ii. 365;

on polyandry, ii. 365.

MCNEILL, Mr., on the use of the antlers of deer, ii. 252; on the Scotch deerhound, ii. 261; on the long hairs of the throat of the stag, ii. 268; on the bellowing of stags, ii. 274.

_Macrorhinus proboscideus_, structure of the nose of, ii. 278.

MAGPIE, power of speech of, i. 59; stealing bright objects, ii. 112; nuptial assemblies of, ii. 102; new mates found by, ii. 103; young of the, ii. 209; coloration of the, ii. 230.

MAGPIES, vocal organs of the, ii. 55.

MAILLARD, M., on the proportion of the sexes in a species of _Papilio_ from Bourbon, i. 310.

MAINE, Mr., on the absorption of one tribe by another, i. 159; on the want of a desire for improvement, i. 166.

MAKALOLO, perforation of the upper lip by the, ii. 341.

MALAR bone, abnormal division of, in man, i. 124.

MALAY, Archipelago, marriage-customs of the savages of the, ii. 373.

MALAYS, line of separation between the Papuans and the, i. 218; general beardlessness of the, ii. 321; staining of the teeth among, ii. 339; aversion of some, to hairs on the face, ii. 349.

MALAYS and Papuans, contrasted characters of, i. 216.

MALE animals, struggles of, for the possession of the females,