black-seeded, antiquity of, ii. [429].

Porcupine, breeding of, in captivity, ii. [152].

Porcupine family, ii. [4], [76].

Porphyrio, breeding of a species of, in captivity, ii. [156].

Portal, on a peculiar hereditary affection of the eye, ii. [9].

Porto Santo, feral rabbits of, i. 112.

Potamochœrus penicillatus, ii. [150].

Potato, i. 330-331;

bud-variation by tubers in the, i. 384-385;

graft-hybrid of, by union of half-tubers, i. 395;