RUMINANTS, general fertility of, in captivity.
RUMPLESS fowls.
RUNTS. -history of. -lower jaws and skull figured.
RUSSELL, Lord A., spiegelcarpe.
RUSSIAN or Himalayan rabbit.
RUTIMEYER, Prof., dogs of the Neolithic period. -horses of Swiss lake-dwellings. -diversity of early domesticated horses. -pigs of the Swiss lake-dwellings. -on humped cattle. -parentage of European breeds of cattle. -on "Niata" cattle. -sheep of the Swiss lake-dwellings. -goats of the Swiss lake-dwellings. -absence of fowls in the Swiss lake-dwellings. -on crossing cattle. -differences in the bones of wild and domesticated animals. -decrease in size of wild European animals.
RYE, wild, De Candolle's observations on. -found in the Swiss lake-dwellings. -common, preferred by hares and rabbits. -less variable than other cultivated plants.
SABINE, Mr., on the cultivation of Rosa spinosissima. -on the cultivation of the dahlia. -effect of foreign pollen on the seed-vessel in Amaryllis vittata.
ST. ANGE, influence of the pelvis on the shape of the kidneys in birds.
ST. DOMINGO, wild dogs of. -bud-variation of dahlias in.