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MANTIS. 
INDEX. 
METALLURA. 
pretty girls by the New Zealand 
chiefs, ii. 369. 
Mantis, pugnacity of species of, i. 360. 
Marcus Aurelius, on the origin of 
the moral sense, i. 71 ; on the in- 
fluence of habitual thoughts, i. 
101 . 
Mareca penelope, ii. 114. 
Marks, retained throughout groups 
of birds, ii. 131. 
Marriage, influence of, upon morals, i. 
96 ; restraints upon, among savages, 
i. 133 ; influence of, on mortality, 
i. 175 ; development of, ii. 361. 
Marriages, communal, ii. 358, 360 ; 
early, i. 174, 175. 
Marshall, Mr., on the brain of a 
Bushwoman, i. 216. 
Marsupials, i. 202 ; possession of 
nipples by, i. 209 ; their origin 
from Monotremata, i. 213 ; uterus 
of, i. 122 ; development of the nic- 
titating membrane in, i. 23 ; ab- 
dominal sacks of, i. 254; relative 
size of the sexes of, ii. 260 ; colours 
of, ii. 286. 
Marsupium, rudimentary, in male 
marsupials, i. 208. 
Martin, W. C. L., on alarm mani- 
fested by an orang at the sight of 
a turtle, i. 43 ; on the hair in Hylo- 
bates, i. 194; on a female American 
deer, ii. 258 ; on the voice of Hylo- 
hates agilis, ii. 277 ; on Semnopithe- 
cus nemseus, ii. 312. 
Martin, on the beards of the inhab- 
itants of St. Kilda, ii. 321. 
Martins deserting their young, i. 
84. 
Martins, C., on death caused by in- 
flammation of the vermiform ap- 
pendage, i. 28. 
Mastoid processes in man and apes, i. 
143. 
Maudsley, Dr., on the influence of 
the sense of smell in man, i. 24; 
on Laura Bridgman, i. 58 ; on the 
development of the vocal organs, 
i. 59. 
Mayers, W. F., on the domestication 
of the goldfish in China, ii. 17. 
Mayhew, E., on the affection between 
individuals of different sexes in the 
dog, ii. 270. 
Maynard, C. J., on the sexes of Chry-^ 
semys pict a, ii. 28. 
Meckel, on correlated variation of 
the muscles of the arm and leg, i. 
130. 
Medicines, eifect produced by, the 
same in man and in monkeys, i. 12. 
Medusse, bright colours of some, i. 
322. 
Megalithic structures, prevalence of, 
i. 233. 
Megaloplirys montana, sexual differ- 
ences in, ii. 26, 27. 
Megapicus validus, sexual difference of 
colour in, ii. 174. 
Megasoma, large size of males of, i. 
347. 
Meigs, Dr. A., on variation in the 
skulls of the natives of America, i. 
108. 
Meinecke, on the numerical propor- 
tion of the sexes in butterflies, i. 
309. 
Meliphagida3, Australian, nidifica- 
tion of, ii. 169. 
Melita, secondary sexual characters of, 
i. 331. 
Meloe, difference of colour in the 
sexes of a species of, i. 367. 
Memory, manifestations of, in ani- 
mals, i. 45. 
Memnon, young, i. 217. - 
Mental characters, difference of, in 
different races of men, i. 216. 
Mental faculties, variation of, in the 
same species, i. 36, 110; diversity 
of, in the same race of men, i. 109 ; 
inheritance of, i. 110; similarity of 
the, in different races of man, i. 232 ; 
I of birds, ii. 108. 
Mental powers, difference of, in the 
two sexes in man, ii. 326. 
Menura Alberti, ii. 102 ; song of, ii. 
55. 
Menura superba, ii. 101, 102 ; long 
tails of both sexes of, ii. 164. 
Merganser, trachea of the male, ii. 
60. 
Mergus cucullatus, speculum of, i. 291. 
Mergus merganser, young of, ii. 189. 
Merganser serrator, male plumage of, 
ii. 85. 
Metallura, splendid tail-feathers of, ii. 
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