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BOAR. 
INDEX. 
BOWS. 
genus Ardetta , ii. 179 ; on the pere- 
grine falcon, ii. 180 ; on young 
female birds acquiring male cha- 
racters, ii. 180; on the immature 
plumage of birds, ii. 185 ; on re- 
presentative species of birds, ii. 
190; on the young of Tumicc, ii. 
202 ; on anomalous young of La- 
nins rufus and Colt/mbus glaciaUs, 
ii. 211 ; on the sexes and young of 
the sparrows, ii. 212 ; on dimor- 
phism in some herons, ii. 214; on 
orioles breeding in immature plu- 
mage, ii. 214; on the sexes and 
young of Bnp/ins and Amstomus, 
ii. 217 ; on the young of the black- 
cap and blackbird, ii. 219 ; on the 
young of the stonechat, ii. 220; 
on the white plumage of Anasto- 
mus, ii. 229 ; on the horns of Anti- 
lope bezoartica, ii. 240 ; on the horns 
of Bovine animals, ii. 247 ; on the 
mode of fighting of Ocis cgcloceros , 
ii. 249 ; on the voice of the Gib- 
bons, ii. 276; on the crest of the 
male wild goat, ii. 282; on the 
colours of Portax picta , ii. 287 ; 
on the colours of Ant Hope bezo- 
artica , ii. 288 ; on the development 
of the horns in the Koodoo and 
Eland antelopes, i. 289 ; on the 
colour of the Axis deer, ii. 290; 
on sexual difference of colour in 
Hylobates hooluck , ii. 291 ; on the 
hog-deer, ii. 308 ; on the beard and 
whiskers in a moukey becoming 
white with age, ii. 319. 
Boar, wild, polygamous in India, i. 
267 ; use of the tusks by the, ii. 
256 ; fighting of, ii. 263. 
Boitard and Corbie, MM., on the 
transmission of sexual peculiarities 
in pigeons, i. 283; on the anti- 
pathy shown by some female pi- 
geons to certain males, ii. 118, 
Bold, Mr., on the singing of a sterile 
hybrid canary, ii. 58. 
Bombkt, on the variability of the 
standard of beauty in Europe, ii. 
370. 
Bombus , difference of the sexes in, i. 
366. 
Bombycid;e, coloration of, i. 394; 
pairing of the, i, 401, 
Bomb \j cilia carolinensis, red appendages 
of, ii. 179. 
Bombj/x cynthia, i. 346 ; proportion of 
the sexes in, i. 309, 313; pairing 
of, i. 401. 
Bornhyx mori , difference of size of the 
male and female cocoons of, i. 346 ; 
pairing of, i. 401. 
Bombyx Pernyi , proportion of sexes 
of l. 313. 
Bornhyx Yamamai, i. 346 ; M. Person- 
nat on. i. 310 ; proportion of sexes 
of, i. 313. 
Bonaparte, C. L., on the call-notes 
of the wild turkey, ii. 60. 
Bond, F., on the finding of new 
mates by crows, ii. 104. 
Bone, implements of, skill displayed 
in making, i. 138. 
Boner, 0., on the transfer of male 
characters to an old female chamois, 
ii. 245 ; on the antlers of the red 
deer, ii. 252 ; on the habits of stags, 
ii. 259 ; on the pairing of red deer, 
ii. 269. 
Bones, increase of, in length and 
thickness, when carrying a greater 
weight, i. 116. 
Bonnet monkey, i. 192. 
Boomerang, i. 183, 
Borens hyemalis, scarcity of the male, 
i. 314. 
Bory St. Vincent, on the number of 
species of man, i. 226; on the 
colours of Labrus paw, ii. 16. 
Bos gaurus, horns of, ii. 247. 
Bos prhmgemns, ii. 240. 
Bos sonduicus, horns of, ii. 247 > 
colours of, ii. 289. 
Botocudos, i. 181 ; mode of life of, i* 
247 ; disfigurement of the ears and 
lower lip of the, ii. 341. 
Bouciier de Perthes, J. C. de, on the 
antiquity of man, i. 3. 
Bourbon, proportion of the 6exes i 11 
a species of Papilio from, i. 310. 
Bourien, on tile marriage-customs 
the savages of the Malay Arcbi - 
pelago, ii. 373. 
Bovidje, dewlaps of, ii. 284. 
Bower-birds, ii. 102 ; habits of the, 
ii. 69 ; ornamented playing-pk ices 
of, i. 63, ii. 112. 
Bows, use of, i. 232. 
