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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 
Bush woman, 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 Uy lo- 
cates, i. 194; on a female American 
deer, ii. 258 ; on the voice of Uulo- 
bates ay ills, ii. 277 ; on Scmnopilhe- 
cus nemmus, 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 picta, ii. 28. 
Meckel, on correlated variation 0 
the muscles of the arm and leg? 1# 
130. 
Medicines, effect produced by, 
same in man and in monkeys, i- 
Meduste, bright colours of some, J * 
322 . , 
Megalitiiic structures, prevalence o , 
1. 233. 
Megalophrys montana , sexual dine* 
ences in, ii. 26, 27. 
Meyapieus mlidus , sexual difference 
colour in, ii. 174. j 
Megasoma, large size of males or, • 
347. • the 
Meigs, Dr. A., on variation m 
skulls of the natives of America, 
108. 
Meinecke, on the numerical prop 01 
tion of the sexes in butterflies? 
309. . 
MelipiiagiD/E, Australian, nidified 
tion of, ii. 169. ^ 
Melita , secondary sexual characters o ? 
i. 331. . fhe 
Melos', difference of colour m 
sexes of a species of, i. 367. . 
Memory, manifestations of, i n A 
mals, i, 45. 
Memnon, young, i. 217. 
Mental characters, difference 
of, & 
different races of men, i. 216* , 
Mental faculties, variat ion of, 111 . 
same species, i. 36, 110; diyei^.^ 
of, in the same race of men, i* ’■ 
m me same race "i . 0 p 
eritance of, i. 110; simiUy 1 ^^, 
in different races of man, i« - ? 
inher 
the. 
of birds, ii. 108. 
Mental powers, difference of, lD 
two sexes in man, ii. 326. 
Menura Alberti , ii. 102 ; song 
th° 
of, 
Menura superba , ii. 101, 102? 
tails of both sexes of, ii. 104. 
Merganser, trachea of the ma ? 
00- . i 291- 
Meryus cucuUatus, speculum o*? 
Meryus merganser , youug of, H * ^ 0 £ 
Merganser serrator , male plumbs 
ii. 85. ^ e ii. 
Metallura, splendid tail-featheis ? 
152. 
