Patagonians, self-sacrifice by; marriages of.
Patterson, Mr., on the Agrionidae.
Patteson, Bishop, decrease of Melanesians.
Paulistas of Brazil.
Pavo cristatus.
Pavo muticus, possession of spurs by the female.
Pavo nigripennis.
Payaguas Indians, thin legs and thick arms of the.
Payan, Mr., on the proportion of the sexes in sheep.
Peacock, polygamous; sexual characters of; pugnacity of the; Javan, possessing spurs; rattling of the quills by; elongated tail-coverts of the; love of display of the; ocellated spots of the; inconvenience of long tail of the, to the female; continued increase of beauty of the.