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- Razor-bill, young of the, 486.
- Reade, Winwood, suicide among savages in Africa, 117; mulattoes not prolific, 171; effect of castration of horned sheep, 506; on the Guinea sheep, 235; on the occurrence of a mane in an African ram, 533; on the negroes' appreciation of the beauty of their women, 577; on the admiration of negroes for a black skin, 579; on the idea of beauty among negroes, 582; on the Jollofs, 587; on the marriage-customs of the negroes, 599.
- Reason, in animals, 75.
- Redstart, American, breeding in immature plumage, 484.
- Redstarts, new mates found by, 408.
- Reduvidæ, stridulation of, 281.
- Reed-bunting, head-feathers of the male, 402; attacked by a bull-finch, 412.
- Reefs, fishes frequenting, 343.
- Reeks, H., retention of horns by breeding deer, 503; cow rejected by a bull, 525; destruction of piebald rabbits by cats, 542.
- Regeneration, partial, of lost parts in man, 8.
- Regent-bird, 413.
- Reindeer, horns of the, 233; battles of, 501; horns of the female, 503; antlers of, with numerous points, 510; winter change of the, 542; sexual preferences shewn by, 552.
- Relationship, terms of, 590.
- Religion, deficiency of, among certain races, 93; psychical elements of, 95.
- Remorse, 114; deficiency of, among savages, 131.
- Rengger, on the diseases of Cebus Azarœ, 7; on the diversity of the mental faculties of monkeys, 27; on the Payaguas Indians, 32; on the inferiority of Europeans to savages in their senses, 33; revenge taken by monkeys, 69; on maternal affection in a Cebus, 70; on the reasoning powers of American monkeys, 77; on the use of stones by monkeys for cracking hard nuts, 81; on the sounds uttered by Cebus Azarœ, 84; on the signal-cries of monkeys, 87; on the polygamous habits of Mycetes caraya, 217; on the voice of the howling monkeys, 527; on the odour of Cervus campestris, 529; on the beards of Mycetes caraya and Pithecia Satanas, 531; on the colours of Felis mitis, 534; on the colours of Cervus paludosus, 536; on sexual differences of colour in Mycetes, 537; on the colour of the infant Guaranys, 558; on the early maturity of the female of Cebus azarœ, 558; on the beards of the Guaranys, 561; on the emotional notes employed by monkeys, 572; on American polygamous monkeys, 590.
- Representative species, of birds, 468.
- Reproduction, unity of phenomena of, throughout the mammalia, 8; period of, in birds, 484.
- Reproductive system, rudimentary structures in the, 23; accessory parts of, 161.
- Reptiles, 350.
- and birds, alliance of, 165.
- Resemblances, small, between man and the apes, 150.
- Retrievers, exercise of reasoning faculties by, 78.
- Revenge, manifested by animals, 69.
- Reversion, 36; perhaps the cause of some bad dispositions, 137.
- Rhagium, difference of colour in the sexes of a species of, 294.
- Rhamphastos carinatus, 492.
- Rhea darwinii, 479.
- Rhinoceros, nakedness of, 57; horns of, 505; horns of, used defensively, 518; attacking white or grey horses, 540.
- Rhynchœa, sexes and young of, 476.
- australis, 476.
- bengalensis, 476.
- capensis, 477.
- Rhythm, perception of, by animals, 569.
- Richard, M., on rudimentary muscles in man, 12.
- Richardson, Sir J., on the pairing of Tetrao umbellus, 366; on Tetrao urophasianus, 372; on the drumming of grouse, 376; on the dances of Tetrao phasianellus, 381; on
