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INDES 



Martins, C, on death caused by inflam- 

 mation of the vermiform append- 

 age, 40. 



Mastoid processes in man and apes, 

 79-80 



Maudsley, Dr., on the influence of the 

 sense of smell in men, 36; on idiots 

 smelling their food, 58; on Laura 

 Bridgman, 123; on the development 

 of the vocal organs, 125; moral 

 sense failing in incipient madness, 

 167 ; change of mental faculties at 

 puberty in man, 727. 



Mayers, W. F., on the domestication 

 of the goldfish in China, 446. 



May hew, B., on the affection between 

 individuals of difEerent sexes in the 

 dog, 675. 



Maynard, 0. J., on the sezea of Chry- 

 semys picta, 456. 



Meelsel, on correlated variation of the 

 muscles of the arm and leg, 67. 



Medicines, effect produced by, the 

 same in man and in monlseys, 23. 



Meduase, bright colors of some, 345. 



Megalithic structures, prevalence of, 

 238. 



Megapicus validus, sexual difference of 

 color in, 690. 



Megasoma, large size of males of, 

 367. 



Meigs, Dr. A., on variation in the 

 skulls of the natives of America, 

 46. 



Meiuecke, on the numerical proportion 

 of the sexes in butterflies, 830. 



Melanesians, decrease of, 247. 



Meldola, Mr., colors and marriage flight 

 of Colias and Fieris, 416. 



Meliphagidee, Australian, nidification 

 of, 586. 



Melita, secondary sexual characters 

 of, 354. 



Meloe, difference of color in the sexes 

 of a species of, 386. 



Memory, manifestations of, in animals, 

 105-106. 



Memnon, young, 226. 



Mental characters, difference of, in 

 different races of men, 223. 



^faculties, diversity of, in the same 



race of men, 47 ; inheritance of, 48 ; 

 variation of, in the same species, 

 47-48, 95 ; similarity of the, in differ- 

 ent races of man, 237 ; of birds, 530. 



Mental powers, difference of, in the two 



sexes in man, 725. 

 Menura Alberti; 524; song of, 481. 



superba, 524; long tails of both 



sexes of, 581. 



Merganser, trachea of the male, 485. 



serrator, male plumage of, 508. 



Mergus cucullatus, speculum of, 311. 



merganser, young of, 603. 



Metallura, splendid tail-feathers of, 



571. 



Methoca ichneumonides, large male of, 

 368. 



Moves, M., on the drumming of the 

 snipe, 488. 



Mexicans, civilization of the, not for- 

 eign, 195. 



Meyer, on a convoluted body at the 

 extremity of the tail in a Maoacus 

 and a cat, 43. 



, Dr. A., on the copulation of 



Phryganidse of distinct species, 

 363. 



, Prof. L., on development of 



helix of ear, 33-34; men's ears 

 more variable than women's, 295; 

 antenns6 serving as ears, 369. 



Migrations of man, effects of, 72. 



Migratory instinct of birds, 143 ; van- 

 quishing the maternal, 147, 164. 



Mill, J. S., on the origin of the moral 

 sense, 135; on the "greatest hap- 

 piness principle," 162-163; on the 

 difference of the mental powers in 

 the sexes of man, 727. 



Millipedes, 361. 



Milne-Edwards, H., on the use of the 

 enlarged chelae of the male Gelasi- 

 mus, 353. 



Milvago leucurus, sexes and young of, 

 618. 



Mimicry, 421. 



Mimus polyglottus, 531. 



Mind, difference of, in man and the 

 highest animals, 170; similarity of 

 ihe, in different races, 237. 



Minnow, proportion of the sexes in 

 the, 329. 



Mirror, larks attracted by, 533. 



Mitchell, Dr., interbreeding in the 

 Hebrides, 251. 



Mitford, selection of children in 

 Sparta, 50. 



Mivart, St. George, on the reduction 

 of organs, 29; on the ears of the 



