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WESTROPP. 
INDEX. 
WOMEN. 
Westropp, H. M., on the prevalence 
of certain forms of ornamentation, 
i. 233. 
Westwood, J. 0., on the classification 
of the Hymenoptera, i. 188 ; on the 
Culicidae and Tabanidae, i. 254 ; on 
a Hymenopterous parasite with a 
sedentary male, i. 272; on the 
proportions of the sexes in Lucanus 
cervus and Siagonium, i. 313 ; on 
the absence of ocelli in female mu- 
tillidae, i. 341 ; on the jaws of Am- 
mopMla^ i. 342 ; on the copnlation 
of insects of distinct species, i. 342 ; 
on the male of Crahro cribrarius^ i. 
343 ; on the pugnacity of male 
Tipulae. i. 349 ; on the stridulation 
of Pirates stridulus, i. 350; on the 
Cicadae, i. 351 ; on the stridulat- 
ing organs of the crickets, i. 354 ; 
on Pneumora, i. 357 ; on Ephippi- 
ger vitium, i. 355, 358 ; on the 
; pugnacity of the Mantides, i. 360 ; 
on Platyhlemnus, i. 361 ; on differ- 
ence in the sexes of the Agrionidae, i. 
362 ; on the pugnacity of the males 
of a species of Tenthredinae, i. 364 ; 
on the pugnacity ' of the male stag- 
beetle, i. 375; on Bledius taurus 
and Siagonium, i. 375 ; on lamelli- 
corn beetles, i. 378; on the colora- 
tion of Lithosia, i, 396. 
Whale, Sperm- , battles of male, ii. 
240. 
Whales, nakedness of, i. 148. 
Whately, Archb., language not pe- 
culiar to man, i. 53 ; on the primi- 
tive civilisation of man, i. 181. 
Whewell, Prof., on maternal, affec- 
tion, i. 40. 
Whiskers, in monkeys, i. 192. 
White, Gilbert, on the proportion of 
the sexes in the partridge, i. 306 ; 
on the house-cricket, i. 352 ; on the 
object of the song of birds, ii. 52 ;- 
on the finding of new mates by 
white owls, ii. 105; on spring 
coveys of male partridges, ii. 107. 
Whiteness, a sexual ornament in 
some birds, ii. 232 ; of mammals 
inhabiting snowy countries, ii. 298. 
White-throat, aerial love-dance of 
the male, ii. 68. 
Widow-bird, polygamous, i. 269 ; 
breeding plumage of the male, ii. 
84, 97 ; female, rejecting the un- 
adorned male, ii. 120. 
Widows and widowers, mortality of, 
i. 176. 
Wigeon, pairing with a pintail duck, 
ii. 114. 
Wilckens, Dr., on the modification 
of domestic animals* in mountain- 
ous regions, i. 120 on a numerical 
relation between the hairs and ex- 
cretory pores in sheep, i. 248. 
Wilder, Dr. Burt, on the greater 
frequency of supernumerary digits 
in men than in wom^n, i. 276. 
Williams, on the. marriage-customs 
of the Fijians, ii. 3t4‘. 
Wilson, Dr., on the conical heads of 
the natives of North-Western Ame- 
rica, ii. 351 ; on the Fijians, ij. 
352 ; on the persistence of the 
fashion of compressing the skull, 
ii. 353. ' 
Wing-spurs, ii. 1,62. 
Wings, differences of, in the two 
sexes of butterflies and Hymeno- 
ptera, i. 345 ;,play of, in the court- 
ship of birds, li. 95. 
Winter, change of colour of mam- 
mals in, ii. 298. 
Witchcraft, i. 68. 
Wives, traces of the forcible capture 
of, i. 182. 
Wolf, winter change of the, ii. 
298. ' 
Wolff, on the variability of the vis- 
cera in man, i. 109. 
Wollaston, T. Y., on EurygnatJius, 
i. 344 I on musical chrculionidse, i. 
378 ; on the stridulation of Acalles, 
i. 384. 
Wolves learning to bark from dogs, 
i. 44; hunting in packs, i. 75. 
Wolves, black, ii. 294. 
Wombat, black varieties of the, il. 
294. 
Women distinguished from men by 
male monkeys, i. 13 ; preponderance 
of, in numbers, i. 302 ; effects of 
selection of, in accordance with 
different standards of beauty, ii. 
355 ; practice of capturing, ii. 360, 
364; early betrothals and slavery 
of, ii. 366 ; selection of, for beauty, 
