Bos primigenius.
Bos sondaicus, horns of, colours of.
Botocudos, mode of life of; disfigurement of the ears and lower lip of
the.
Boucher de Perthes, J.C. de, on the antiquity of man.
Bourbon, proportion of the sexes in a species of Papilio from.
Bourien on the marriage-customs of the savages of the Malay
Archipelago.
Bovidae, dewlaps of.
Bower-birds, habits of the; ornamented playing-places of.
Bows, use of.
Brachycephalic structure, possible explanation of.
Brachyura.
Brachyurus calvus, scarlet face of.
Bradley, Mr., abductor ossis metatarsi quinti in man.
Brain, of man, agreement of the, with that of lower animals;
convolutions of, in the human foetus; influence of development of
mental faculties upon the size of the; influence of the development of
on the spinal column and skull; larger in some existing mammals than in
their tertiary prototypes; relation of the development of the, to the
progress of language; disease of the, affecting speech; difference in
the convolutions of, in different races of men; supplement on, by Prof.
Huxley; development of the gyri and sulci.
Brakenridge, Dr., on the influence of climate.
Brandt, A., on hairy men.
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