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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. 
A v maras, 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 Palamedun cornuta, ii. 48 ; on 
the beards of the Guaranvs, ii. 322 ; 
on strife for women among the Gu- 
anas, ii. 324; on infanticide, ii. 344, 
304; 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 ; ou the 
freedom of divorce among the 
Charruas, ii. 372. 
B. 
Babbage, C., ou the greater propor- 
tion of illegitimate female births, 
i. 302. 
Bawrusa, 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, Gape, 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. 
' 5; silence of, on plundering expe- 
ditions, i. 79; diversity of tlie men- 
tal faculties in, i. 110 ;" bands 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 ot 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., ou a difference in colour 
between the males and females of 
some Entoxua, i. 321. 
Baker, Mr., observation on the pro- 
portion of the sexes in pheasant- 
chicks, i. 306. 
Baker, Sir S., on the fondness of the 
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 i& 
Arab countries, ii. 339 ; on the 
coiffure of the North Africans, ii* 
340 ; ou the perforation of the 
lower lip by the women of Latooka, 
ii. 341; ou the distinctive charac- 
ters of the coiffure of central Afri- 
can tribes, ii, 342 ; ou the coiffure 
of Arab women, ii. 353. 
Balz ” of the Black-cock. ii. 45, 100* 
Bantam, Sebright, i. 259, 294. 
Bant eng, horns of, ii. 247 ; sexual 
differences in the colours of the, ii* 
289. 
Banyat, colour of the, ii. 346. 
Barbarism, primitive, of civilised 
nations, i. 181. 
Barbs, filamentous, of the feathery 
in certain birds, ii. 74. 
Barr, Mr., on sexual preference i* 1 
dogs, ii. 272. 
Barrington, Dames, on the language 
of birds, i. 55 ; on the clucking 
the hen, ii. 51; on the object oi 
