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INDEX. 
BARRINGTON. 
children of, ii. 318; relative height 
of the sexes of, ii. 320 ; women a 
cause of war among the, ii. 323. 
Axis deer, sexual difference in the 
colour of the, ii. 290. 
Aymaras, measurements of the, i. 
119 ; no grey hair among the, ii. 
320 ; hairlessness of the face in the, 
ii. 322 ; long hair of the, ii. 348. 
Azara, on the proportion of men and 
women among the Guaranys, i. 302 ; 
on Falamedea cornuta, ii. 48 ; on 
the beards of the Guaranys, ii. 322 ; 
on strife for women among the Gu- 
anas, ii. 324 ; on infanticide, ii. 344, 
364 ; on the eradication of the eye- 
brows and eyelashes by the Indians 
of Paraguay, ii. 348 ; on polyandry 
among the Guanas, ii. 366 ; celibacy 
unknown among the savages of 
South America, ii. 367 ; on the 
freedom of divorce among the 
Charruas, ii. 372. 
B. 
Babbage, C., on the greater propor- 
tion of illegitimate female births, 
i. 302. 
Babirusa, tusks of the, ii. 264. 
Baboon, employing a mat for shelter 
against the sun, i. 53 ; manifesta- 
tion of memory by a, i. 45 ; pro- 
tected from punishment by its com- 
panions, i. 78; rage excited in, by 
reading, i. 42. 
Baboon, Cape, mane of the male, ii. 
267 ; Hamadryas, mane of the male, 
ii. 267. 
Baboons, effects of intoxicating li- 
quors on, i. 12 ; ears of, i. 23 ; ma- 
nifestation of maternal affection by, 
i. 41 ; using stones and sticks as 
weapons, i. 51 ; co-operation of, i. 
7 5 ; silence of, on plundering expe- 
ditions, i. 79 ; diversity of the men- 
tal faculties in, i. 110 ; hands of, i. 
139 ; habits of, i. 141 ; variability 
of the tail in, i. 150 ; apparent 
polygamy of, i. 266 ; polygamous 
and social habits of, ii. 362. 
Bachman, Dr., on the fertility of mu- 
lattoes, i. 221. 
Baer, K. E. von, on embryonic deve- 
lopment, i. 14. 
Bagehot, W., on the social virtues 
among primitive men, i. 93 ; on 
the value of obedience, i. 162 ; on 
human progress, i. 166 ; on the per- 
sistence of savage tribes in classical 
times, i. 239. 
Bailly, E. M., on the fighting of 
stags, ii. 252 ; on the mode of fight- 
ing of the Italian buffalo, ii. 250. 
Bain, A., on the sense of duty, i. 71;. 
aid springing from sympathy, i. 77 ; 
on the basis of sympathy, i. 82 
on love of approbation, &c., i. 86 ; 
on the idea of beauty, ii. 354. 
Baird, W., on a difference in colour 
between the males and females of 
some Entozoa, i. 321. 
Baker, Mr., observation on the pro- 
portion of the sexes in pheasant- 
chicks, i. 306. 
Baker, Sir S., on the fondness of th& 
Arabs for discordant music, ii. 67 ;, 
on sexual difference in the colours 
of an antelope, ii. 289 ; on the ele- 
phant and rhinoceros attacking; 
white or grey horses, ii. 295 ; on 
the disfigurements practised by the 
negroes, ii. 296 ; on the gashing of 
the cheeks and temples practised in 
Arab countries, ii. 339 ; on the 
coiffure of the North Africans, ii. 
340 ; on the perforation of the 
lower lip by the women of Latooka, 
ii. 341 ; on the distinctive charac- 
ters of the coiffure of central Afri- 
can tribes, ii. 342 ; on the coiffure 
of Arab women, ii. 353. 
‘‘ Balz ’’ of the Black-cock, ii. 45, 100* 
Bantam, Sebright, i. 259, 294. 
Banteng, horns of, ii. 247 ; sexual 
differences in the colours of the, ii,. 
289. 
Banyai, colour of the, ii. 346. 
Barbarism, primitive, of civilised 
nations, i. 181. 
Barbs, filamentous, of the feathers, 
in certain birds, ii. 74. 
Barr, Mr., on sexual preference ia 
dogs, ii. 272. 
Barrington, Daines, on the language 
of birds, i. 55 ; on the clucking of 
the hen, ii. 51 ; on the object of 
