CHEVREUL, on crossing fruit-trees.

CHICKENS, differences in characters of. -white, liable to gapes.

CHIGOE.

CHILE, sheep of.

CHILLINGHAM cattle, identical with Bos primigenius. -characters of.

CHILOE, half-castes of.

CHINA, cats of, with drooping ears. -horses of. -striped ponies of. -asses of. -notice of rabbits in, by Confucius. -breeds of pigeons reared in. -breeds of fowls of, in fifteenth century.

CHINCHILLA, fertility of, in captivity.

CHINESE, selection practised by the. -preference of the, for hornless rams. -recognition of the value of native breeds by the.

CHINESE, or Himalayan rabbit.