certain males; pursuit of, by males; occurrence of secondary sexual
characters in; development of male character by.
Females and males, comparative numbers of; comparative mortality of,
while young.
Femur and tibia, proportions of, in the Aymara Indians.
Fenton, Mr., decrease of Maories; infanticide amongst the Maories.
Ferguson, Mr., on the courtship of fowls.
Fertilisation, phenomena of, in plants; in the lower animals.
Fertility lessened under changed conditions.
Fevers, immunity of Negroes and Mulattoes from.
Fiber zibethicus, protective colouring of it.
Fick, H., effect of conscription for military service.
Fidelity, in the elephant; of savages to one another; importance of.
Field-slaves, difference of, from house-slaves.
Fiji Archipelago, population of the.
Fiji Islands, beards of the natives; marriage-customs of the.
Fijians, burying their old and sick parents alive; estimation of the
beard among the; admiration of, for a broad occiput.
Filial affection, partly the result of natural selection.
Filum terminale.
Finch, racket-shaped feathers in the tail of a.
Finches, spring change of colour in; British, females of the.
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