pairing preferently with those of the same colour; numerical proportion
of male and female births in; formerly striped.
Hottentot women, peculiarities of.
Hottentots, lice of; readily become musicians; notions of female beauty
of the; compression of nose by.
Hough, Dr. S., men s temperature more variable than women s; proportion
of sexes in man.
House-slaves, difference of, from field-slaves.
Houzeau, on the baying of the dog; on reason in dogs; birds killed by
telegraph wires; on the cries of domestic fowls and parrots; animals
feel no pity; suicide in the Aleutian Islands.
Howorth, H.H., extinction of savages.
Huber, P., on ants playing together; on memory in ants; on the
intercommunication of ants; on the recognition of each other by ants
after separation.
Huc, on Chinese opinions of the appearance of Europeans.
Huia, the, of New Zealand.
Human, man, classed alone in a kingdom.
Human sacrifices.
Humanity, unknown among some savages; deficiency of, among savages.
Humboldt, A. von, on the rationality of mules; on a parrot preserving
the language of a lost tribe; on the cosmetic arts of savages; on the
exaggeration of natural characters by man; on the red painting of
American Indians.
Hume, D., on sympathetic feelings.
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