Lamont, Mr., on the tusks of the walrus; on the use of its tusks by the
walrus; on the bladder-nose seal.
Lampornis porphyrurus, colours of the female.
Lampyridae, distasteful to mammals.
Lancelet.
Landois, H., gnats attracted by sound; on the production of sound by
the Cicadae; on the stridulating organ of the crickets; on Decticus; on
the stridulating organs of the Acridiidae; stridulating apparatus, in
Orthoptera; on the stridulation of Necrophorus; on the stridulant organ
of Cerambyx heros; on the stridulant organ of Geotrupes; on the
stridulating organs in the Coleoptera; on the ticking of Anobium.
Landor, Dr., on remorse for not obeying tribal custom.
Language, an art; articulate, origin of; relation of the progress of,
to the development of the brain; effects of inheritance in production
of; complex structure of, among barbarous nations; natural selection
in; gesture; primeval; of a lost tribe preserved by a parrot.
Languages, presence of rudiments in; classification of; variability of;
crossing or blending of; complexity of, no test of perfection or proof
of special creation; resemblance of, evidence of community of origin.
Languages and species, identity of evidence of their gradual
development.
Lanius, characters of young.
Lanius rufus, anomalous young of.
Lankester, E.R., on comparative longevity; on the destructive effects
of intemperance.
Lanugo of the human foetus.
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