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WESTROPP. 
INDEX. 
WOMEN. 
Westropp, H. M., on the prevalence 
of certain forms of ornamentation, 
i. 233. 
Westwood, J. 0., on the classification 
of the Hymenoptera, i. 188 ; on the 
Culicidos and Tabamdas, i. 254 ; on 
a Hymenopterous parasite with a 
sedentary male, i. 272 ; on the 
proportions of the sexes in Lucanus 
cerms and Siagamum, i. 313; on 
the absence of ocelli in female mu* 
tillidsc, i. 341 ; on the jaws of Atn- 
mophila , i. 342 ; on the copulation 
of insects of distinct species, i. 342 ; 
on the male of Gra))ro cribrarius , i. 
343 ; on the pugnacity of male 
TipulfE i. 349 ; on the st rid illation 
of Pirates stridulus , i. 350; on the 
Cicadae, i. 351 ; on the stimulat- 
ing organs of the crickets, i. 354 ; 
on Pneumora , i. 357 ; on Ephippi- 
ger vitium, i. 355, 358; on the j 
pugnacity of the Mantides, i. 360 ; 1 
on Platyblemnus , i. 361 ; on differ- 
ence in the sexes of the Agrionidre, i. 
362 ; on the pugnacity of the males 
of a species of Tenthredinsc, i. 364 ; 
on the pugnacity of the male stag- ! 
beetle, i. 375; on Bledius iaurus \ 
and Smgonhtnij i. 375 ; on lamelli- i 
corn beetles, i. 378; on the colora- ' 
tion of Lithosia , i. 396. 
Whale, Sperm- , battles of male, ii. 
240. 
WHALES, nakedness of, i. 148. 
W iiATELY, Archb., language not pe- 
culiar to man, i. 53 ; on the primi- 
tive civilisation of man, i. 181. 
Whewell, Prof., on maternal affec- 
tion, i. 40. 
Whiskers, in monkeys, i. 192. 
White, Gilbert, on the proportion of 
the sexes in the partridge, i. 306 ; | 
on the house-cricket, i. 352 ; on the 
object of the song of birds, ii. 52 ; j 
on the finding of new mates by I 
white owls, ii. 105; on spring j 
coveys of male partridges, ii. 107. 
Whiteness, a sexnal ornament in ' 
some birds, ii. 232; of mammals 
inhabiting snowy countries, ii. 298. 
W i Til’ e-throat, aerial love-dance of 
the male, ii. 68. 
Widow-bird, polygamous, i. 269 ; 
breeding plumage of the male, ii* 
84, 97 ; female, rejecting the un- 
adorned male, ii. 120. 
Widows and widowers, mortality of, 
i. 176. 
Wigkon, pairing with a pintail duck, 
ii. 114. 
WiLCKENS, Dr., on the modification 
of domestic animals in mountain- 
ous regions, i. 120 ; on a numerical 
relation between the hairs and ex- 
cretory pores in sheep, i. 248. 
Wilder, Dr. Burt, on the greater 
frequency of supernumerary digits 
in men than in women, i. 276. 
Williams, on the marriage-customs 
of the Fijians, ii. 374. 
Wilson, Dr., on the conical heads of 
the natives of North-Western Ame- 
rica, ii. 351 ; on the Fijians, ii* 
352; on the persistence of the 
fashion of compressing the skull, 
ii. 353. 
Wing-spurs, ii. 162. 
Wings, differences of, in the two 
sexes of butterflies and Hymeno- 
ptera, i. 345 ; play of, in the court- 
ship of birds, ii. 95. 
Winter, change of colour of mam- 
mals in, ii. 298. 
Witchcraft, i. 68. 
Wives, traces of the forcible capture 
of, i. 182. 
Wolf, winter change of the, ii* 
298. 
Wolff, on the variability of the vis- 
cera in man, i. 109. 
Wollaston, T. V., on Eurygmthus , 
i. 344 ; on musical curculionidce, i* 
378 ; on the stridulation ot'Acalles, 
i. 384. 
Wolves learning to bark from dogs, 
i. 44; hunting in packs, i. 75. 
Wolves, black, ii. 294. 
Wombat, black varieties of the, ii* 
294. 
Women distinguished from men by 
male monkeys, i. 13 ; preponderance 
of, in numbers, i. 302; effects of 
selection of, in accordance with 
different standards of beauty, 11# 
355 ; practice of capturing, ii* 360, 
364 ; early betrothals and. slavery 
of, ii. 366 ; selection of, for beauty, 
