INDEX. Humming-birds, colours and ornaments of, 127 descriptive names of, 129 nests of, 137 geographical distribution and variation of, 138 of Juan Fernandez, 140 influenced by varied conditions in South America, 147 relations and affinities of, 148 sternum of, 151 eggs of, 152 feather-tracts of, 152 resemblance of swifts to, 152 nestlings of, 153 differences from sun-birds, 154 353 Madagascar, white-marked butterflies of, 260 Madagascar once united to Africa, 325 Madagascar and Malaya, resemblances of fauna of, 328 Male birds, origin of ornamental plumage of, 205 Male birds which incubate, 212 Male humming-birds produce a shriller sound, 215 Males, theory of display of ornaments by, 207 Malva sylvestris, M. rotundifolia, 233 Mammals, 116 Mammalia, supposed variations of, comparable to those of butterflies, 261 local resemblances of, in Africa, 262 Mammalia of Palearctic Region, 315 of Ethiopian Region, 317 of Oriental Region, 319 of miocene period in Euro-Asia, 321 Man, antiquity and origin of, 280 indications of extreme antiquity of, 285 highly developed at very early period, 286 antiquity of intellectual, 290 Mangroves, 58 Manicaria saccifera, 41 Mantidæ, 91 Mantis resembling an orchis-flower, 173 Marantaceæ, 47 Marmosets, 118 Marshall, Messrs. on barbets, 106 Meldola, Mr. R. on variable colouring in insects, 170 Meliphagidae in Auckland Isles probably flower-fertilizers, 239 Melliss, Mr. on flora of St. Helena, 275 Migrations between N. America and Euro-Asia, 334 between N. America and South America, 335 A A Mesembryanthemum, stone, 223 Odontomachus, genus of ants, 92 Meteorological phenomena, intensity of, Odour deficient in New Zealand flowers, at the equator, 23 Mimicry, theory of, 189 Mimosa pudica, 59 Mivart, Professor, man, 284 on animal origin of on the divergent affinities of man and apes, 288 Mongredien, Mr. on showy and fragrant flowers, 230 Monkeys, 116 Monkeys and pigeons, 102 Moseley, Mr. on humming-birls of Juan Fernandez, 143 Moseley, Mr. H. N. on birds conveying seeds to islands, 268 Moths, conspicuously coloured caterpillars of, uneatable, 175 Motmots, 105 Mott, Mr. Albert, on antiquity of intellectual man, 291 Mounds of N. America, antiquity of, 296 Mound-builders, a semi-civilized race, 297 Müller, Dr. Hermann, on fertilization of alpine flowers, 232 on fertilization of Martagon lily, 231 on variations of insect-fertilized flowers, 275 277 on differences of allied species of Papilio, pale varieties of, in Moluccas flowers, 233 Musa paradisiaca, 48 Musacer, 48 Mygale, a bird-catching spider, 97 Mysis chameleon, changes of colour of, 171 N. NEARCTIC REGION, mammalia of, 329 birds of, 330 Neotropical region, mammalia of, 331 birds of, 332 Nests of humming-birds, 137 Newton, Professor, on appearance of living humming-birds, 130 New Zealand, poor in flowers and insects, 235 New World, regions of the, 329 131 Nymphalidae, local resemblances of species of distinct genera of, 257 0. OCEANIC ISLANDS, peculiar floras of, 269 theory of, 307 one of animatic secretions of Stainton, Mr., insects attacking ented ana Sanoonday atitude in Java ani SALTIN I. in de pngmanity of Sun's mys, heating effect of, 7 humming-oris, 134 dis Sunrise in the equatorial zone, 22 Swift, resemblances of to humming Juris, 154 Jym.macina trochilus, 75 Variation, how influenced, 142 Vitality a cause of bright colour, 193 W. WARNING COLOURS, theory of, 189 Wave-lengths of coloured rays, 180 on Ajuga ophrydis, 223 Webber Mr. on food of humming-birds, 137 West-Indian Islands, large and brilliant butterflies of, 261 peculiarly coloured birds of, 262 Whip-snakes, 114 White animals poisoned where black escape, 265 White colours influencing sense-perception, 265 White colour doubly prejudicial to animals, 266 White tropical birds, 110 Wilson, Dr. on pottery from N. American mounds, 295 Winds, influence of on temperature, 11 direction of near equator, 11, 12 cause of cold near equator, 12, 13 Wolves in England show its union with continent, 305 Woods from equatorial forest-trees, 36 LONDON R. CLAY, SONS, AND 1YLOR, BREAD STREET HILL |