HEWITT, Mr., reversion in bantam cocks. -degeneration of silk fowls. -partial sterility of hen-like male fowls. -production of tailed chickens by rumpless fowls. -on taming and rearing wild ducks. -conditions of inheritance in laced Sebright bantams. -reversion in rumpless fowls. -reversion in fowls by age. -hybrids of pheasant and fowl. -assumption of male characters by female pheasants. -development of latent characters in a barren bantam hen. -mongrels from the silk fowl. -effects of close interbreeding on fowls. -on feather-legged bantams.

HIBBERT, Mr., on the pigs of the Shetland Islands.

HIBISCUS, See Paritium.

HIGHLAND cattle, descended from Bos longifrons.

HILDEBRAND, Dr., on graft-hybrids with the potato. -on the influence of pollen on the mother-plant. -on the fertilisation of Orchideae. -occasional necessary crossing of plants. -on seeds not fitted for distribution. -potato-grafting. -crossing of varieties. -on Primula sinensis and Oxalis rosea. -on Corydalis cava.

HILL, R., on the Alco. -feral rabbits in Jamaica. -feral peacocks in Jamaica. -variation of the Guinea fowl in Jamaica. -sterility of tamed birds in Jamaica.

HIMALAYA, range of gallinaceous birds in the.

HIMALAYAN rabbit. -skull of.

HIMALAYAN sheep.

HINDMARSH, Mr., on Chillingham cattle.