The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. II (1st Edition)

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on the odour of the skin, i. 248; on the colour of infants, ii. 318.

GOLDFINCH, ii. 56, 85; proportion of the sexes in the, i. 307; sexual differences of the beak in the, ii. 39; courtship of the, ii. 95.

GOLDFINCH, North American, young of, ii. 216.

GOLDFISH, ii. 16.

_Gomphus_, proportions of the sexes in, i. 314; difference in the sexes of, i. 362.

_Gonepteryx Rhamni_, i. 393; sexual difference of colour in, i. 409.

GOODSIR, Prof., on the affinity of the lancelet to the ascidians, i. 205.

GOOSANDER, young of, ii. 189.

GOOSE, Antarctic, colours of the, ii. 228.

GOOSE, Canada, pairing with a Bernicle gander, ii. 114.

GOOSE, Chinese, knob on the beak of the, ii. 129.

GOOSE, Egyptian, ii. 46.

GOOSE, Sebastopol, plumage of, ii. 74.

GOOSE, Snow-, whiteness of the, ii. 228.

GOOSE, Spur-winged, ii. 46.

GORILLA, ii. 323; semi-erect attitude of the, i. 142; mastoid processes of the, i. 143; direction of the hair on the arms of the, i. 192; supposed evolution of the, i. 230; polygamy of the, i. 266, ii. 361, 362; voice of the, ii. 276; cranium of, ii. 318; fighting of male, ii. 324.

GOSSE, P. H., on the pugnacity of the male Humming-birds, ii. 40.

GOSSE, M., on the inheritance of artificial modifications of the skull, ii. 380.

GOULD, B. A., on variation in the length of the legs in man, i. 108; measurements of American soldiers, i. 114, 116; on the proportions of the body and capacity of the lungs in different races of men, i. 216; on the inferior vitality of mulattoes, i. 221.

GOULD, J., on the arrival of male snipes before the females, i. 260; on the numerical proportion of the sexes in birds, i. 306; on _Neomorpha_, ii. 39; on the species of _Eustephanus_, ii. 39; on the Australian Musk-duck, ii. 39; on the relative size of the sexes in _Biziura lobata_ and _Cincloramphus cruralis_, ii. 43; on _Lobivanellus lobatus_, ii. 48; on the habits of _Menura Alberti_, ii. 56; on the rarity of song in brilliant birds, ii. 58; on _Selasphorus platycercus_, ii. 65; on the Bower-birds, ii. 69, 102; on the ornamental plumage of the Humming-birds, ii. 78; on the moulting of the ptarmigan, ii. 83; on the display of plumage by the male Humming-birds, ii. 86; on the shyness of adorned male birds, ii. 97; on the decoration of the bowers of Bower-birds, ii. 112; on the decoration of their nests by Humming-birds, ii. 112; on variation in the genus _Cynanthus_, ii. 125; on the colour of the thighs in a male parrakeet, ii. 126; on _Urosticte Benjamini_, ii. 151, 152; on the nidification of the Orioles, ii. 168; on obscurely-coloured birds building concealed nests, ii. 169; on Trogons and Kingfishers, ii. 173; on Australian parrots, ii. 174; on Australian pigeons, ii. 175; on the moulting of the ptarmigan, ii. 181; on the immature plumage of birds, ii. 186 _et seq._; on the Australian species of _Turnix_, ii. 201; on the young of _Aithurus polytmus_, ii. 220; on the colours of the bills of Toucans, ii. 227; on the relative size of the sexes in the Marsupials of Australia,