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INDEX 487Mott, Mr. Albert, on antiquity of intellectualman, 425Miiller, Dr. Hermann, on fertilisationof Alpine flowers, 403on fertilisation of Martagon lily,402on differences of allied species offlowers, 404Murray, Mr. Andrew, objections totheory of mimicry, 76Musa paradisiaca, 254Musaceae, 254Muscicapidae, sexual colouring andnidification of, 128Musophagidae, sexual colouring andnidification of, 125Mygale, a bird-catching spider, 291Mysis chameleon, changes of colourof, 347NAPEOGENES, all the species aremimickers, 61Natchez man, antiquity of, 438Natural History before Darwin, 451selection, the principle stated, 31,32general acceptance of the theoryof, 35tabular demonstration of, 166outline of theory of, 167its effects on man and animalsdifferent, 173hardly acts among civilisedsocieties, 185what it can not do, 187cannot produce injurious or uselessmodifications, 187Nectarineidae, 134Necydalidae, mimic Hymenoptera, 68Nemophas grayi, a Longicorn mimickedby a Longicorn, 68Nests of birds, why different, 101of young birds, how built, 104inferior, built by young birds, 108construction of, described byLevaillant, 112imperfections in, 116influenced by changed conditionsand persistent habits, 119Nests of birds, classification of, accordingto function, 122of humming-birds, 322New forms, how produced by variationand selection, 156Mound-builders, a semi-civilised race,426Mounds of N. America, antiquity of,428Newton, Professor, on appearance ofliving humming-birds, 317New Zealand, poor in flowers andinsects, 406Nocturnal animals, colours of, 38Nomada, 70North America, antiquity of man in,433North American earth-works, 425Nuttall, Mr., on the rufous flamebearer,317Nymphalidae, local resemblances ofspecies of distinct genera of, 383OBEREA, species resemble Tenthredinidse,68Oceanic islands first defined byDarwin, 469Odontocera odyneroides, 68Odontocheila, 69Odontomachus, genus of ants, 280Odours absorbed unequally by differentlycoloured stuffs, 390of flowers attractive, 402Odynerus sinuatus,64OZcodoma cephalotes, 282CEcophylla smaragdina, 279Ogle, Dr. on colour and sense-perception,389Oil from palms, 252Oncidiums, 257Onthophilus sulcatus, like a seed, 42Onychocerus scorpio, resembles bark,41Optical theory of colour, 354Orange-tip butterfly, protective colouringof, 43Orchids, 255Orchis, structure of an,natural selection, 146explained byOrgyia antiqua and O. gonostigma,autumnal colours of, 45Oriolidaa, 133Ornamental humming-birds, the mostpugnacious, 380Ornaments, display of, by male humming-birds,320Orthoptera, 286