INDEX 



861 



moult of the^ 696 ; protective colora- 

 tion of, 611. 



Pufi-birds, colors and nidiflcation of 

 the, 587. 



Pugnacity of flne-plumaged male birds, 

 616. 



Pumas, stripes of young, 699. 



Puppies learning from cats to dean 

 their faces, 104. 



Pycnonotus hsemorrhoua, pugnacity of 

 the male, 468 ; display of under tail 

 corerls by the male, 618. 



Pyranga SBstiva, male aiding iu incuba- 

 tion, 684. 



PjTodes, difference of the sexes in 

 color, 386. 



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Qoadrumana, hands of, 76 ; differences 

 between man and the, 200; sexual 

 differences of color in, 693; orna- 

 mental characters of, 707 ; analogy 

 of sexual differences of, with those 

 of man, 718-719; fighting of males 

 for the females, 723; monogamous 

 habits of, 759; beards of the, 775. 



Quain, B., on the variation of the mus- 

 cles in man, 47. 



Quatrefages, A. de, on the occurrence 

 of a rudimentary tail in man, 42 ; on 

 variability, 50; on the moral sense 

 as a distinction between man and 

 animals, 134; civilized men stronger 

 than savages, 183; on the fertility 

 of Australian women with white 

 men, 228; on the Paulistas of Bra- 

 zil, 231; on the evolution of the 

 breeds of cattle, 236; on the Jews, 

 256; on the liability of negroes to 

 tropical fevers after residence in a 

 cold climate, 257; on the difference 

 between field- and house-slaves, 260; 

 on the influence of climate on color, 

 269-260; colors of annehds, 360; on 

 the Ainos, 721 ; on the women of San 

 Cliuliano, 756. 



Querquedula acuta, 636. 



Quetelet, proportion of sexes in man, 

 319 ; relative size in man and woman, 

 320. 



Quichua Indians, 66 ; local variation of 

 color in the, 260; no gray hair 

 among the, 719; hairlessness of 

 the, 722; long hair of the, 747. 



QuiscaluB nu^r, 397; proportions ti 

 the sexes of, in Florida and Hon- 

 duras, 227-228. 



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Babbit, white tail of the, 700. 



Babbits, domestic, elongation of the 

 skull in, 82; modification of the 

 skull in, by the lopping of the ear, 

 82; danger-signals of, 138; numeri- 

 cal proportion of the sexes in, 324r- 

 326. 



Baces, distinctive characters of, 224- 

 225 ; or species of man, 225 ; crossed, 

 fertility or sterility of, 227-228; of 

 man, variability of the, 232 ; of man, 

 resemblance of, in mental characters, 

 237 ; formation of, 240 ; of man, ex- 

 tinction of, 241 ; effects of the cross- 

 ing of, 254; of man, formation of 

 the, 264; of man, children of the, 

 717-718; beardless, aversion of, to 

 hairs on the face, 747. 



Baffles, Sir S., on the bauteng, 693. 



Rafts, use of, 73, 139. 



Rage, manifested by animals, 100. 



Raia batis, teeth of, 436. 



clavata, female spined on the 



back, 432 ; sexual difference in the 

 teeth of, 436. 



maoulata, teeth of, 436. 



Rails, spur-winged, 476. 



Ram, mode of fighting of the, 656; 

 African, mane of an, 688 ; fat-tailed, 

 688. 



Bameses II., features of, 225. 



Ramsay, Mr. , on the Australian musk- 

 duck, 466; on the regent-bird, 534; 

 on the iacubationof Menura superba, 

 681. 



Bana esculenta, vocal sacs of, 455. 



Rat, common, general dispersion of, a 

 consequence of superior cunning, 

 114; supplantation of the native, 

 in New Zealand by the European 

 rat, 254; common, said to be polyga- 

 mous, 288; numerical proportion of 

 the sexes in, 326. 



Rata, enticed by essential oils, 685. 



Rationality of birds, 630. 



Rattlesnakes, difference of the sexes in 

 the, 466-467; rattles as a call, 

 469. 



