HARES. 
INDEX. 
HOFFBERO. 
435 
Hares, battles of male, ii. 239. 
Harlan, Dr., on the difference be- 
tween field- and house-slaves, i. 
246. 
Harris, J. M., on the relation of com- 
plexion to climate, i. 245. 
Harris, T. W., on the Katy-did locust, 
i. 353 ; on the stridulation of the 
grasshoppers, i. 357 ; on (Ecanthus 
nivalis^ i. 361 ; on the colouring of 
Lepidoptera, i. 396 ; on the colour- 
ing of Saturnia lo, i. 398. 
Harry-long-legs, pugnacity of male, 
i. 349. 
Hartman, Dr., on the singing of 
Cicada septendecim^ i. 351. 
Haughton, S., on a variation of the 
flexor poUicis longus in man, i. 
129. 
Hawks, feeding orphan nestling, ii. 
107. 
Hayes, Dr., on the diverging of 
sledge-dogs on thin ice, i. 46. 
Head, altered position of, to suit the 
erect attitude of man, i. 143 ; 
hairiness of, in man, i. 149 ; pro- 
cesses of, in male beetles, i. 370; 
artificial alterations of the form of 
the, ii., 351. 
Hearne, on strife for women among 
the North American Indians, ii. 
324 ; on the North American In- 
dians’ notion of female beauty, ii. 
344 ; repeated elopements of a 
North American woman, ii. 372. 
Heart, in the human embryo, i. 16. 
Heat, supposed effects of, i. 116. 
Hectocotyle^ i. 325. 
Hedge-warbler, ii. 198; young of 
the, ii. 209. 
Heel, small projection of, in the 
Aymara Indians, i. 120. 
Hegt, M., on the development of the 
spurs in peacocks, i. 290. 
Heliconid^, i. 387 ; mimickry of, by 
other butterflies, i. 411. 
Heliopathes.) stridulation peculiar to 
the male, i. 383. 
Heliothrix auriculata^ yo^ng of, ii. 
188, 189. 
Helix pomatiay example of individual 
attachment in, i. 325. 
Hellins, J., proportions of sexes of 
Lepidoptera reared by, i. 313. 
Helmholtz, on the vibration of the 
auditory hairs of Crustacea, ii. 333, 
Hemiptera, i. 349. 
Hemifragiis, beardless in both sexes, 
ii. 28i 
Hepburn, Mr., on the autumn song 
of the water-ouzel, ii. 54. 
Hepialus humuli, sexual difference of 
colour in the, i. 399, 402. 
Herbs, poisonous, avoided by animals, 
i. 36. 
Hermaphroditism of embryos, i. 207. 
Herodias bubulcus, vernal moult of, 
ii. 84. 
Heron, love-gestures of a, ii. 68. 
Heron, Sir R., on the habits of pea- 
fowl, ii. 119, 120, 152. 
Herons, decomposed feathers in, ii,. 
74; breeding plumage of, ii. 82, 
83 ; young of the, ii. 208 ; some- 
times dimorphic, ii. 214; continued 
growth of crest and plumes in the 
males of some, ii. 216 ; change of 
colour in some, ii. 231. 
Hetserina, difference in the sexes of, i. 
362 ; proportion of the sexes in, 
i. 314. 
Heterocerus, stridulation of, i. 379. 
Hewitt, Mr. on a game-cock killing 
a kite, ii. 44 ; on the recognition of 
dogs and cats by ducks, ii. 110; 
on the pairing of a wild duck with 
a pintail drake, ii. 115; on the 
courtship of fowls, ii. 117 ; on the 
coupling of pheasants with com- 
mon hens, ii. 122. 
Hindoo, his horror of breaking his 
caste, i. 99, 103. 
Hindoos, local difference of stature 
among, i. 115 ; difference of, from 
Europeans, i. 240 ; colour of the 
beard in, ii. 319. 
Hipparchia Janira, instability of the 
ocellated spots of, ii. 132. 
Hipparchix, i. 387. 
Hippocampus, development of, i. 210; 
marsupial receptacles of the male, 
ii. 21. 
Hippopotamus, nakedness of, i. 148. 
Hips, proportions of, in soldiers and 
sailors, i. 117. 
Hodgson, S., on the sense of duty, I 
71. 
Hoffberg, on the horns of the rein- 
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