selection of cattle practised by, ii. [207].

Neolithic period, domestication of Bos longifrons and primigenius in the, i. 81;

cattle of the, distinct from the original species, i. 87;

domestic goat in the, i. 101;

cereals of the, i. 317.

Nerve, optic, atrophy of the, ii. [297].

Neumeister, on the Dutch and German pouter pigeons, i. 138;

on the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154;

duplication of the middle flight feather in pigeons, i. 159;

on a peculiarly coloured breed of pigeons, "Staarhalsige Taube," i. 161;