Papuans, line of separation between the, and the Malays; beards of the;
teeth of.
Papuans and Malays, contrast in characters of.
Paradise, Birds of; supposed by Lesson to be polygamous; rattling of
their quills by; racket-shaped feathers in; sexual differences in
colour of; decomposed feathers in; display of plumage by the male;
sexual differences in colour of.
Paradisea apoda, barbless feathers in the tail of; plumage of; and P.
papuana; divergence of the females of; increase of beauty with age.
Paradisea papuana, plumage of.
Paraguay, Indians of, eradication of eyebrows and eyelashes by.
Parallelism of development of species and languages.
Parasites, on man and animals; as evidence of specific identity or
distinctness; immunity from, correlated with colour.
Parental feeling in earwigs, starfishes, and spiders; affection, partly
a result of natural selection.
Parents, age of, influence upon sex of offspring.
Parinae, sexual difference of colour in.
Park, Mungo, negro-women teaching their children to love the truth; his
treatment by the negro-women; on negro opinions of the appearance of
white men.
Parker, Mr., no bird or reptile in line of mammalian descent.
Parrakeet, young of; Australian, variation in the colour of the thighs
of a male.
Parrot, racket-shaped feathers in the tail of a; instance of
benevolence in a.
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