col., interbreeding among Todas, 



251; infanticide and proportion <A 

 sexes with Todas, 338; choice of 

 husbands among Todas, 763. 



, Mr., on the brain of a Bush- 

 woman, 224. 



Marsupials, 211; development of the 

 nictitating membrane in, 35 ; uterus 

 of, 61; possession of nipples by, 

 217; their origin from Monotrema- 

 ta, 220; abdominal sacs of, 275; 

 relative size of the sexes of, 666; 

 colors of, 689. 



Marsupium, rudimentary, in male mar- 

 supials, 216. 



Martin, W. 0. L., on alarm manifested 

 by an orang at the sight of a turtle, 

 104; on the hair in Hylobates, 204; 

 on a female American deer, 664; on 

 the voice of Hylobates agilis, 681; 

 on Semnopithecas nemseus, 712. 



, on the beards of the inhabitants 



of St. Kilda, 721. 



Martins deserting their young, 147. 



