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Quechua, see Quichua. Querquedula acuta. Quetelet, proportion of sexes in man; relative size in man and woman. Quichua Indians; local variation of colour in the; no grey hair among the; hairlessness of the; long hair of the. Quiscalus major, proportions of the sexes of, in Florida and Honduras. Rabbit, white tail of the.
The wife, the sister, and the daughter in the departments seldom sit down to their meals with the master of the house, but attend upon him like servants. Whilst coffee was preparing next morning, I strolled about the outbuildings, and was much amused at the antics of the jet black Quiscalus, called "sanate" by the natives.
Hoffberg, on the horns of the reindeer; on sexual preferences shewn by reindeer. Hoffman, Prof., protective colours; fighting of frogs. Hog, wart-; river-. Hog-deer. Holland, Sir H., on the effects of new diseases. Homologous structures, correlated variation of. Homoptera, stridulation of the, and Orthoptera, discussed. Honduras, Quiscalus major in.
Flexor pollicis longus, similar variation of, in man. Flies, humming of. Flint tools. Flints, difficulty of chipping into form. Florida, Quiscalus major in. Florisuga mellivora. Flounder, coloration of the. Flower, W.H., on the abductor of the fifth metatarsal in apes; on the position of the Seals; on the Pithecia monachu; on the throat-pouch of the male bustard.
Taphroderes distortus, enlarged left mandible of the male. Tapirs, longitudinal stripes of young. Tarsi, dilatation of front, in male beetles. Tarsius. Tasmania, half-castes killed by the natives of. Tasmanians, extinction of. Taste, in the Quadrumana. Tattooing, universality of. Taylor, G., on Quiscalus major. Taylor, Rev. R., on tattooing in New Zealand. Tea, fondness of monkeys for.
Now, in some few cases, the two sexes of the same species appear to have been differently affected; in the Agelaeus phoeniceus the males have had their colours greatly intensified in the south; whereas with Cardinalis virginianus it is the females which have been thus affected; with Quiscalus major the females have been rendered extremely variable in tint, whilst the males remain nearly uniform.
It put me in mind of the firing of cannons as an accompaniment to the Anvil Chorus. Why should a creature of such gifts be named for his bodily dimensions, or the shape of his tail? Why not Quiscalus gilmorius, Gilmore's grackle? That the sounds were wing-made I had no thought of questioning.
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