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Struthers, Dr., on the occurrence of the supra-condyloid foramen in the humerus of man. Sturnella ludoviciana, pugnacity of the male. Sturnus vulgaris. Sub-species. Suffering, in strangers, indifference of savages to. Suicide, formerly not regarded as a crime; rarely practised among the lowest savages. Suidae, stripes of the young.
Leguay, on the occurrence of the supra-condyloid foramen in the humerus of man. Lek of the black-cock and capercailzie. Lemoine, Albert, on the origin of language. Lemur macaco, sexual difference of colour in. Lemuridae, ears of the; variability of the muscles in the; position and derivation of the; their origin. Lemurs, uterus in the. Lenguas, disfigurement of the ears of the. Leopards, black.
Fly-catchers, colours and nidification of. Foetus, human, woolly covering of the; arrangement of the hair on. Food, influence of, upon stature. Foot, prehensile power of the, retained in some savages; prehensile, in the early progenitors of man. Foramen, supra-condyloid, exceptional occurrence of in the humerus of man; in the early progenitors of man.
When present, the great nerve invariably passes through it; and this clearly indicates that it is the homologue and rudiment of the supra-condyloid foramen of the lower animals. Prof. Turner estimates, as he informs me, that it occurs in about one per cent. of recent skeletons.
Proportions, difference of, in distinct races. Protective colouring in butterflies; in lizards; in birds; in mammals. Protective nature of the dull colouring of female Lepidoptera. Protective resemblances in fishes. Protozoa, absence of secondary sexual characters in. Pruner-Bey, on the occurrence of the supra-condyloid foramen in the humerus of man; on the colour of negro infants.
Wyman, Prof., on the prolongation of the coccyx in the human embryo; on the condition of the great toe in the human embryo; on the occurrence of the supra-condyloid foramen in the humerus of man; on variation in the skulls of the natives of the Sandwich Islands; on the hatching of the eggs in the mouths and branchial cavities of male fishes. Xenarchus, on the Cicadae.
Kite, killed by a game-cock. Knot, retention of winter plumage by the. Knox, R., on the semilunar fold; on the occurrence of the supra-condyloid foramen in the humerus of man; on the features of the young Memmon. Koala, length of the caecum in. Kobus ellipsiprymnus, proportion of the sexes in. Kolreuter, on the sterility of hybrid plants. Koodoo, development of the horns of the; markings of the.
In some of the lower Quadrumana, in the Lemuridae and Carnivora, as well as in many marsupials, there is a passage near the lower end of the humerus, called the supra-condyloid foramen, through which the great nerve of the fore limb and often the great artery pass.
W., on muscular fasciculi in man referable to the panniculus carnosus; on the occurrence of the supra-condyloid foramen in the human humerus; on muscles attached to the coccyx in man; on the filum terminale in man; on the variability of the muscles; on abnormal conditions of the human uterus; on the development of the mammary glands; on male fishes hatching ova in their mouths; on the external perpendicular fissure of the brain; on the bridging convolutions in the brain of a chimpanzee.
Guanas, strife for women among the; polyandry among the. Guanche skeletons, occurrence of the supra-condyloid foramen in the humerus of. Guaranys, proportion of men and women among; colour of new-born children of the; beards of the. Guenee, A., on the sexes of Hyperythra. Guilding, L., on the stridulation of the Locustidae. Guillemot, variety of the. Guinea, sheep of, with males only horned.
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