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CANINES. 
INDEX. 
CEBITS. 
Canines, and horns, inverse develop- 
ment ofj ii. 257. 
Canoes, use of, i. 137, 234. 
Canlharis , difference of colour in the 
sexes of a species of, i. 367. 
Capercailzie, proportion of the 
sexes in the, i. 306; pugnacity of 
the male, ii. 45; pairing of the, ii. 
49; autumn meetings of the, ii. 
54; call of the, ii. 61 ; duration of 
the courtship of, ii. 100 ; behaviour 
of the female, ii. 121; inconvenience 
of black colour to the female, ii. 
154; sexual difference in coloration 
of the, ii. 226; crimson eye-cere 
of the male, ii. 227 ; polygamous, 
i. 269. 
Capital, i. 169. 
Capitonid^e, colours and nidification 
of the, ii. 171. 
Capra wgagrus, ii. 249 ; crest of the 
male, ii. 282; sexual difference in 
the colour of, ii. 289. 
Capreolus Bibiricus subccaudatus , ii. 
298. 
Caprice, common to man and animals, 
i. 65. 
Caprimulgus , noise made by the males 
of some species of, with their 
wings, ii. 62. 
Caprimulgus xrirginianus , pairing of, 
ii. 49. 
C’ARABiDiE, bright colours of, i. 367. 
Carbonnter, on the natural history 
of the pike, i. 308 ; on the relative 
size of the sexes in fishes, ii. 7. 
Oarcineutes , sexual difference of 
colour in, ii. 173. 
Carcinus mamas, i. 331, 333. 
Car dud is elegant, sexual differences of 
the beak in, ii. 39. 
Carnivora, marine, polygamous 
habits of, i. 268 ; sexual differences 
in the colours of, ii. 286. 
Carp, numerical proportion of the 
sexes in the, i. 308, 
Carr, R., on the peewit, ii. 48. 
Carrier pigeon, late development of 
the wattle in the, i. 293. 
Carrion beetles, stridulation of, i. 
378. 
Carus, Prof. V., on the development 
of the horns in merino sheep, i. 
289. 
Cassowary, sexes and incubation of 
the, ii. 204. 
Castoreum, ii. 279. 
Casuarius ga/mtus, ii. 204. 
Cat, convoluted body in the ex- 
tremity of the tail of a, i. 30 ; sick, 
sympathy of a dog with a, i. 77. 
Cataract ’in Cebus Azarx , i. 12. 
Catarrh, liability of Cebus Azarx to, 
i. IV 
Oatarruine monkeys, i. 196. 
Caterpillars, bright colours of, i» 
415, 
Cathartes aura, ii. 116. 
Gathartes jot a, love-gestures of the 
male, ii. 68. 
Catlin, G., on the development of 
the beard among North American 
Indians, ii. 322; on the great length 
of the hair in some North American 
tribes, ii. 348. 
Caton, J. D., on the development of 
the horns in Cervus v irginianus and 
strongyloceros, i. 288; on the pre- 
sence of traces of horns in the 
female wapiti, ii. 245; on the 
fighting of deer, ii. 252 ; on the 
crest of the male wapiti, ii. 282 ; 
on the colours of the Virginian 
deer, ii. 288 ; on sexual difference* 
of colour in the wapiti, ii, 289 ; of 1 
the spots of the Virginian deer, ii* 
303. 
Cats, dreaming, i. 46 ; tortoiseshell, i* 
283, 285, 293 ; enticed liy valerian? 
ii. 281 ; colours of, ii. 299. 
Cattle, domestic, sexual difference* 
of, late developed, i. 293 ; rapid 
increase of, in South America, 
135; domestic, lighter in winter 
Siberia, L 282; horns of, i. 2#9? 
ii. 247 ; numerical proportion 
the sexes in, i. 305. 
Cebus, maternal affection in a, i. ^ ’ 
gradation of species of, i, 227. 
Cebus Azanc, liability of, to the sa 01 ® 
diseases as man, i. 11; distin® 
sounds produced by, i. 53 ; eai'Jf 
maturity of the female, ii. 318- 
Cebus capueinus , polygamous, i. 26 » 
sexual differences of colour in, lL 
290; hair on the head of, ii- 307. 
Cebus vellerosus , hair on the head of? 
ii. 307. 
