Limosa lapponica.
Linaria.
Linaria montana.
Lindsay, Dr. W.L., diseases communicated from animals to man; madness in animals; the dog considers his master his God.
Linnaeus, views of, as to the position of man.
Linnet, numerical proportion of the sexes in the; crimson forehead and breast of the; courtship of the.
Lion, polygamous; mane of the, defensive; roaring of the.
Lions, stripes of young.
Lips, piercing of the, by savages.
Lithobius, prehensile appendages of the female.
Lithosia, coloration in.
Littorina littorea.
Livingstone, Dr., manner of sitting of gorilla; on the influence of dampness and dryness on the colour of the skin; on the liability of negroes to tropical fevers after residence in a cold climate; on the spur-winged goose; on weaverbirds; on an African night-jar; on the battle-scars of South African male mammals; on the removal of the upper incisors by the Batokas; on the perforation of the upper lip by the Makalolo; on the Banyai.
Livonia, numerical proportion of male and female births in.
Lizards, relative size of the sexes of; gular pouches of.
Lloyd, L., on the polygamy of the capercailzie and bustard; on the numerical proportion of the sexes in the capercailzie and blackcock; on the salmon; on the colours of the sea-scorpion; on the pugnacity of male grouse; on the capercailzie and blackcock; on the call of the capercailzie; on assemblages of grouse and snipes; on the pairing of a shield-drake with a common duck; on the battles of seals; on the elk.
Lobivanellus, wing-spurs in.
Local influences, effect of, upon stature.
Lockwood, Mr., on the development of Hippocampus.
Lockwood, Rev. S., musical mouse.
Locust, bright-coloured, rejected by lizards and birds.
Locust, migratory; selection by female.
Locustidae, stridulation of the; descent of the.
Locusts, proportion of sexes in; stridulation of.
Longicorn beetles, difference of the sexes of, in colour; stridulation of.
Lonsdale, Mr., on an example of personal attachment in Helix pomatia.
Lophobranchii, marsupial receptacles of the male.
Lophophorus, habits of.
Lophorina atra, sexual difference in coloration of.
Lophornis ornatus.
Lord, J.K., on Salmo lycaodon.
Lory, King; immature plumage of the.
Lory, king, constancy of.
Love-antics and dances of birds.
Lowne, B.T., on Musca vomitoria.
Loxia, characters of young of.
Lubbock, Sir J., on the antiquity of man; on the origin of man; on the mental capacity of savages; on the origin of implements; on the simplification of languages; on the absence of the idea of God among certain races of men; on the origin of the belief in spiritual agencies; on superstitions; on the sense of duty; on the practice of burying the old and sick among the Fijians; on the immorality of savages; on Mr. Wallace's claim to the origination of the idea of natural selection; on the former barbarism of civilised nations; on improvements in the arts among savages; on resemblances of the mental characters in different races of men; on the arts practised by savages; on the power of counting in primeval man; on the prehensile organs of the male Labidocera Darwinii; on Chloeon; on Smynthurus luteus; finding of new mates by jays; on strife for women among the North American Indians; on music; on the ornamental practices of savages; on the estimation of the beard among the Anglo-Saxons; on artificial deformation of the skull; on "communal marriages;" on exogamy; on the Veddahs; on polyandry.
Lucanidae, variability of the mandibles in the male.
Lucanus, large size of males of.
Lucanus cervus, numerical proportion of sexes of; weapons of the male.
Lucanus elaphus, use of mandibles of; large jaws of male.
Lucas, Prosper, on pigeons; on sexual preference in horses and bulls.
Luminosity in insects.
Lunar periods.
Lund, Dr., on skulls found in Brazilian caves.
Lungs, enlargement of, in the Quichua and Aymara Indians; a modified swim-bladder; different capacity of, in races of man.