Lowne, B.T., on Musca vomitoria.
Loxia, characters of young of.
Lubbock, Sir J., on the antiquity of man; on the origin of man; on the
mental capacity of savages; on the origin of implements; on the
simplification of languages; on the absence of the idea of God among
certain races of men; on the origin of the belief in spiritual
agencies; on superstitions; on the sense of duty; on the practice of
burying the old and sick among the Fijians; on the immorality of
savages; on Mr. Wallace s claim to the origination of the idea of
natural selection; on the former barbarism of civilised nations; on
improvements in the arts among savages; on resemblances of the mental
characters in different races of men; on the arts practised by savages;
on the power of counting in primeval man; on the prehensile organs of
the male Labidocera Darwinii; on Chloeon; on Smynthurus luteus; finding
of new mates by jays; on strife for women among the North American
Indians; on music; on the ornamental practices of savages; on the
estimation of the beard among the Anglo-Saxons; on artificial
deformation of the skull; on communal marriages; on exogamy; on the
Veddahs; on polyandry.
Lucanidae, variability of the mandibles in the male.
Lucanus, large size of males of.
Lucanus cervus, numerical proportion of sexes of; weapons of the male.
Lucanus elaphus, use of mandibles of; large jaws of male.
Lucas, Prosper, on pigeons; on sexual preference in horses and bulls.
Luminosity in insects.
Lunar periods.
Lund, Dr., on skulls found in Brazilian caves.
Lungs, enlargement of, in the Quichua and Aymara Indians; a modified
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