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STAUNTON. 
INDEX. 
SWINHOE. 
Staunton, Sir G., hatred of indecency 
a modern virtue, i. 96. 
Stealing- of bright objects by birds, 
ii. 112. 
Stebbing, T. R., on the nakedness of 
the human body, ii. 375. 
Stemmatopus , ii. 278. 
Stenobothrus pratorum , stridulating 
organs of, i. 357. 
Sterility, general, of sole daughters, 
i. 170 ; when crossed, a distinctive 
character of species, i. 214. 
Sterna, seasonal change of plumage in, 
ii. 228. 
Stickle-back, polygamous, i. 271; 
male, courtship of the, ii. 2 ; male, 
brilliant colouring of, during the 
breeding season, ii. 14; nidification 
of the, ii. 20. 
STICKS used as implements and wea- 
pons by monkeys, i. 51. 
Sting in bees, i. 254. 
Stokes, Capt., on the habits of the 
great Bower-bird, ii. 70. 
Stonechat, young of the, ii. 220. 
Stone implements, difficulty of 
making, i. 138 ; as traces of extinct 
tribes, i. 237. 
Stones, used by monkeys for break- 
ing hard fruits and as missiles, i. 
140 ; piles of, i. 233. 
Stork, black, sexual differences in the 
bronchi of the, ii. 60 ; red beak of 
the, ii. 227. 
Storks, ii. 226, 230 ; sexual differ- 
ence in the colour of the eyes of, ii. 
128. 
Strange, Mr., on the Satin Bower- 
bird, ii. 69. 
Stretch, Mr., on the numerical pro- 
portion in the sexes of chickens, i. 
306. 
Strcpsiceros kudu, horns of, ii. 255; 
markings of, ii. 300. 
StridulatioN, by males of Theridion , 
i. 339; of the Orthoptera and 
Ilomoptera discussed, i. 360 ; of 
beetles, i. 378. 
Stripes, retained throughout groups 
of .birds, ii. 131 ; disappearance of, 
in adult mammals, ii. 303. 
Strix flammea , ii. 105. 
Structure, existence of unservice- 
able modifications of, i. 153. 
Struggle for existence, in man, i* 
180, 185. 
Struthers, Dr., on the occurrence of 
the supra-condyloid foramen in the 
humerus of man, i. 28. 
Sturnetta ludoviciam , pugnacity of 
the male, ii. 51. 
Sturnus inilgaris, ii. 105. 
Sub-species, i. 227. 
Suffering, in strangers, indifference 
of savages to, i. 94. 
Suicide, i. 172; formerly not re- 
garded as a crime, i. 94; rarely 
practised among the lowest savages, 
i. 94. 
Sutdas, stripes of young, ii. 184. 
SUMATRA, compression of the nose by 
the Malays of, ii. 352. 
Sumner, Archb., man alone capable 
of progressive improvement, i. 49. 
Sun-birds, nidification of, ii. 169. 
Superstitions, i. 182 ; prevalence 
of, i. 99. 
Superstitious customs, i. 68. 
Superciliary ridge in man, ii. 316, 
318. 
Supernumerary digits, more fre- 
quent in men than in women, l - 
276; inheritance of, i. 285; early 
development of, i. 292. 
Supra-condyloid foramen in the 
early progenitors of man, i. 206. 
Suspicion, prevalence of, among am- 
mals, i. 39. 
Sulivan, Sir B. J., on two stalli° DS 
attacking a third, ii. 241. 
Swaljlow-tail Butterfly, i. 393. 
Swallows deserting their young, l * 
84, 90. 
Swan, black, red beak of the, h* 
227 ; black-necked, ii. 230; white, 
young of, ii, 211 ; wild, trachea o 
the, ii. 59. 
Swans, ii. 226, 230 ; young, ii. 208* 
Swaysland, Mr., on" the arrival 01 
migratory birds, i. 259. 
Swinjioe, R., on the common rat hi 
F ormosa and China, i. 50 ; on t ie 
sounds produced by the maleHoopo®* 
ii. 62 ; on Dicrurm macrocc reus an 
the Spoonbill, ii. 179 ; on the youn& 
of Ardeola , ii. 190 ; on the habits 0 
Turnix , ii. 202 ; on the habits ^ 
Bhynchdsa bcngalensis , ii. 203 ; 0 
