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INDEX 



Penelope vaffh, fwniid jHoduoed by the 

 male, 489. 



Pennant, on the battles of eeals, 647 ; 

 on the bladder-nose seal, 682. 



Penthe, antennal cushiims of the male, 

 364. 



Perch, brightness of male, during breed- 

 ing season, 442. 



Peregrine falcon, new mate found by, 

 527. 



Periodicity, vital. Dr. Layoook on, 24. 



Period of variability, relation of, to 

 sexual selection, 315. 



Periods, lunar, followed by functions 

 in man and animals, 24, 220-221. 



of life, inheritance at correspond- 

 ing, 301-307. 



Perisoreus canadensis, young of, 621*. 



Peritrichia, difference of color in the 

 sexes of a species of, 386. 



Periwinkle, 347. 



Peruis cristata, 647. 



Perrier, M., on sexual selection, 277; 

 on bees, 384. 



Perseverance, a characteristic of man, 

 726. 



Persians, said to be improved by inter- 

 mixture with Georgians and Circas- 

 sians, 765. 



Personnat, M., on Bombyx Tamamai, 

 331. 



Peruvians, civilization of the, not for- 

 eign, 195. 



Petrels, colors of, 637. 



Petrocincla cyanea, young of, 628. 



Petroeossyphus, 595. 



Petronia, 623. 



Pfeiffer, Ida, on Javan ideas of beauty, 

 746. 



Phacochoerus eethiopicus, tusks and 

 pads of, 670. 



Phalanger, Vulpine, black varieties of 

 the, 697. 



Phalaropus fulicarius, 616. 



hyperboreus, 616. 



Phanaeua, 391. 



carnifex, variation of the horns of 



the male, 389. 



f aunus, sexual differences of, 388. 



lancifer, 388. 



Phaseolarctus cinereus, taste for rum 

 and tobacco, 24. 



Phasgonura viridissima, stridulation of, 

 375. 



Phasianus Soemmerringii, 574. 



PhasianuB vntdodor, 511. 



Wallichii, 616, 609. 



Pheasant, polygamous, 290; and black 

 grouse, bybrids of, 635; prodnctiaa 

 of hybrids with the oommon fowl, 

 642 ; immature plumi^ of the, 601- 

 602. 



, Amherst, display of, 611. 



, Argus, 660, 696; display of plu- 

 mage by the male, 513; ocellated 

 spots of the, 654, 561 ; gradation of 

 characters in the, 560-661. 



, Blood-, 473. 



, Cheer, 516, 609. 



, Eared, 310, 516, 609; length of 



the tail in the, 582; sexes alike in 

 the, 593. 



, Golden, display of plumage by 



the male, 511; age of mature plu- 

 mage in the, 624; sex of young 

 ascertained by pulling out head- 

 feathers, 624. 



, Kali], drumming of the male, 487. 



, Eeeve's, length of the tail in, 



583. 



, Silver, triumphant male, deposed 



on account of spoiled plumage, 541 ; 

 sexual coloration of the, 635. 



, Soemmerring's, 574, 583. 



, Tragopan, 496; display of plu- 

 mage by the male, 513; mailunga 

 of the sexes of the, 554. 



Pheasants, period of acquisition of male 

 characters in the family of the, 310; 

 proportion of sexes in chicks of, 326; 

 length of the tail in, 674, 581-682. 



Philters, worn by women, 748. 



Phoca groenlandia, sexual difference in 

 the coloration of, 691. 



Fhcenicura ruticilla, 527. 



Phosphorescence of insects, 366. 



PhryganidsB, copulation of distinct spe- 

 cies of, 363. 



Phryniscus nigricans, 454. 



Physical inferiority, supposed, of man, 

 91-92. 



Pickering, on the number of species of 

 man, 232. 



Picton, J. A., on the soul of man, 789. 



FicuB auratus, 469. 



major, 619. 



Pieris, 407, 416. 



Pigeon, female, deserting a weakened 

 mate, 283 ; carrier, late development 

 of the wattle in, 313; pouter, late 



