The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

by Charles Darwin

[13] Pickering, ‘Races of Man,’ 1850, p. 318.

[14] ‘Journal of a Horticultural Tour,’ by a Deputation of the Caledonian Hist. Soc., 1823, p. 293.

INDEX

ABBAS PACHA, a fancier of fantailed pigeons, [6].
ABBEY, Mr., on grafting, [18] (2);
—on mignonette, [21].
ABBOTT, Mr. Keith, on the Persian tumbler pigeon, [5].
ABBREVIATION of the facial bones, [3].
ABORTION of organs, [24], [27].
ABSORPTION of minority in crossed races, [15], [19].
ABUTILON, graft hybridisation of, [11].
ACCLIMATISATION, [24];
—of maize, [9].
ACERBI, on the fertility of domestic animals in Lapland, [16].
Achatinella, [13].
Achillea millefolium, bud variation in, [11].
Aconitum napellus, roots of, innocuous in cold climates, [23].
Acorus calamus, sterility of, [18].
ACOSTA, on fowls in South America at its discovery, [7].
Acropera, number of seeds in, [27].
ADAM, M., origin of Cytisus adami, [11].
ADAM, W., on consanguineous marriages, [17].
ADAMS, on hereditary diseases, [12].
ADVANCEMENT in scale of organisation, [Introduction].
Ægilops triticoides, observations of Fabre and Godron on, [9];
—increasing fertility of hybrids of, with wheat, [16].
Æsculus pavia, tendency of, to become double, [18].
Æthusa cynapium, [25].
AFFINITY, sexual elective, [19].
AFRICA, white bull from, [3];
—feral cattle in, [3];
—food-plants of savages of, [9];
—South, diversity of breeds of cattle in, [3];
—West, change in fleece of sheep in, [3].
Agave vivipara, seeding of, in poor soil, [18].
AGE, changes in trees, dependent on, [11].
——, as bearing on pangenesis, [27].
AGOUTI, fertility of, in captivity, [18].
AGRICULTURE, antiquity of, [21].
Agrostis, seeds of, used as food, [9].
AGUARA, [1].
AINSWORTH, Mr., on the change in the hair of animals at Angora, [24].
AKBAR KHAN, his fondness for pigeons, [6]; [20].
Alauda arvensis, [18].
ALBIN, on “Golden Hamburgh” fowls, [7];
—figure of the hook-billed duck, [8].
ALBINISM, [4], [12].
ALBINO, negro, attacked by insects, [21].
ALBINOES, heredity of, [12].
ALBINUS, thickness of the epidermis on the palms of the hands in man, [24].
ALCO, [1], [15].
ALDROVANDI, on rabbits, [4];
—description of the nun pigeon, [5];
—on the fondness of the Dutch for pigeons in the seventeenth century, [6];
—notice of several varieties of pigeons, [6];
—on the breeds of fowls, [7];
—on the origin of the domestic duck, [8].
ALEFIELD, Dr., on the varieties of peas and their specific unity, [9];
—on the varieties of beans, [9].
ALEXANDER the Great, his selection of Indian cattle, [20].
ALGÆ, retrogressive metamorphosis in, [27];
—division of zoospores of, [27].
ALLEN, J., birds in United States, [23].
ALLEN, W., on feral fowls, [7], [13].
ALLMAN, Professor, on a monstrous Saxifraga geum, [18];
—on the Hydroida, [27] (2).
ALMOND, [10];
—antiquity of, [28];
—bitter, not eaten by mice, [21].
Alnus glutinosa, and incana, hybrids of, [17].
ALPACA, selection of, [20].
Althæa rosea, [11], [16].
Amaryllis, [17].
Amaryllis vittata, effect of foreign pollen on, [5].
AMAUROSIS, hereditary, [12].
Amblystoma lurida, [27].
AMERICA, limits within which no useful plants have been furnished by, [9];
—colours of feral horses in, [2];
—North, native cultivated plants of, [9];
—skin of feral pig from, [3];
—South, variations in cattle of, [3].
AMMON, on the persistency of colour in horses, [12].
Amygdalus persica, [10], [11].
Anagallis arvensis, [19].
ANALOGOUS variation, [5], [22];
—in horses, [5];
—in the horse and ass, [2];
—in fowls, [7].
Anas boschas, [8], [13];
—skull of, figured, [8].
“ANCON” sheep of Massachusetts, [3], [15].
ANDALUSIAN fowls, [7].
ANDALUSIAN rabbits, [4].
ANDERSON, J., on the origin of British sheep, [4];
—on the selection of qualities in cattle, [20];
—on a one-eared breed of rabbits, [4];
—on the inheritance of characters from a one-eared rabbit, and three-legged bitch, [12];
—on the persistency of varieties of peas, [9];
—on the production of early peas by selection, [20];
—on the varieties of the potato, [9];
—on crossing varieties of the melon, [11];
—on reversion in the barberry, [11].
ANDERSON, Mr., on the reproduction of the weeping ash by seed, [12].
—on the cultivation of the tree pæony in China, [20].
ANDERSSON, Mr., on the Damara, Bechuana, and Namaqua cattle, [3];
—on the cows of the Damaras, [24];
—selection practised by the Damaras and Namaquas, [20];
—on the use of grass-seeds and the roots of reeds as food in South Africa, [9].
Anemone coronaria, doubled by selection, [20].
ANGINA pectoris, hereditary, occurring at a certain age, [14].
ANGLESEA, cattle of, [3].
ANGOLA sheep, [3].
ANGORA, change in hair of animals at, [23];
—cats of, [1] (2);
—rabbits of, [4] (2).
ANIMALS, domestication of, facilitated by fearlessness of man, [1];
—refusal of wild, to breed in captivity, [18];
—compound, individual peculiarities of, reproduced by budding, [11];
—variation by selection in useful qualities of, [20].
ANNUAL plants, rarity of bud-variation in, [11].
ANOMALIES in the osteology of the horse, [2].
ANOMALOUS breeds of pigs, [3];
—of cattle, [3].
Anser albifrons, characters of, reproduced in domestic geese, [8].
Anser ægyptiacus, [8], [14].
Anser canadensis, [18]. Anser ferus, the original of the domestic goose, [8];
—fertility of cross of, with domestic goose, [8].
ANSON, on feral fowls in the Ladrones, [7].
ANTAGONISM between growth and reproduction, [27].
Anthemis nobilis, bud-variation in flowers of, [11];
—becomes single in poor soil, [18].
ANTHERS, contabescence of, [18].
ANTIGUA, cats of, [5];
—changed fleece of sheep in, [3].
Antirrhinum majus, peloric, [10], [13] (2), [18];
—double-flowered, [18];
—bud-variation in, [11].
ANTS, individual recognition of, [22].
APHIDES, attacking pear-trees, [21];
—development of, [27].
APOPLEXY, hereditary, occurring at a certain age, [14].
APPLE, [10];
—fruit of, in Swiss lake-dwellings, [9];
—rendered fastigiate by heat in India, [10];
—bud-variation in the, [11];
—with dimidiate fruit, [11] (2);
—with two kinds of fruit on the same branch, [11];
—artificial fecundation of, [11];
—St. Valéry, [11], [18];
—reversion in seedlings of, [13];
—crossing of varieties of, [17];
—growth of the, in Ceylon, [21];
—winter majetin, not attacked by coccus, [21];
—flower-buds of, attacked by bullfinches, [21];
—American, change of, when grown in England, [23].
APRICOT, [10] (2);
—glands on the leaves of, [21];
—analogous variation in the, [26].
Aquila fusca, copulating in captivity, [18].
Aquilegia vulgaris, [10], [25].
ARAB boarhound, described by Harcourt, [1].
Arabis blepharophylla and A. soyeri, effects of crossing, [11].
Aralia trifoliata, bud-variation in leaves of, [11].
ARAUCARIAS, young, variable resistance of, to frost, [24].
ARCHANGEL pigeon, [21].
ARCTIC regions, variability of plants and shells of, [22].
Aria vestita, grafted on thorns, [11].
ARISTOPHANES, fowls mentioned by, [7].
ARISTOTLE, on solid-hoofed pigs, [3];
—domestic duck unknown to, [8];
—on the assumption of male characters by old hens, [13].
ARNI, domestication of the, [3].
ARNOLD, Mr., experiments of pollen on the maize, [11].
ARRESTS of development, [24].
ARTERIES, increase of anastomosing branches of, when tied, [24].
ARU Islands, wild pig of, [3].
ARUM, Polynesian varieties of, [22].
Ascaris, number of eggs of, [27].
ASH, varieties of the, [10];
—weeping, [10];
—simple-leaved, [10];
—bud-variation in, [11];
—effects of graft upon the stock in the, [11];
—production of the blotched Breadalbane, [11];
—weeping, capricious reproduction of, by seed, [12].
Asinus burchellii, [2].
Asinus hemionus, [13].
Asinus indicus, [13] (2).
Asinus quagga, [2].
Asinus tæniopus, the original of the domestic ass, [2].
ASPARAGUS, increased fertility of cultivated, [16].
ASS, early domestication of the, [2];
—breeds of, [2];
—small size of, in India, [2];
—stripes of, [2] (2);
—dislike of, to cross water, [6];
—reversion in, [13] (3);
—hybrid of the, with mare and zebra, [13];
—prepotency of the, over the horse, [14];
—crossed with wild ass, [20];
—variation and selection of the, [21].
ASSYRIAN sculpture of a mastiff, [1].
ASTERS, [12], [24].
ASTHMA, hereditary, [12], [14].
ATAVISM. See Reversion.
ATHELSTAN, his care of horses, [20].
ATKINSON, Mr., on the sterility of the Tarroo silk-moth in confinement, [18].
AUBERGINE, [15].
AUDUBON, on feral hybrid ducks, [6], [13];
—on the domestication of wild ducks on the Mississippi, [8];
—on the wild cock turkey visiting domestic hens, [8];
—fertility of Fringilla ciris in captivity, [18];
—fertility of Columba migratoria and leucocephala in captivity, [18];
—breeding of Anser canadensis in captivity, [18].
AUDUBON and Bachman, on the change of coat in Ovis montana, [3];
—sterility of Sciurus cinerea in confinement, [18].
AURICULA, effect of seasonal conditions on the, [23];
—blooming of, [26].
AUSTRALIA, no generally useful plants derived from, [9];
—useful plants of, enumerated by Hooker, [9].
AUSTRIA, heredity of character in emperors of, [14].
AUTENRIETH, on persistency of colour in horses, [12].
AVA, horses of, [2].
Avena fatua, cultivability of, [9].
‘AYEEN Akbery,’ pigeons mentioned in the, [5] (2), [6] (4).
AYRES, W. P., on bud-variation in pelargoniums, [11].
Azalea indica, bud-variation in, [11].
AZARA, on the feral dogs of La Plata, [1];
—on the crossing of domestic with wild cats in Paraguay, [1];
—on hornlike processes in horses, [2];
—on curled hair in horses, [2];
—on the colours of feral horses, [2];
—on the cattle of Paraguay and La Plata, [3] (3), [22];
—on a hornless bull, [20];
—on the increase of cattle in South America, [17];
—on the growth of horns in the hornless cattle of Corrientes, [13];
—on the “Niata” cattle, [3];
—on naked quadrupeds, [23];
—on a race of black-skinned fowls in South America, [7], [20];
—on a variety of maize, [9].

BABINGTON, C. C., on the origin of the plum, [10];
—British species of the genus Rosa, [10];
—distinctness of Viola lutea and tricolor, [10].
BACHMANN, Mr., on the turkey, [22].
See also Audubon. BADGER, breeding in confinement, [18].
“BAGADOTTEN-TAUBE,” [5].
BAILY, Mr., on the effect of selection on fowls, [20];
—on Dorking fowls, [21].
BAIRD, S., on the origin of the turkey, [8].
BAKER, Mr., on heredity in the horse, [12];
—on the degeneration of the horse by neglect, [21];
—orders of Henrys VII. and VIII. for the destruction of undersized mares, [20].
BAKEWELL, change in the sheep effected by, [20].
BALANCEMENT, [26] (2);
—of growth, law of, [26].
BALDHEAD (pigeon), [5].
BALDNESS, in man, inherited, [25];
—with deficiency in teeth, [25] (2).
BALLANCE, Mr., on the effects of interbreeding on fowls, [17];
—on variation in the eggs of fowls, [7].
Ballota nigra, transmission of variegated leaves in, [11].
BAMBOO, varieties of the, [22].
BANANA, variation of the, [10], [22];
—bud-variation in the, [11];
—sterility of the, [22].
BANTAM fowls, [7];
—Sebright, origin of, [15];
—sterility of, [16].
BARB (pigeon), [5] (2), [6], [21];
—figure of, [5];
—figure of lower jaw of, [5].
BARBS, of wheat, [9].
BARBERRY, dark or red-leaved variety, [10], [12];
—reversion in suckers of seedless variety, [11].
BARBUT, J., on the dogs of Guinea, [1];
—on the domestic pigeons in Guinea, [6];
—fowls not native in Guinea, [7].
BARKING, acquisition of the habit of, by various dogs, [1].
BARLEY, wild, [9];
—of the lake-dwellings, [9];
—ancient variety of, [28].
BARNES, Mr., production of early peas by selection, [20].
BARNET, Mr., on the intercrossing of strawberries, [10];
—diœciousness of the hautbois strawberry, [10];
—on the Scarlet American strawberry, [20].
BARTH, Dr., use of grass-seeds as food in Central Africa, [9].
BARTLETT, A. D., on the origin of “Himalayan” rabbits by intercrossing, [4];
—on the feral rabbits of Porto Santo, [4];
—on geese with reversed feathers on the head and neck, [8];
—on the young of the black-shouldered peacock, [8];
—on a variety of the turkey, [8];
—size of hybrids, [17];
—on the breeding of the Felidæ in captivity, [18];
—so-called hybrids, [25].
BARTRAM, on the black wolf-dog of Florida, [1].
BATES, H. W., refusal of wild animals to breed in captivity, [18] (2);
—sterility of American monkeys in captivity, [18];
—sterility of tamed guans, [18].
BATRACHIA, regeneration of lost parts in, [27].
BEACH, raised, in Peru, containing heads of maize, [9].
BEAK, variability of, in fowls, [7];
—individual differences of, in pigeons, [5];
—correlation of, with the feet in pigeons, [5].
BEALE, Lionel, on the contents of cells, [27];
—on the multiplication of infectious atoms, [27].
BEANS, [9];
—of Swiss lake-dwellings, [9];
—varieties of, produced by selection, [20];
—French and scarlet, variable resistance of, to frost, [24] (2);
—superiority of native seed of, [24];
—a symmetrical variation of scarlet, [27];
—experiments on kidney, [8];
—with monstrous stipules and abortive leaflets, [26].
BEARD pigeon, [5].
BEARS, breeding in captivity, [18].
BEASLEY, J., reversion in crossed cattle, [13].
BEATON, D., effect of soil upon strawberries, [10];
—on varieties of pelargonium, [10], [23] (2);
—bud-variation in Gladiolus colvilii, [11];
—cross between Scotch kail and cabbage, [15];
—hybrid gladiolus, [17];
—constant occurrence of new forms among seedlings, [21];
—on the doubling of the Compositæ, [24].
BECHUANA cattle, [3].
BECHSTEIN, on the burrowing of wolves, [1];
—Spitz Dog, [1];
—origin of the Newfoundland dog, [1];
—crossing of domestic and wild swine, [3];
—on the Jacobin pigeon, [5], [6];
—notice of swallow-pigeons, [5];
—on a fork-tailed pigeon, [5];
—variations in the colour of the croup in pigeons, [6];
—on the German dovecot pigeon, [6];
—fertility of mongrel-pigeons, [6];
—on hybrid turtle-doves, [6];
—on crossing the pigeon with Columba œnas, C. palumbus, Turtur risoria, and T. vulgaris, [6];
—development of spurs in the silk hen, [7];
—on Polish fowls, [7] (2);
—on crested birds, [7];
—on the canary-bird, [8], [12], [18];
—German superstition about the turkey, [8];
—occurrence of horns in hornless breeds of sheep, [13];
—hybrids of the horse and ass, [14];
—crosses of tailless fowls, [15];
—difficulty of pairing dove-cot and fancy pigeons, [16];
—fertility of tame ferrets and rabbits, [16];
—fertility of wild sow, [16];
—difficulty of breeding caged birds, [18];
—comparative fertility of Psittacus erithacus in captivity, [18];
—on changes of plumage in captivity, [18];
—liability of light-coloured cattle to the attacks of flies, [21];
—want of exercise a cause of variability, [22];
—effect of privation of light upon the plumage of birds, [23];
—on a sub-variety of the monk-pigeon, [26].
BECK, Mr., constitutional differences in pelargoniums, [10].
BECKMANN, on changes in the odours of plants, [23].
BEDDOE, Dr., correlation of complexion with consumption, [25].
BEE, persistency of character of, [21], [22];
—intercrossing, [17];
—conveyance of pollen of peas by, [9].
BEE OPHRYS, self-fertilisation of, [15].
BEECH, dark-leaved, [10], [12];
—fern-leaved, reversion of, [11];
—weeping, non-production of, by seed, [12].
BEECHEY, horses of Loochoo Islands, [2].
BEET, [9];
—increase of sugar in, by selection, [20].
Begonia frigida, singular variety of, [10];
—sterility of, [18].
BELGIAN rabbit, [4].
BELL, T., statement that white cattle have coloured ears, [3].
BELL, W., bud-variation in Paritium tricuspis, [11].
BELLINGERI, observations on gestation in the dog, [1]
—on the fertility of dogs and cats, [16].
BELON, on high-flying pigeons in Paphlagonia, [6];
—varieties of the goose, [8].
BENGUELA, cattle of, [3].
BENNETT, Dr. G., pigs of the Pacific Islands, [3], [15];
—dogs of the Pacific Islands, [15];
—varieties of cultivated plants in Tahiti, [22].
BENNETT, Mr., on the fallow deer, [16].
BENTHAM, G., number and origin of cultivated plants, [9];
—on Phaseolus, [9];
—cereals all cultivated varieties, [9];
—species of the orange group, [10];
—distinctions of almond and peach, [10];
—British species of Rosa, [10];
—identity of Viola lutea and tricolor, [10].
Berberis vulgaris, [11], [12].
Berberis wallichii, indifference of, to climate, [18].
BERJEAU, on the history of the dog, [1] (2).
BERKELEY, G. F., production of hen-cocks in a strain of game-fowls, [7].
BERKELEY, M. J., crossing of varieties of the pea, [11];
—effect of foreign pollen on grapes, [11];
—on hybrid plants, [17];
—analogy between pollen of highly-cultivated plants and hybrids, [22];
—on Hungarian kidney-beans, [23];
—failure of Indian wheat in England, [24].
BERNARD, inheritance of disease in the horse, [12].
BERNARD, C., independence of the organs of the body, [27];
—special affinities of the tissues, [27].
BERNHARDI, varieties of plants with laciniated leaves, [26].
Bernicla antarctica, [8].
BERTERO, on feral pigeons in Juan Fernandez, [6].
Betula alba, [12].
BEWICK, on the British wild cattle, [3].
BIANCONI, Prof., on the skulls of dogs, [1].
BIBLE, reference to breeding studs of horses in, [2];
—references to domestic pigeons in the, [6];
—indications of selection of sheep in the, [20];
—notice of mules in the, [20].
BIDWELL, Mr., on self-impotence in Amaryllis, [17].
Bignonia, self-sterility of, [17].
BIRCH, weeping, [11], [12].
BIRCH, Dr. S., on the ancient domestication of the pigeon in Egypt, [6];
—notice of bantam fowls in a Japanese encyclopædia, [7] (2).
BIRCH, WYRLEY, on silver-grey rabbits, [4] (2).
BIRDS, sterility caused in, by change of conditions, [18].
BLADDER-NUT, tendency of the, to become double, [18].
BLAINE, Mr., on wry-legged terriers, [21].
BLAINVILLE, origin and history of the dog, [1];
—variations in the number of teeth in dogs, [1];
—variations in the number of toes in dogs, [1];
—on mummies of cats, [1];
—on the osteology of solid-hoofed pigs, [3];
—on feral Patagonian and N. American pigs, [3].
“BLASS-TAUBE,” [5]
BLEEDING, hereditary, [12];
—sexual limitation of excessive, [14].
BLENDING of crossed races, time occupied by the, [15].
BLINDNESS, hereditary, [12];
—at a certain age, [14];
—associated with colour of hair, [25].
BLOODHOUNDS, degeneration of, caused by interbreeding, [17].
BLUMENBACH, on the protuberance of the skull in Polish fowls, [7];
—on the effect of circumcision, [12];
—inheritance of a crooked finger, [12];
—on badger-dogs and other varieties of the dog, [20];
—on Hydra, [24];
—on the “nisus formativus,” [24].
BLYTH, E., on the pariah dog, [1];
—hybrids of dog and jackal, [1];
—early domestication of cats in India, [1];
—origin of domestic cat, [1];
—crossing of domestic and wild cats, [1];
—on Indian cats resembling Felis chaus, [1];
—on striped Burmese ponies, [2];
—on the stripes of the ass, [2];
—on Indian wild pigs, [3];
—on humped cattle, [3];
—occurrence of Bos frontosus in Irish crannoges, [3];
—fertile crossing of zebus and common cattle, [3];
—on the species of sheep, [3];
—on the fat-tailed Indian sheep, [3];
—origin of the goat, [3];
—on rabbits breeding in India, [4];
—number of tail-feathers in fantails, [5];
—Lotan tumbler pigeons, [5];
—number of tail-feathers in Ectopistes, [2];
—on Columba affinis, [6];
—pigeons roosting in trees, [6];
—on Columba leuconota, [6];
—on Columba intermedia of Strickland, [6];
—variation in colour of croup in pigeons, [6] (3);
—voluntary domestication of rock-pigeons in India, [6];
—feral pigeons on the Hudson, [6];
—occurrence of sub-species of pigeons, [6];
—notice of pigeon-fanciers in Delhi, etc., [6];
—hybrids of Gallus sonneratii and the domestic hen, [7];
—supposed hybridity of Gallus temminckii, [7];
—variations and domestication of Gallus bankiva, [7] (2);
—crossing of wild and tame fowls in Burmah, [7];
—restricted range of the larger gallinaceous birds, [7];
—feral fowls in the Nicobar Islands, [7];
—black-skinned fowls occurring near Calcutta, [7];
—weight of Gallus bankiva, [7];
—degeneration of the turkey in India, [8], [23];
—on the colour of gold-fish, [8];
—reversion from a cross, [13];
—on the Ghor-Khur (Asinus indicus), [13];
—on Asinus hemionus, [13];
—number of eggs of Gallus bankiva, [16];
—on the breeding of birds in captivity, [18];
—co-existence of large and small breeds in the same country, [23];
—on the drooping ears of the elephant, [24];
—homology of leg and wing feathers, [25].
BOETHIUS on Scotch wild cattle, [3].
BOITARD and Corbié, on the breeds of pigeons, [5];
—Lille pouter pigeon, [5];
—notice of a gliding pigeon, [5];
—variety of the pouter pigeon, [5];
—dove-cot pigeon, [6];
—crossing pigeons, [6], [15], [17];
—sterility of hybrids of turtle-doves, [6];
—reversion of crossed pigeons, [6], [13];
—on the fantail, [6], [14];
—on the trumpeter, [14];
—prepotency of transmission in silky fantail, [14] (2);
—secondary sexual characters in pigeons, [14];
—crossing of white and coloured turtle-doves, [15];
—fertility of pigeons, [16].
BOMBYCIDÆ, wingless females of, [24].
Bombyx hesperus, [24].
Bombyx huttoni, [8].
Bombyx mori, [8].
BONAFOUS, on maize, [9]. BONAPARTE, number of species of Columbidæ, [5];
—number of tail-feathers in pigeons, [5];
—size of the feet in Columbidæ, [5];
—on Columba guinea, [6];
—Columba turricola, rupestris and schimperi, [6].
Bonatea speciosa, development of ovary of, [11].
BONAVIA, Dr., growth of cauliflowers in India, [24].
BONER, Mr., semi-feral sheep, [13].
BONES, removal of portions of, [24];
—regeneration of, [24];
—growth and repair of, [27].
BONIZZI, on pigeons, [5] (2).
BONNET, on the salamander, [27];
—theory of reproduction, [27] (2).
BORCHMEYER, experiments with the seeds of the weeping ash, [12].
BORECOLE, [9].
BORELLI, on Polish fowls, [7].
BORNEO, fowls of, with tail-bands, [7].
BORNET, E., condition of the ovary in hybrid Cisti, [11];
—self-impotence of hybrid Cisti, [17].
BORROW, G., on pointers, [1].
BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT, on gold-fish, [8].
Bos, probable origin of European domestic cattle from three species of, [3].
Bos frontosus, [3].
Bos indicus, [3].
Bos longifrons, [3] (3).
Bos primigenius, [3] (2), [17]. Bos sondaicus, [20].
Bos taurus, [3].
Bos trochoceros, [3].
BOSC, heredity in foliage-varieties of the elm, [10].
BOSSE, production of double flowers from old seed, [18].
BOSSI, on breeding dark-coloured silkworms, [8].
BOSMAN, on dogs of Guinea, [1].
BOUCHARDAT, on the vine disease, [10].
BOUDIN, on local diseases, [23];
—resistance to cold of dark-complexioned men, [25].
“BOULANS,” [5].
“BOUTON d’Alep,” [23].
BOWEN, Prof., doubts as to the importance of inheritance, [12].
BOWMAN, Mr., hereditary peculiarities in the human eye, [12];
—hereditary cataract, [14].
BRACE, Mr., on Hungarian cattle, [3].
Brachycome iberidifolia, [22].
BRACTS, unusual development of, in gooseberries, [10].
BRADLEY, Mr., effect of grafts upon the stock in the ash, [11];
—effect of foreign pollen upon apples, [11];
—on change of soil, [18].
“BRAHMA Pootras,” a new breed of fowls, [7].
BRAIN, proportion of, in hares and rabbits, [4].
BRANDT, Dr., origin of the goat, [3];
—correlation of teeth and hair, [25].
Brassica, varieties of, with enlarged stems, [26].
Brassica asperifolia, [26].
Brassica napus, [9].
Brassica oleracea, [9].
Brassica rapa, [9], [18].
BRAUN, A., bud-variation in the vine, [11];
—in the currant, [11];
—in Mirabilis jalapa, [11];
—in Cytisus adami, [11];
—on reversion in the foliage of trees, [11];
—spontaneous production of Cytisus purpureo-elongatus, [11];
—reversion of flowers by stripes and blotches, [13];
—excess of nourishment a source of variability, [22].
BRAZIL, cattle of, [3].
BREAD-FRUIT, varieties of, [22];
—sterility and variability of, [22].
BREE, W. T., bud-variation in Geranium pratense and Centaurea cyanus, [11];
—by tubers in the dahlia, [11];
—on the deafness of white cats with blue eyes, [25].
BREEDING, high, dependent on inheritance, [12] (2).
BREEDS, domestic, persistency of, [21];
—artificial and natural, [28] (2);
—extinction of, [28];
—of domestic cats, [1];
—of pigs produced by crossing, [3];
—of cattle, [3] (2);
—of goats, [3].
BREHM, on Columba amaliæ, [6].
BRENT, B. P., number of mammæ in rabbits, [4];
—habits of the tumbler pigeon, [5];
—Laugher pigeon, [5];
—colouring of the kite tumbler, [5];
—crossing of the pigeon with Columba œnas, [6];
—mongrels of the trumpeter pigeon, [14];
—close interbreeding of pigeons, [17];
—opinion on Aldrovandi’s fowls, [7];
—on stripes in chickens, [7];
—on the combs of fowls, [7];
—double-spurred Dorking fowls, [7];
—effect of crossing on colour of plumage in fowls, [7];
—-incubatory instinct of mongrels between non-setting varieties of fowls, [13];
—origin of the domestic duck, [8];
—fertility of the hook-billed duck, [8];
—occurrence of the plumage of the wild duck in domestic breeds, [8];
—voice of ducks, [8];
—occurrence of a short upper mandible in crosses of hook-billed and common ducks, [8];
—reversion in ducks produced by crossing, [13];
—variation of the canary-bird, [8];
—fashion in the canary, [21];
—hybrids of canary and finches, [13].
BRICKELL, on raising nectarines from seed, [4];
—on the horses of North Carolina, [24].
BRIDGES, Mr., on the dogs of Tierra del Fuego, [1];
—on the selection of dogs by the Fuegians, [20].
BRIDGMAN, W. K., reproduction of abnormal ferns, [11].
BROCA, P., on the intercrossing of dogs, [1] (2);
—on hybrids of hare and rabbit, [4];
—on the rumpless fowl, [7];
—on the character of half-castes, [13];
—degree of fertility of mongrels, [16];
—sterility of descendants of wild animals bred in captivity, [18].
BROCCOLI, [9];
—rudimentary flowers in, [24];
—tenderness of, [24].
BROMEHEAD, W., doubling of the Canterbury Bell by selection, [20].
BROOMFIELD, Dr., sterility of the ivy and Acorus calamus, [18].
Bromus secalinus, [9].
BRONN, H. G., bud variation in Anthemis, [11];
—effects of cross-breeding on the female, [11];
—on heredity in a one-horned cow, [12];
—propagation of a pendulous peach by seed, [12];
—absorption of the minority in crossed races, [15];
—on the crossing of horses, [15];
—fertility of tame rabbits and sheep, [16];
—changes of plumage in captivity, [18];
—on the dahlia, [22].
BRONZE period, dog of, [1].
BROWN, C. M., prepotency of a greyhound, [14].
BROWN, G., variations in the dentition of the horse, [2].
BROWN-SÉQUARD, Dr., inheritance of artificially-produced epilepsy in the guinea-pig, [12];
—inherited effects of injuries, [12].
Brunswigia, [17].
BRUSSELS sprouts, [9], [28].
Bubo maximus, [18].
BUCKLAND, F., on oysters, [23];
—number of eggs in a codfish, [27].
BUCKLE, Mr., doubts as to the importance of inheritance, [12].
BUCKLEY, Miss, carrier-pigeons roosting in trees, [6].
BUCKMAN, Prof., cultivation of Avena fatua, [9];
—cultivation of the wild parsnip, [9], [20], [23];
—reversion in the parsnip, [13].
BUCKWHEAT, injurious when in flower to white pigs, [25].
BUD and seed, close analogy of, [11].
BUD-REVERSION, [13].
BUDS, adventitious, [27].
BUD-VARIATION, [11], [22], [23] (3);
—contrasted with seminal reproduction, [11];
—peculiar to plants, [11];
—in the peach, [10];
—in plums, [11];
—in the cherry, [11];
—in grapes, [11];
—in the gooseberry and currant, [11];
—pear and apple, [11];
—and in the banana, camellia, hawthorn, Azalea indica, and Paritium tricuspis, [11];
—in the hollyhock and pelargonium, [11];
—in Geranium pratense and the chrysanthemum, [11];
—in roses, [10], [11];
—in sweet williams, carnations, pinks, stocks, and snapdragons, [11] (2);
—in wall-flowers, cyclamen, Œnothera biennis, Gladiolus colvillii, fuchsias, and Mirabilis jalapa, [11];
—in foliage of various trees, [11];
—cryptogamic plants, [11];
—by suckers in Phlox and barberry, [11];
—by tubers in the potato, [11];
—in the dahlia, [11];
—by bulbs in hyacinths, Imatophyllum miniatum, and tulips, [11];
—in Tigridia conchiflora, [11];
—in Hemerocallis, [11];
—doubtful cases, [11];
—in Cytisus adami, [11];
—summary of observations on, [11].
BUFFON, on crossing the wolf and dog, [1];
—increase of fertility by domestication, [16];
—improvement of plants by unconscious selection, [20];
—theory of reproduction, [27].
Bulimus, [13].
BULL, apparent influence of, on offspring, [14].
BULLACE, [10].
BULLDOG, degeneration of, in India, [1];
—recent modifications of, [1].
BULLFINCH, breeding in captivity, [18];
—attacking flower-buds, [21].
BULT, Mr., on the length of pouter pigeons, [6].
“BUNDTNERSCHWEIN,” [3].
BUNTING, reed, in captivity, [18].
BURDACH, crossing of domestic and wild animals, [3];
—aversion of the wild boar to barley, [24].
BURKE, Mr., inheritance in the horse, [12].
Burlingtonia, [17].
BURMAH, cats of, [1].
BURMESE ponies, striped, [2].
BURNES, Sir A., on the Karakool sheep, [3], [23];
—varieties of the vine in Cabool, [10];
—hawks, trained in Scinde, [18];
—pomegranates producing seed, [18].
BURR, FEARING, potato-grafting, [11].
BURTON CONSTABLE, wild cattle at, [3].
“BURZEL-TAUBEN,” [5].
BUSSORAH carrier, [5].
Buteo vulgaris, copulation of, in captivity, [18].
BUTTERFLIES, polymorphic, [27].
BUXTON, Mr., parrots breeding in Norfolk, [18].
BUZAREINGUES, GIROU DE, inheritance of tricks, [12].

CABANIS, pears grafted on the quince, [22].
CABBAGE, [9];
—varieties of, [9];
—unity of character in flowers and seeds of, [9];
—cultivated by ancient Celts, [9];
—classification of varieties of, [9];
—ready crossing of, [9], [15] (2), [17];
—origin of, [9];
—increased fertility of, when cultivated, [16];
—growth of, in tropical countries, [23].
CABOOL, vines of, [10].
CABRAL, on early cultivation in Brazil, [9].
CACTUS, growth of cochineal on, in India, [23].
CÆSAR, Bos primigenius wild in Europe in the time of, [3];
—notice of fowls in Britain, [7];
—notice of the importation of horses by the Celts, [20].
CAFFRE fowls, [7].
CAFFRES, different kinds of cattle possessed by the, [3].
“CÁGIAS” a breed of sheep, [3].
Cairina moschata, [6].
CALCEOLARIAS, [10], [18];
—effects of seasonal conditions on, [23];
—peloric flowers in, [26].
CALDWELL, J., sporting of sugar-cane, [11].
“CALONGOS,” a Columbian breed of cattle, [3].
CALVER, Mr., on a seedling peach producing both peaches and nectarines, [10].
CALYX, segments of the, converted into carpels, [27].
CAMEL, its dislike to crossing water, [6].
Camellia, bud-variations in, [11];
—recognition of varieties of, [22];
—variety in, hardiness of, [24].
CAMERON, D, on the cultivation of Alpine plants, [18].
CAMERONN, Baron, value of English blood in racehorses, [12].
Campanula medium, [20].
CANARY-BIRD, [8];
—conditions of inheritance in, [12];
—hybrids of, [13];
—period of perfect plumage in, [14];
—diminished fertility of, [18];
—standard of perfection in, [20];
—analogous variation in, [26].
CANCER, heredity of, [12], [14].
CANFIELD, Dr., on horses with curled hair, [2];
—on feral horses in North America, [2].
CANINE teeth, development of the, in mares, [24].
Canis alopex, [1].
Canis antarcticus, [1].
Canis argentatus, [18].
Canis aureus, [1].
Canis cancrivorus, domesticated and crossed in Guiana, [1].
Canis cinereo-variegatus, [1].
Canis fulvus, [1].
Canis ingæ, the naked Peruvian dog, [1].
Canis latrans, [1];
—resemblance of, to the Hare Indian dog, [1];
—one of the original stocks, [1].
Canis lupaster, [1].
Canis lupus, var. occidentalis, resemblance of, to North American dogs, [1];
—crossed with dogs, [1];
—one of the original stocks, [1].
Canis mesomelas, [1] (2).
Canis primævus, tamed by Mr. Hodgson, [1].
Canis sabbar, [1].
Canis simensis, possible original of greyhounds, [1].
Canis thaleb, [1].
Canis variegatus, [1].
CANNING, A. S. G., the japanned peacock, [8].
CANTERBURY Bell, doubled by selection, [20].
CAPE of Good Hope, different kinds of cattle at the, [3];
—no useful plants derived from the, [9].
CAPERCAILZIE, breeding in captivity, [18].
Capra ægagrus and C. falconeri, probable parents of domestic goat, [3].
CAPSICUM, [10].
CARDAN, on a variety of the walnut, [10];
—on grafted walnuts, [22].
CARDOON, [13].
Carex rigida, local sterility of the, [18].
CARLIER, early selection of sheep, [20].
CARLISLE, Sir A., inheritance of peculiarities, [12] (2).
—of polydactylism, [12].
“CARME” pigeon, [5].
CARNATION, bud-variation in, [11];
—variability of, [10];
—striped, produced by crossing red and white, [12];
—effect of conditions of life on the, [23].
CARNIVORA, general fertility of, in captivity, [18].
CAROLINE Archipelago, cats of, [1].
CARP, [21].
CARPELS, variation of, in cultivated Cucurbitaceæ, [10].
CARPENTER, W. B., regeneration of bone, [24];
—number of eggs in an Ascaris, [27].
Carpinus betulus, [27].
Carpophaga oceanica, [28].
CARR, Mr., effect of changed conditions, [17].
CARRIER pigeon, [5];
—English, [5];
—figured, [5];
—skull figured, [5];
—history of the, [6];
—Persian, [5];
—Bussorah, [5];
—Bagadotten, skull figured, [5];
—lower jaw figured, [5].
CARRIÈRE, origin of radish, [9];
—intermediate form between the almond and the peach, [10];
—glands of peach-leaves, [10];
—bud-variation in the vine, [11];
—bud-variation in the rose, [11];
—inheritance in purple-leaved trees, [12];
—on variation, [11] (3);
—grafts of Aria vestita upon thorns, [11];
—variability of hybrids of Erythrina, [22].
CARROT, wild, effects of cultivation on the, [9];
—reversion in the, [13];
—run wild, [13];
—increased fertility of cultivated, [16];
—experiments on the, [23];
—acclimatisation of the, in India, [24].
Carthamus, abortion of the pappus in, [24].
CARTIER, cultivation of native plants in Canada, [9].
CARYOPHYLLACEÆ, frequency of contabescence in the, [18].
CASPARY, bud-variation in the moss-rose, [11];
—on the ovules and pollen of Cytisus, [11];
—crossing of Cytisus purpureus and C. laburnum, [11];
—trifacial orange, [11];
—differently-coloured flowers in the wild Viola lutea, [11];
—sterility of the horse-radish, [18].
CASTELNAU, on Brazilian cattle, [3].
CASTRATION, assumption of female characters caused by, [13] (2).
Casuarius bennettii, [18].
CAT, domestic, [1];
—early domestication and probable origin of the, [1] (2);
—intercrossing of, with wild species, [1] (2);
—variations of, [1];
—feral, [1], [13];
—anomalous, [1];
—polydactylism in, [12];
—black, indications of stripes in young, [13];
—tortoiseshell, [14];
—effects of crossing in, [15];
—fertility of, [16];
—difficulty of selection in, [21] (2);
—length of intestines in, [24];
—white with blue eyes, deafness of, [25];
—with tufted ears, [26].
CATARACT, hereditary, [12], [14].
CATERPILLARS, effect of changed food on, [23].
Catleya leopoldii, [11].
CATLIN, G., colour of feral horses in North America, [2].
CATON, Judge, wild turkey, [16].
CATTLE, European, their probable origin from three original species, [3];
—humped, or zebus, [3];
—intercrossing of, [3] (3);
—wild, of Chillingham, Hamilton, Chartley, Burton Constable, and Gisburne, [1], [17];
—colour of feral, [3], [20];
—British breeds of, [3] (2);
—South African breeds of, [3];
—South American breeds of, [3], [20];
—Niata, [3] (2), [20] (2), [25];
—effects of food and climate on, [3];
—effects of selection on, [3] (2);
—Dutch-buttocked, [12];
—hornless, production of horns in, [25];
—reversion in, when crossed, [13];
—wildness of hybrid, [13];
—short-horned, prepotency of, [14];
—wild, influence of crossing and segregation on, [15];
—crosses of, [15], [16], [17];
—of Falkland Islands, [16];
—mutual fertility of all varieties of, [16];
—effects of interbreeding on, [17] (2);
—shorthorn, sterility of, [17];
—effects of careful selection on, [20] (2);
—naked, of Columbia, [20];
—crossed with wild banteng in Java, [20];
—with reversed hair in Banda Oriental, [20];
—selection of trifling characters in, [20];
—fashion in, [20];
—similarity of best races of, [21];
—unconscious selection in, [20];
—effects of natural selection on anomalous breeds of, [21] (2);
—light-coloured, attacked by flies, [21], [25];
—Jersey, rapid improvement of, [21];
—effects of disuse of parts in, [24];
—rudimentary horns in, [24];
—supposed influence of humidity on the hair of, [25];
—white spots of, liable to disease, [25];
—supposed analogous variation in, [26];
—displacement of long-horned by short-horned, [28].
CAULIFLOWER, [9];
—free-seeding of, in India, [21];
—rudimentary flowers in, [24].
CAVALIER pigeon, [15].
Cavia aperea, [18].
CAY (Cebus azaræ), sterility of, in confinement, [18].
Cebus azaræ, [18].
Cecidomyia, larval development of, [23], [27] (2);
—and Misocampus, [Introduction].
CEDARS of Lebanon and Atlas, [10].
CELERY, turnip-rooted, [9];
—run wild, [13].
CELL-THEORY, [27].
Celosia cristata, [10].
CELSUS, on the selection of seed-corn, [9], [20].
CELTS, early cultivation of the cabbage by the, [9];
—selection of cattle and horses by the, [20].
Cenchrus, seeds of a, used as food, [9].
Centaurea cyanus, bud-variation in, [11].
CEPHALOPODA, spermatophores of, [27].
Cerasus padus, yellow-fruited, [12].
Cercoleptes, sterility of, in captivity, [18].
Cercopithecus, breeding of a species of, in captivity, [18].
CEREALS, [9] (2);
—of the Neolithic period in Switzerland, [9];
—adaptation of, to soils, [24].
Cereus, [13].
Cereus speciosissimus and phyllanthus, reversion in hybrids of, [11].
Cervus canadensis, [18].
Cervus dama, [17].
CETACEA, correlation of dermal system and teeth in the, [25].
CEYLON, cats of, [1];
—pigeon-fancying in, [6].
CHAMISSO, on seeding bread-fruit, [18].
CHANNEL Islands, breeds of cattle in, [3].
CHAPMAN, Professor, peach-trees producing nectarines, [10].
CHAPUIS, F., sexual peculiarities in pigeons, [5];
—effect produced by first male upon the subsequent progeny of the female, [11];
—sterility of the union of some pigeons, [18].
CHARACTERS, fixity of, [21];
—latent, [13], [27] (2);
—continued divergence of, [21];
—antagonistic, [27].
CHARDIN, abundance of pigeons in Persia, [6].
CHARLEMAGNE, orders as to the selection of stallions, [20].
CHARTLEY, wild cattle of, [3].
CHATÉ, reversion of the upper seeds in the pods of stocks, [26].
CHAUNDY, Mr., crossed varieties of cabbage, [17].
CHEETAH, general sterility of, in captivity, [18].
Cheiranthus cheiri, [11].
CHERRIES, [10] (2);
—bud-variation in, [11];
—white Tartarian, [21];
—variety of, with curled petals, [21];
—period of vegetation of, changed by forcing, [24].
CHEVREUL, on crossing fruit-trees, [17].
CHICKENS, differences in characters of, [7] (2);
—white, liable to gapes, [21], [25].
CHIGOE, [23].
CHILE, sheep of, [3].
CHILLINGHAM cattle, identical with Bos primigenius, [3];
—characters of, [3].
CHILOE, half-castes of, [13].
CHINA, cats of, with drooping ears, [1];
—horses of, [2];
—striped ponies of, [2];
—asses of, [2];
—notice of rabbits in, by Confucius, [4];
—breeds of pigeons reared in, [6];
—breeds of fowls of, in fifteenth century, [7] (2).
CHINCHILLA, fertility of, in captivity, [18].
CHINESE, selection practised by the, [20];
—preference of the, for hornless rams, [20];
—recognition of the value of native breeds by the, [24].
CHINESE, or Himalayan rabbit, [4].
“CHIVOS,” a breed of cattle in Paraguay, [3].
CHOUX-RAVES, [9].
CHRIST, H., on the plants of the Swiss Lake-dwellings, [9] (2);
—intermediate forms between Pinus sylvestris and montana, [10].
CHRYSANTHEMUM, [11].
Chrysotis festiva, [23].
CINERARIA, effects of selection on the, [20].
CIRCASSIA, horses of, [16].
CIRCUMCISION, [12].
CIRRIPEDES, metagenesis in, [27].
Cistus, intercrossing and hybrids of, [10], [12], [17].
CITRONS, [10] (2).
“Citrus aurantium fructu variabili,” [10] Citrus decumana, [10].
Citrus lemonum, [10].
Citrus medica, [10] (2).
CLAPHAM, A., bud-variation in the hawthorn, [11].
“CLAQUANT” (pigeons), [5].
“CLAQUERS” (pigeons), [5].
CLARK, G., on the wild dogs of Juan de Nova, [1];
—on striped Burmese and Javanese ponies, [2];
—breeds of goats imported into the Mauritius, [3];
—variations in the mammæ of goats, [3];
—bilobed scrotum of Muscat goat, [3].
CLARK, H. J., on fission and gemmation, [27].
CLARKE, R. T., intercrossing of strawberries, [10].
CLARKE, T., hybridisation of stocks, [11], [15].
CLARKSON, Mr., prize-cultivation of the gooseberry, [10].
CLASSIFICATION, explained by the theory of natural selection, [Introduction].
CLEFT palate, inheritance of, [12].
CLEMENTE, on wild vines in Spain, [10].
CLERMONT-TONNERRE, on the St. Valéry apple, [11].
CLIMATE, effect of, upon breeds of dogs, [1];
—on horses, [2] (2);
—on cattle, [3] (2);
—on the fleece of sheep, [3] (2);
—on seeds of wheat, [9];
—on cultivated cabbages, [9];
—adaptation of maize to, [9].
CLIMATE and pasture, adaptation of breeds of sheep to, [3] (2).
CLIMATE and soil, effects of, upon strawberries, [10].
CLINE, Mr., on the skull in horned and hornless rams, [25].
CLOS, on sterility in Ranunculus ficaria, [18].
CLOTZSCH, hybrids of various trees, [17].
CLOVER, pelorism in, [26].
COATE, Mr., on interbreeding pigs, [17].
COCCUS of apple-trees, [21].
COCHIN fowls, [7] (5);
—occipital foramen of, figured, [7];
—section of skull of, figured, [7];
—cervical vertebra of, figured, [7].
COCHINEAL, persistence of, [21];
—preference of, for a particular cactus, [23].
Cochlearia armoracia, [18].
COCK, game, natural selection in, [21];
—spur of, grafted on the comb, [24];
—spur of, inserted into the ear of an ox, [27];
—effect of castration upon the, [13].
COCK’S-COMB, varieties of the, [10].
COCOONS of silkworms, variations in, [8].
CODFISH, bulldog, [3];
—number of eggs in the, [27].
Coelogenys paca, [18].
COLIN, prepotency of the ass over the horse, [14];
—on cross-breeding, [15];
—on change of diet, [24].
COLLINSON, PETER, peach-tree producing a nectarine, [10].
COLORATION in pigeons, an evidence of unity of descent, [6].
COLOUR, correlation of, in dogs, [1];
—persistence of, in horses, [2];
—inheritance and diversity of, in horses, [2];
—variations of, in the ass, [5];
—of wild or feral cattle, [5];
—transmission of, in rabbits, [4];
—peculiarities of, in Himalayan rabbits, [4];
—influence of, [21];
—correlation of, in head and limbs, [25];
—correlated with constitutional peculiarities, [25].
COLOUR and odour, correlation of, [25].
COLOUR-BLINDNESS, hereditary, [12];
—more common in men than in women, [14] (2);
—associated with inability to distinguish musical sounds, [25].
COLOURS, sometimes not blended by crossing, [15].
Columba affinis, Blyth, a variety of C. livia, [6].
Columba amaliæ, Brehm, a variety of C. livia, [6].
Columba guinea, [6].
Columba gymnocyclus, Gray, a form of C. livia, [6].
Columba gymnophthalmos, hybrids of, with C. œnas, [6];
—with C. maculosa, [6].
Columba intermedia, Strickland, a variety of C. livia, [6].
Columba leucocephala, [18].
Columba leuconota, [6] (2).
Columba littoralis, [6].
Columba livia, [13] (2);
—the parent of domestic breeds of pigeons, [6];
—measurements of, [5];
—figured, [5];
—skull figured, [5];
—lower jaw figured, [5];
—scapula figured, [5].
Columba luctuosa, [6].
Columba migratoria and leucocephala, diminished fertility of, in captivity, [18].
Columba œnas, [6];
—crossed with common pigeon and C. gymnophthalmos, [6].
Columba palumbus, [6], [26].
Columba rupestris, [6] (3).
Columba schimperi, [6].
Columba torquatrix, [26].
Columba turricola, [6].
COLUMBIA, cattle of, [6]. COLUMBINE, double, [10], [25].
COLUMBUS, on West Indian dogs, [1].
COLUMELLA, on Italian shepherd dogs, [1];
—on domestic fowls, [7] (2), [20], [28];
—on the keeping of ducks, [8];
—on the selection of seed-corn, [9];
—on the benefits of change of soil to plants, [18];
—on the value of native breeds, [24].
COLZA, [9].
COMB, in fowls, variations of, [7];
—sometimes rudimentary, [24].
COMPENSATION, law of, [7].
COMPENSATION of growth, [26].
COMPLEXION, connection of, with constitution, [25].
COMPOSITÆ, double flowers of, [10], [18], [24].
CONCEPTION, earlier in Alderney and Zetland cows than in other breeds, [3].
CONDITIONS of life, changed, effect of, [28];
—on horses, [2];
—upon variation in pigeons, [6];
—upon wheat, [9];
—upon trees, [10];
—in producing bud-variation, [11];
—advantages of, [18];
—sterility caused by, [18];
—conducive to variability, [22];
—accumulative action of, [22];
—direct action of, [23].
CONDOR, breeding in captivity, [18].
CONFINEMENT, effect of, upon the cock, [17].
CONFUCIUS, on the breeding of rabbits in China, [4].
CONOLLY, Mr., on Angora goats, [25].
CONSTITUTIONAL differences in sheep, [3];
—in varieties of apples, [10];
—in pelargoniums, [10];
—in dahlias, [10].
CONSTITUTIONAL peculiarities in strawberries, [10];
—in roses, [10].
CONSUMPTION, hereditary, [12];
—period of appearance of, [14];
—correlated with complexion, [25].
CONTABESCENCE, [18] (2).
Convolvulus batatas, [18], [24].
Convolvulus tricolor, bud-variation in, [11].
COOPER, Mr., improvement of vegetables by selection, [20].
COOPER, WHITE, hereditary peculiarities of vision, [12];
—association of affections of the eyes with those of other systems, [25].
CORALS, bud-variation in, [11];
—non-diffusion of cell-gemmules in, [27].
CORBIÉ, See Boitard.
CORDEMOZ, Dr., seedless plants, [18].
CORNEA, opacity of, inherited, [12].
Cornus mascula, yellow-fruited, [12].
CORRELATION, [25];
—of neighbouring parts, [25];
—of change in the whole body, and in some of its parts, [25];
—of homologous parts, [25];
—inexplicable, [25], [26], [27];
—commingling of, with the effects of other agencies, [25].
CORRELATION of skull and limbs in swine, [3];
—of tusks and bristles in swine, [3];
—of multiplicity of horns and coarseness of wool in sheep, [3];
—of beak and feet in pigeons, [5] (2);
—between nestling down and colour of plumage in pigeons, [6];
—of changes in silkworms, [8];
—in plants, [20];
—in maize, [9];
—in pigeons, [5];
—in fowls, [7].
CORRESPONDING periods, inheritance at, [14].
CORRIENTES, dwarf cattle of, [3].
CORRINGHAM, Mr., influence of selection on pigs, [20].
CORSICA, ponies of, [2].
“CORTBECK” (pigeon) of Aldrovandi, [6].
Corvus corone, and C. cornix, hybrids of, [15].
Corydalis, flower of, [26].
Corydalis cava, [17] (2).
Corydalis solida, sterile when peloric, [18].
Corydalis tuberosa, peloric by reversion, [13].
Corylus avellana, [10].
COSTA, A., on shells transferred from England to the Mediterranean, [23].
COUES, Dr. E., on a monstrous chicken, [27].
COWPER, Mr. WHITE, defective development of the dental system, [25].
“COUVE TRONCHUDA,” [9] COW, inheritance of loss of one horn in the, [12];
—amount of milk furnished by the, [24];
—development of six mammæ in, [24].
COWSLIP, [12].
CRACIDÆ, sterility of the, in captivity, [18].
CRANES, fertility of, in captivity, [18].
Cratægus oxyacantha, [10], [11], [21], [22], [12].
Cratægus monogyna, [10].
Cratægus sibirica, [10].
CRAWFURD, J., Malasian cats, [1];
—horses of the Malay Archipelago, [2];
—horses of Japan, [2];
—occurrence of stripes in young wild pigs of Malacca, [3];
—on a Burmese hairy family with deficient teeth, [14], [25];
—Japanese origin of the bantam, [7];
—game fowls of the Philippine Islands, [22];
—hybrids of Gallus varius and domestic fowl, [7];
—domestication of Gallus bankiva, [7];
—feral fowls in the Pellew Islands, [7];
—history of the fowl, [7];
—history of the domestic duck, [8];
—domestication of the goose, [8];
—cultivated plants of New Zealand, [9];
—breeding of tame elephants in Ava, [18];
—sterility of Goura coronata in confinement, [18];
—geese of the Philippine Islands, [18].
CREEPERS, a breed of fowls, [7].
CRESTED fowl, [7];
—figured, [7].
“CRÈVE-CŒUR,” a French sub-breed of fowls, [7].
CRISP, Dr., on the brains of the hare and rabbit, [4].
CROCKER, C. W., singular form of Begonia frigida, [10], [18];
—sterility in Ranunculus ficaria, [18].
CROCUS, [18].
CROSS-BREEDING, permanent effect of, on the female, [11].
CROSSING, [15], [16], [17], [19];
—a cause of uniformity, [15];
—occurs in all organised beings, [15];
—some characters not blended by, [15], [19];
—modifications and new races produced by, [15];
—causes which check, [16];
—domestication and cultivation favourable to, [16], [19];
—beneficial effects of, [17], [19];
—necessary in some plants, [17], [19];
—summary of subject of, [17];
—of dogs with wolves in North America, [1] (2);
—with Canis cancrivorus in Guiana, [1];
—of dog with wolf, described by Pliny and others, [1];
—characters furnished by, brought out by reversion in the progeny, [13];
—a direct cause of reversion, [13] (2);
—a cause of variability, [22].
CRUSTACEA, macrourous, differences in the development of the, [27].
CRUSTACEAN with an antenna-like development of the eye-peduncle, [27].
CRYPTOGAMIC plants, bud-variation in, [11].
CUBA, wild dogs of, [1].
“CUCKOO,” sub-breeds of fowls, [7].
CUCUMBER, variation in number of carpels of, [10];
—supposed crossing of varieties of the, [11].
Cucumis momordica, [10].
Cucumis sativa, [10].
Cucurbita, dwarf, correlation of leaves in, [25].
Cucurbita maxima, [10] (2).
Cucurbita moschata, [10] (2).
Cucurbita pepo [10];
—varieties of, [10];
—relation in size and number of fruit of, [26].
CUCURBITACEÆ, [10];
—supposed crossing of, [11];
—Naudin’s observations on hybrids of, [18];
—acclimatisation of, [24].
“CULBUTANTS” (pigeons), [5].
CULTIVATION of plants, origin of, among savages, [9] (2);
—fertility increased by, [16].
CUNIER, on hereditary night-blindness, [12].
CUPPLES, Mr., pairing of deer-hounds, [17].
CURRANTS, of Tierra del Fuego, [9];
—bud-variation in, [11].
CURTIS, Mr., bud-variation in the rose, [11].
CUVIER, on the gestation of the wolf, [1];
—the odour of the jackal, an obstacle to domestication, [1];
—differences of the skull in dogs, [1];
—external characters of dogs, [1];
—elongation of the intestines in domestic pigs, [3], [24];
—fertility of the hook-billed duck, [8];
—hybrid of ass and zebra, [13];
—breeding of animals in the Jardin des Plantes, [18];
—sterility of predaceous birds in captivity, [18];
—facility of hybridisation in confinement, [18].
CYANOSIS, affection of fingers in, [25].
CYCLAMEN, bud-variation in, [11].
Cynara cardunculus, [13].
Cynips fecundatrix, [23].
Cynocephalus hamadryas, [18].
Cyprinus auratus, [8].
Cyrtanthus, [17].
Cyrtopodium, [17].
Cytisus adami, its bud-variation, [11];
—seedlings from, [11];
—different views of its origin, [11];
—experiments in crossing C. purpureus and laburnum to produce, [11];
—its production by M. Adam, [11];
—discussion of origin of, [11].
Cytisus alpino-laburnum, ovules and pollen of, [11];
—origin of, [11].
Cytisus alpinus, [11].
Cytisus laburnum, [11] (3).
Cytisus purpureo-elongatus, ovules and pollen of, [11];
—production of, [11].
Cytisus purpureus, [11].

DAHLBOHM, effects of food on hymenoptera, [23].
DAHLIA, [10];
—bud-variation by tubers in the, [11];
—improvement of, by selection, [20];
—steps in cultivation of, [22];
—effect of conditions of life on, [23];
—correlation of form and colour in, [25].
DAISY, hen-and-chicken, [10];
—Swan River, [22].
DALBRET, varieties of wheat, [9].
DALIBERT, changes in the odours of plants, [23].
DALLY, Dr., on consanguineous marriages, [17].
DALTONISM, hereditary, [12].
DAMARAS, cattle of, [3], [20] (2).
DAMSON, [10].
DANDOLO, Count, on silkworms, [8].
DANIELL, fertility of English dogs in Sierra Leone, [18].
DANISH Middens, remains of dogs in, [1].
DAPPLING in horses, asses, and hybrids, [2].
DARESTE, C., on the skull of the Polish fowl, [7];
—causes of variability, [22];
—on the production of monstrous chickens, [23];
—co-existence of anomalies, [25];
—production of double monsters, [26].
DARVILL, Mr., heredity of good qualities in horses, [12].
DARWIN, C., on Lepus magellanicus, [4];
—on the wild potato, [9];
—dimorphism in the polyanthus and primrose, [12].
DARWIN, Dr., improvement of vegetables by selection, [20].
DARWIN, Sir F., wildness of crossed pigs, [13].
DARWIN, G., consanguineous marriages, [17].
D’ASSO, monogynous condition of the hawthorn in Spain, [10].
Dasyprocta aguti, [18].
DATE-PALM, varieties of the, [22].
Datura, [13];
—variability in, [22].
Datura lævis and stramonium, reversion in hybrids of, [11].
Datura stramonium, [14].
DAUBENTON, variations in the number of mammæ in dogs, [1];
—proportions of intestines in wild and domestic cats, [1], [24].
DAUDIN, on white rabbits, [21].
DAVY, Dr., on sheep in the West Indies, [3].
DAWKINS, W. BOYD, history of the dog, [1];
—origin of cattle, [3];
—early domestication of Bos longifrons in Britain, [3].
DEAF-MUTES, non-heredity in, [12].
DEAFNESS, inheritance of, [14].
DEAN, potato-grafting, [11].
DEBY, wild hybrids of common and musk ducks, [13].
DE CANDOLLE, ALPH., number and origin of cultivated plants, [9] (2), [10];
—regions which have furnished no useful plants, [9];
—wild wheat, [9] (2);
—wild rye and oats, [9];
—antiquity of varieties of wheat, [9];
—apparent inefficacy of selection in wheat, [9];
—origin and cultivation of maize, [9], [25];
—colours of seeds of maize, [9];
—varieties and origin of the cabbage, [9] (2);
—origin of the garden-pea, [9];
—on the vine, [10], [24];
—cultivated species of the orange group, [10];
—Chinese origin of the peach, [10];
—on the peach and nectarine, [10] (2);
—varieties of the peach, [10];
—origin of the apricot, [10];
—origin and varieties of the plum, [10];
—origin of the cherry, [10];
—varieties of the gooseberry, [10];
—selection practised with forest-trees, [10];
—wild fastigiate oak, [10];
—dark-leaved varieties of trees, [10];
—conversion of stamens into pistils in the poppy, [10];
—variegated foliage, [10];
—heredity of white hyacinths, [10], [12];
—changes in oaks dependent on age, [11];
—inheritance of anomalous characters, [12];
—variation of plants in their native countries, [22];
—deciduous bushes becoming evergreen in hot climates, [24];
—antiquity of races of plants, [28].
DE CANDOLLE, P., non-variability of monotypic genera, [22];
—relative development of root and seed in Raphanus sativus, [26].
DECAISNE, on the cultivation of the wild carrot, [9];
—varieties of the pear, [10];
—intercrossing of strawberries, [10];
—fruit of the apple, [11];
—sterility of Lysimachia nummularia, [18];
—tender variety of the peach, [24].
DEER, assumption of horns by female, [13];
—imperfect development of horns in a, on a voyage, [18].
DEER, fallow, [16].
DEERHOUND, Scotch, difference in size of the sexes of, [14];
—deterioration of, [17].
DEGENERATION of high-bred races, under neglect, [21].
DE JONGHE, J., on strawberries, [10];
—soft-barked pears, [21];
—on accumulative variation, [22];
—resistance of blossoms to frost, [24].
DELAMER, E. S., on rabbits, [4] (2).
Delphinium ajacis, [12].
Delphinium consolida, [12] (2).
DELPINO on Pangenesis, [27] (2).
Dendrocygna viduata, [18].
DENNY, H., lice of Aperea, [18].
DENTITION, variations of, in the horse, [2].
DEODAR, [10].
DESMAREST, distribution of white on dogs, [1];
—cat from the Cape of Good Hope, [1];
—cats of Madagascar, [1];
—occurrence of striped young in Turkish pigs, [3];
—French breeds of cattle, [3];
—horns of goats, [3];
—on hornless goats, [24].
DESPORTES, number of varieties of roses, [10].
DEVAY, Dr., singular case of albinism, [12];
—on the marriage of cousins, [17];
—on the effects of close interbreeding, [22].
DEVELOPMENT and metamorphosis, [27] (2).
DEVELOPMENT, arrests of, [24].
DEVELOPMENT, embryonic, [27].
D’HERVEY-SAINT-DENYS, L., on the Yami, or imperial race of the Chinese, [20].
DHOLE, fertility of the, in captivity, [18].
DIABETES, occurrence of, in three brothers, [12].
Dianthus, contabescent plants of, [18] (2);
—hybrid varieties of, [22].
Dianthus armeria and deltoides, hybrids of, [15].
Dianthus barbatus, [11].
Dianthus caryophyllus, [11].
Dianthus japonicus, contabescence of female organs in, [18].
Diapheromera femorata, [27].
DICHOGAMOUS plants, [15].
DICKSON, Mr., on “running” in carnations, [11];
—on the colours of tulips, [11].
Dicotyles torquatus and labiatus, [18].
DIEFFENBACH, dog of New Zealand, [1];
—feral cats in New Zealand, [1];
—polydactylism in Polynesia, [12].
Dielytra, [13].
DIET, change of, [24] (2).
Digitalis, properties of, affected by culture, [23].
DIGITS, supernumerary, [12];
—analogy of, with embryonic conditions, [13];
—fusion of, [26].
DIMORPHIC plants, [17];
—conditions of reproduction in, [19].
DIMORPHISM, reciprocal, [15].
DINGO, [1];
—variation of, in colour [1];
—half-bred, attempting to burrow [1];
—attraction of foxes by a female, [1];
—variations of, in confinement, [22].
DIOECIOUSNESS of strawberries, [10].
DISEASES, inheritance of, [12] (2);
—inherited at corresponding periods of life, [14];
—peculiar to localities and climates, [23];
—obscure correlations in, [25] (2);
—affecting certain parts of the body, [27];
—occurring in alternate generations, [27].
DISTEMPER, fatal to white terriers, [21].
DISUSE and use of parts, effects of, [24], [26] (2), [28] (2);
—in the skeleton of rabbits, [4];
—in pigeons, [5];
—in fowls, [7];
—in ducks, [8];
—in the silk-moth, [8].
DIVERGENCE, influence of, in producing breeds of pigeons, [6].
DIXON, E. S., on the musk duck, [6];
—on feral ducks, [6];
—on feral pigeons in Norfolk Island, [6];
—crossing of pigeons, [6];
—origin of domestic fowls, [7];
—crossing of Gallus sonneratii and common fowl, [7];
—occurrence of white in the young chicks of black fowls, [7];
—Paduan fowl of Aldrovandi, [7];
—peculiarities of the eggs of fowls, [7];
—chickens, [7] (2);
—late development of the tail in Cochin cocks, [7];
—comb of lark-crested fowls, [7];
—development of webs in Polish fowls, [7];
—on the voice of fowls, [7];
—origin of the duck, [8];
—ducks kept by the Romans, [8];
—domestication of the goose, [8];
—gander frequently white, [8];
—breeds of turkeys, [8];
—incubatory instinct of mongrels of non-sitting races of fowls, [13];
—aversion of the dove-cot pigeon to pair with fancy birds, [16];
—fertility of the goose, [16];
—general sterility of the guans in captivity, [18];
—fertility of geese in captivity, [18];
—white pea-fowl, [25].
DOBELL, H., inheritance of anomalies of the extremities, [12];
—non-reversion to a malformation, [13].
DOBRIZHOFFER, abhorrence of incest by the Abipones, [17].
DOGS, origin of, [1];
—ancient breeds of, [1], [28];
—of Neolithic, Bronze and Iron periods in Europe, [1] (2), [28];
—resemblance of, to various species of Canidæ, [1];
—of North America compared with wolves, [1] (2);
—of the West Indies, South America, and Mexico, [1] (2);
—of Guiana, [1] (2);
—naked dogs of Paraguay and Peru, [1] (2);
—dumb, on Juan Fernandez, [1];
—of Juan de Nova, [1];
—of La Plata, [1];
—of Cuba, [1];
—of St. Domingo, [1];
—correlation of colour in, [1] (2);
—gestation of, [1] (2);
—hairless Turkish, [1], [21];
—inter-crossing of different breeds of, [1];
—characters of different breeds of, discussed, [1];
—degeneration of European, in warm climates, [1] (2), [23];
—liability to certain diseases in different breeds of, [1] (2);
—causes of differences of breeds discussed, [1];
—catching fish and crabs in New Guinea and Tierra del Fuego, [1];
—webbing of the feet in, [1];
—influence of selection in producing different breeds of, [1] (2);
—retention of original habits by, [6];
—inheritance of polydactylism in, [12];
—feral, [13];
—reversion in fourth generation of, [13];
—of the Pacific Islands, [15], [20], [27];
—mongrel, [15];
—comparative facility of crossing different breeds of, [16];
—fertility of, [16], [18];
—interbreeding of, [17];
—selection of, among the Greeks, [20] (2);
—among savages, [17] (2);
—unconscious selection of, [20] (2);
—valued by the Fuegians, [20] (2);
—climatal changes in hair of, [23];
—production of drooping ears in, [24];
—rejection of bones of game by, [24];
—inheritance of rudiments of limbs in, [24];
—development of fifth toe in, [24];
—hairless, deficiency of teeth in, [25];
—short-faced, teeth of, [26];
—probable analogous variation in, [26];
—extinction of breeds of, [28].
DOMBRAIN, H. H., on the auricula, [26].
DOMESTICATION, essential points in, [28] (2);
—favourable to crossing, [16], (2);
—fertility increased by, [16], [19].
DOMESTICATED animals, origin of, [18] (2);
—occasional sterility of, under changed conditions, [18] (2).
DONDERS, Dr., hereditary hypermetropia, [12].
DORKING fowl, [7] (2);
—furculum of, figured, [7].
DORMOUSE, [18].
DOUBLE flowers, [18] (4);
—produced by selection, [20].
DOUBLEDAY, H., cultivation of the filbert pine strawberry, [10].
DOUGLAS, J., crossing of white and black game-fowls, [15].
DOWNING, Mr., wild varieties of the hickory, [9];
—peaches and nectarines from seed, [10] (2);
—origin of the Boston nectarine, [10];
—American varieties of the peach, [10];
—North American apricot, [10];
—varieties of the plum, [10];
—origin and varieties of the cherry, [10] (2);
—“twin-cluster pippins,” [10];
—varieties of the apple, [10];
—on strawberries, [10] (2);
—fruit of the wild gooseberry, [10];
—effects of grafting upon the seed, [12];
—diseases of plum and peach tree, [21];
—injury done to stone fruit in America by the “weevil,” [21];
—grafts of the plum and peach, [22];
—wild varieties of pears, [22];
—varieties of fruit-trees suitable to different climates, [24].
DOWNING, Mr. J., sterility of shorthorns, [17].
Draba sylvestris [18].
DRAGON (pigeon), [5] (2).
“DRAIJER” (pigeon), [5].
DRINKING, effects of, in different climates, [23].
DROMEDARY, selection of, [20].
DRUCE, Mr., interbreeding, [17];
—value of cross breed of pigs, [17].
DU CHAILLU, fruit-trees in West Africa, [9].
DUCHESNE, on Fragaria vesca, [10] (2).
DUFOUR, LEON, on Cecidomyia and Misocampus, [Introduction].
DUCK, musk, retention of perching habit by the, [6];
—feral hybrid of, [6].
DUCK, penguin, hybrid of, with Egyptian goose, [14].
Duck, wild, difficulty of rearing, [21];
—effects of domestication on, [23].
DUCKS, breeds of, [8] (2);
—origin of, [8];
—history of, [8];
—wild, easily tamed, [8] (2);
—fertility of breeds of, when crossed, [8];
—with the plumage of Anas boschas, [8];
—Malayan penguin, identical in plumage with English, [8];
—characters of the breeds of, [8];
—eggs of, [8];
—effects of use and disuse in, [8], [24];
—feral, in Norfolk, [6];
—Aylesbury, inheritance of early hatching by, [12];
—reversion in, produced by crossing, [13];
—wildness of half-bred wild, [13];
—hybrids of, with the musk duck, [13] (2);
—assumption of male plumage by, [13];
—crossing of Labrador and penguin, [15];
—increased fertility of, by domestication, [16];
—general fertility of, in confinement, [18];
—increase of size of, by care in breeding, [20];
—change produced by domestication in, [22].
DUMÉRIL, AUG., breeding of Siredon in the branchiferous stage, [27].
DUN-COLOURED horses, origin of, [2].
DUREAU DE LA MALLE, feral pigs in Louisiana, [13];
—feral fowls in Africa, [13];
—bud-variation in the pear, [11];
—production of mules among the Romans, [16].
Dusicyon silvestris, [1].
DUTCH rabbit, [4].
DUTCH roller pigeon, [5].
DUTROCHET, pelorism in the laburnum, [26].
DUVAL, growth of pears in woods in France, [22].
DUVAL-JOUVE, on Leersia oryzoides, [15].
DUVERNOY, self-impotence in Lilium candidum, [17].
DZIERZON, variability in the characters and habits of bees, [8].

EARLE, Dr., on colour-blindness, [14], [25].
EARS, of fancy rabbits, [4];
—deficiency of, in breeds of rabbits, [4];
—rudimentary, in Chinese sheep, [24];
—drooping, [24];
—fusion of, [26].
EATON, J. M., on fancy pigeons, [5], (2);
—variability of characters in breeds of pigeons, [5];
—reversion of crossed pigeons to coloration of Columba livia, [6];
—on pigeon-fancying, [6] (3);
—on tumbler-pigeons, [6], [21];
—carrier-pigeon, [6];
—effects of interbreeding on pigeons, [17];
—properties of pigeons, [20];
—death of short-faced tumblers in the egg, [21];
—Archangel-pigeon, [21].
ECHINODERMATA, metagenesis in, [27].
Ectopistes, specific difference in number of tail-feathers in, [5].
Ectopistes migratorius, sterile hybrids of, with Turtur vulgaris, [6].
EDENTATA, correlation of dermal system and teeth in the, [25].
EDGEWORTH, Mr., use of grass-seeds as food in the Punjab, [9].
EDMONSTON, Dr., on the stomach in Larus argentatus and the raven, [24].
EDWARDS and Colin, on English wheat in France, [24].
EDWARDS, W. F., absorption of the minority in crossed races, [15].
EDWARDS, W. W., occurrence of stripes in a nearly thoroughbred horse, [2];
—in foals of racehorses, [2].
EGGS, of fowls, characters of, [7];
—variations of, in ducks, [8];
—of the silk-moth, [8].
EGYPT, ancient dogs of, [1] (2);
—ancient domestication of the pigeon in, [6];
—absence of the fowl in ancient, [7].
EGYPTIAN goose, hybrids of, with penguin duck, [8].
EHRENBERG, Prof., multiple origin of the dog, [1];
—dogs of Lower Egypt, [1];
—mummies of Felis maniculata, [1].
ELEMENTS of the body, functional independence of the, [27].
ELEPHANT, its sterility in captivity,[18].
ELK, Irish, correlations in the, [25] (2).
ELLIOT, Sir WALTER, on cats in India, [1];
—on striped horses, [2];
—Indian domestic and wild swine, [3];
—pigeons from Cairo and Constantinople, [5];
—fantail pigeons, [5];
—Lotan tumbler pigeons, [5];
—a pigeon uttering the sound “Yahu,” [5];
—Gallus bankiva in Pegu, [7].
ELLIS, Mr., varieties of cultivated plants in Tahiti, [22].
ELM, nearly evergreen Cornish variety of the, [10], [24];
—foliage-varieties of the, [10].
ELM, weeping, [10];
—not reproduced by seed, [12].
Emberiza passerina, [18].
EMBRYOS, similarity of, [1];
—fusion of, [26].
ENGEL, on Laurus sassafras, [23].
ENGLAND, domestication of Bos longifrons in, [3];
—selection of horses in, in mediæval times, [20];
—laws against the early slaughter of rams in, [20].
EPHEMERIDÆ, development of the, [27].
Epidendrum cinnabarinum, [11];
—and E. zebra, [17].
EPILEPSY, hereditary, [12], [14].
Equus burchellii, [2].
Equus quagga, [2].
Equus indicus, [1] (2).
Equus tæniopus, [2] (2), [13].
ERDT, disease of the white parts of cattle, [25].
ERICACEÆ, frequency of contabescence in the, [18].
ERICHTHONIUS, an improver of horses by selection, [20].
ERMAN, on the fat-tailed Kirghisian sheep, [3], [23];
—on the dogs of the Ostyaks, [20].
Erodium, [13].
Erythrina crista-galli and E. herbacea, hybrids of, [22].
Eschscholtzia californica, self-sterile in England, [17].
ESQUILANT, Mr., on the naked young of dun-coloured pigeons, [5].
ESQUIMAUX dogs, their resemblance to wolves, [1];
—selection of, [20].
ESQUIROL, on hereditary insanity, [2].
EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, on appendages under the jaw of pigs, [3].
Euonymus japonicus, [11].
Euphorbia maculata, [23].
EUROPEAN cultivated plants, still wild in Europe, [9].
EVANS, Mr., on the Lotan tumbler pigeon, [5].
EVELYN, pansies grown in his garden, [10].
EVEREST, R., on the Newfoundland dog in India, [1], [24];
—degeneration of setters in India, [1];
—Indian wild boars, [3].
EWES, hornless, [26].
EXTINCTION of domestic races, [6].
EYES, hereditary peculiarities of the, [12];
—loss of, causing microphthalmia in children, [12];
—modification of the structure of, by natural selection, [20] (2).
EYEBROWS, hereditary elongation of hairs in, [12].
EYELIDS, inherited peculiarities of the, [12].
EYTON, Mr., on gestation in the dog, [1];
—variability in number of vertebræ in the pig, [3];
—individual sterility, [18].

Faba vulgaris, [9].
FABRE, observations on Ægilops triticoides, [9].
Fagus sylvatica, [12].
FAIRWEATHER, Mr., production of double flowers from old seed, [18].
FAIVRE, on the Primula sinensis, [10], [25].
Falco albidus, resumption of young plumage by, in captivity, [18].
Falco ossifragus, [21].
Falco subbuteo, copulating in captivity, [18].
Falco tinnunculus, breeding in captivity, [18].
FALCONER, Dr., sterility of English bulldogs in India, [1];
—resemblance between Sivatherium and Niata cattle, [3];
—selection of the silkworm in India, [8];
—fastigiate apple-trees in Calcutta, [10];
—reproduction of a supernumerary thumb after amputation, [12];
—fertility of the dhole in captivity, [18];
—fertility of English dogs in India, [18];
—sterility of the tiger in captivity, [18];
—turkeys at Delhi, [18];
—on Indian cultivated plants, [18];
—Thibet mastiff and goat, [23].
FALCONS, sterility of, in captivity, [18].
FALKLAND Islands, horses of the, [2] (2);
—feral pigs of the, [3];
—feral cattle of the, [3] (2);
—feral rabbits of the, [4].
FALLOW deer, [16], [17].
FANTAIL pigeons, [5], [21];
—figured, [5];
—furculum of, figured, [5];
—history of, [6];
—absence of oil-gland in, [26].
FAROE Islands, pigeons of the, [6].
FASHION, influence of, in breeding, [21].
FASTIGIATE trees, [23], [26].
FAUNAS, geographical differences of, [1].
“FAVOURITE” bull, [14], [17].
FEATHERS, homologous variation in, [25].
FEET, of pigeons, individual differences of, [5];
—correlations of external characters in, [5].
FEET and beak, correlation of, in pigeons, [5].
FELIDÆ, fertility of, in captivity, [18].
Felis bubastes, [1].
Felis caffra, [1].
Felis caligulata, [1].
Felis chaus, [1].
Felis jubata, [18].
Felis lybica, [1].
Felis maniculata, [1].
Felis manul, [1].
Felis ornata, [1].
Felis sylvestris, [1].
Felis torquata, [1].
FEMALE, affected by male element, [27] (2).
FEMALE flowers, in male panicle of maize, [9].
FENN, Mr., grafting potatoes, [11].
FENNEL, Italian variety of, [9].
FERAL cats, [1];
—cattle, [3];
—rabbits, [4] (2);
—Guinea fowl, [8];
—animals and plants, reversion in, [13] (3).
FERGUSON, Mr., supposed plurality of origin of domestic fowls, [7];
—chickens of black game-fowls, [7];
—relative size of eggs of fowls, [7];
—yolk of eggs of game-fowls, [7];
—early pugnacity of game-cocks, [7];
—voice of the Malay fowl, [7];
—effects of interbreeding on fowls, [17];
—selection in Cochin-China fowls, [20];
—on fashion in poultry, [21].
FERNANDEZ, on Mexican dogs, [1].
FERNS, reproduction of abnormal forms of, by spores, [11];
—non-diffusion of cell-gemmules in, [27].
FERRETS, [16], [18], [20].
FERTILISATION, artificial, of the St. Valéry apple, [10] (2).
FERTILITY, various degrees of, in sheep, [3];
—unlimited mutual, of breeds of pigeons, [6];
—comparative, of mongrels and hybrids, [16] (2), [19];
—influence of nourishment on, [16];
—diminished by close interbreeding, [17], [19];
—reduced, of Chillingham wild cattle, [17];
—of domesticated varieties when crossed, [19].
Festuca, species of, propagated by bulblets, [18].
FILBERTS, spared by tomtits, [21].
FILIPPI, on the breeding of branchiferous tritons, [27].
FINCHES, general sterility of, in captivity, [18].
FINNIKIN (pigeon), [5].
FINNOCCHIO, [9].
FIR, Scotch, acclimatisation of, [24].
FISH, Mr., advantage of change of soil to plants, [18].
FISHES, regeneration of portions of fins of, [13];
—variability of, when kept in tanks, [22];
—marine, living in fresh water, [24];
—double monsters of, [26].
FISSION and gemmation, [27].
FITCH, Mr., persistency of a variety of the pea, [9].
FITTEST, survival of the, [1].
FITZINGER, origin of sheep, [3];
—African maned sheep, [3].
FITZPATRICK, Mr., potato-grafting, [11].
FIXEDNESS of character, conditions of, discussed, [14].
FLAX, found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, [9];
—climatal difference in products of, [23].
FLEECE, fineness of, in Austrian merinos, [20].
FLEISCHMANN, on German sheep crossed with merinos, [15].
“FLORENTINER-TAUBE,” [5] (2).
FLOUNDER, [1].
FLOURENS, crossing of wolf and dog, [1];
—prepotency of the jackal over the dog, [14];
—hybrids of the horse and ass, [14];
—breeding of monkeys in Europe, [18].
FLOWER-GARDEN, earliest known, in Europe, [20].
FLOWERS, capricious transmission of colour-varieties in, [12] (2);
—tendency to uniformity in striped, [14];
—scorching of, dependent on colour, [21];
—change in, caused by conditions of life, [23];
—rudimentary, [24];
—relative position of, to the axis, [26].
FŒTATION, abdominal, [24].
FOLEY, Mr., wild varieties of pears, [22].
FOLIAGE, inherited peculiarities of, [10];
—variegation of, [10];
—bud-variation in, [11].
FOOD, influence of, on the pig, [3];
—on cattle, [3];
—excess of, a cause of variability, [22].
FORBES, D., on Chilian sheep, [3];
—on the horses of Spain, Chili, and the Pampas, [2].
Formica rufa, [22].
FORTUNE, R., sterility of the sweet potato in China, [18];
—development of axillary bulbs in the yam, [18].
FOWL, common, breeds of, [7];
—supposed plurality of origin, [7];
—early history of, [7];
—causes of production of breeds of, [7];
—origin of, from Gallus bankiva, [7] (2);
—feral, notices of, [7] (2);
—reversion and analogous variation in, [7], [13] (2), [26] (2);
—“cuckoo” sub-breeds of, [7];
—history of, [7];
—structural characters of, [7];
—sexual peculiarities of, [7], [14];
—external differences of, [7];
—differences of breeds of, from G. bankiva, [7];
—osteological characters of, [7];
—effects of disuse of parts in, [7], [24];
—feral, [6], [13];
—polydactylism in, [12];
—fertility of, increased by domestication, [16], [18];
—sterility of, under certain conditions, [18];
—influence of selection on, [20] (3);
—evils of close interbreeding of, [17] (2);
—crossing of, [15];
—prepotency of transmission in, [14];
—rudimentary organs in, [24];
—crossing of non-sitting varieties of, [13] (2);
—homology of wing and leg feathers in, [25];
—hybrids of, with pheasants and Gallus sonneratii, [13];
—black-skinned, [20];
—black, preyed upon by the osprey in Ireland, [21];
—five-toed, mentioned by Columella, [28];
—rumpless, tailed chickens produced by, [13];
—Dorking, crosses of, [15];
—form of comb and colour of plumage in, [21];
—game, crossing of white and black, [15];
—five-spurred, [27];
—Spanish, liable to suffer from frost, [24];
—Polish, peculiarities of skull of, [25].
FOX, sterility of, in captivity, [18].
FOX, S. BEVAN, races of bees, [8].
FOX, W. DARWIN, gestation of the dog, [1];
—“Negro” cat, [1];
—reversion of sheep in colour, [13];
—period of gestation in the pig, [3];
—young of the Himalayan rabbit, [4];
—crossing of wild and domestic turkeys, [8];
—reversion in crossed musk ducks, [13];
—spontaneous segregation of varieties of geese, [16];
—effects of close interbreeding upon bloodhounds, [17];
—deafness of white cats with blue eyes, [25].
FOXHOUNDS, [1], [17].
Fragaria chiloensis, [10].
Fragaria collina, [10].
Fragaria dioica of Duchesne, [10].
Fragaria elatior, [10].
Fragaria grandiflora, [10].
Fragaria vesca, [10].
Fragaria virginiana, [10].
Fraxinus excelsior, [10], [11], [12].
Fraxinus lentiscifolia, [12].
FRIESLAND cattle, probably descended from Bos primigenius, [3].
FRILLBACK pigeon, [5];
—Indian, [5].
Fringilla ciris, [18].
Fringilla spinus, [18].
FRIZZLED fowls, [7];
—horses, [2].
FROG, polydactylism in the, [12].
FRUIT, seedless, [18].
FRUIT-TREES, varieties of, occurring wild, [9].
FRY, Mr., on fertile hybrid cats, [1];
—on feral fowls in Ascension, [7].
FUCHSIAS, origin of, [10];
—bud-variation in,[11].
Fuchsia coccinea and fulgens, twin seed produced by crossing, [11].
FUEGIANS, their superstition about killing young water-fowl, [9];
—selection of dogs by the, [20];
—their comparative estimation of dogs and old women, [20];
—their power of distant vision, [20].
FUNGI, parasitic, [23] (2).
FÜRBRINGER, Dr., on nails of Saurians, [27].
FURCULUM, characters and variations of the, in pigeons, [5];
—alteration of, by disuse, in pigeons, [5];
—characters of, in fowls, [7].
FUSION of homologous parts, [27].

GAIT, inheritance of peculiarities of, [12].
GALAPAGOS Archipelago, its peculiar fauna and flora, [Introduction]
Galeobdolon luteum, pelorism in, [13], [26].
GALLS, [13] (2).
GALL-GNATS, [23].
GALL-LIKE excrescences not inherited, [13].
GALLINACEOUS birds, restricted range of large, [7];
—general fertility of, in captivity, [18].
Gallinula chloropus, [5].
Gallinula nesiotis, [8].
GALLESIO, species of oranges, [10];
—hybridisation of oranges, [10];
—persistency of races in the peach, [10];
—supposed specific distinctions of peach and nectarine[10];
—bizzarria orange, [11];
—crossing of red and white carnations, [11];
—crossing of the orange and lemon, [11], [27];
—effect of foreign pollen on maize, [4];
—spontaneous crossing of oranges, [15];
—monstrosities a cause of sterility in plants, [18];
—seeding of ordinarily seedless fruits, [18];
—sterility of the sugar-cane, [18];
—tendency of male flowers to become double, [18];
—effects of selection in enlarging fruit, etc., [20];
—variation of the orange-tree in North Italy, [22];
—naturalisation of the orange in Italy, [24].
Gallus æneus, a hybrid of G. varius and the domestic fowl, [7].
Gallus bankiva, probable original of domestic fowls, [7] (3);
—game-fowl, nearest to, [7];
—crossed with G. sonneratii, [7];
—its character and habits, [7], [16];
—differences of various breeds of fowls from, [7];
—occipital foramen of, figured, [7];
—skull of, figured, [7];
—cervical vertebra of, figured, [7];
—furculum of, figured, [7];
—reversion to, in crossed fowls, [13] (2);
—hybrid of, with G. varius, [7], [13];
—number of eggs of, [16].
Gallus ferrugineus, [7].
Gallus furcatus, [7].
Gallus giganteus, [7].
Gallus sonneratii, characters and habits of, [7];
—hybrids of, [7], [13]
Gallus stanleyi, hybrids of, [7].
Gallus temminckii, probably a hybrid, [7].
Gallus varius, characters and habits of, [7];
—hybrids and probable hybrids of, [7].
GALTON, Mr., fondness of savages for taming animals, [1];
—cattle of Benguela, [3];
—on hereditary talent, [12];
—on Pangenesis, [27].
GAMBIER, Lord, his early cultivation of the pansy, [10].
GAME-FOWL, [7] (2).
GAPES, [21].
GARCILAZO DE LA VEGA, annual hunts of the Peruvian Incas, [20].
GARNETT, Mr., migratory propensities of hybrid ducks, [13].
GARROD, Dr., on hereditary gout, [12].
GÄRTNER, on the sterility of hybrids, [6], [16], [19];
—acquired sterility of varieties of plants when crossed, [10];
—sterility in transplanted plants, and in the lilac in Germany, [18];
—mutual sterility of blue and red flowers of the pimpernel, [19];
—supposed rules of transmission in crossing plants, [14];
—on crossing plants, [15], [17] (3);
—on repeated crossing, [22];
—absorption of one species by another, when crossed, [15];
—crossing of varieties of the pea, [11];
—crossing maize, [16];
—crossing of species of Verbascum, [15], [16];
—reversion in hybrids, [13] (3);
—of Cereus, [11];
—of Tropæolum majus and minus, [11];
—variability of hybrids, [22];
—variable hybrids from one variable parent, [22];
—graft hybrid produced by inoculation in the vine, [11];
—effect produced by grafts on the stock, [11], [23];
—tendency of hybrid plants to produce double flowers, [18];
—production of perfect fruit by sterile hybrids, [18];
—sexual elective affinity, [19];
—self-impotence in Lobelia, Verbascum, Lilium, and Passiflora, [17] (2);
—on the action of pollen, [16];
—fertilisation of Malva, [11], [27];
—prepotency of pollen, [19];
—prepotency of transmission in species of Nicotiana, [14];
—bud-variation in Pelargonium zonale, [11];
—in Œnothera biennis, [11];
—in Achillæa millefolium, [11];
—effect of manure on the fertility of plants, [18];
—on contabescence, [18];
—inheritance of plasticity, [21];
—villosity of plants, [23].
GASPARINI, a genus of pumpkins, founded on stigmatic characters, [10].
GAUDICHAUD, bud-variation in the pear, [11];
—apple-tree with two kinds of fruit on branch, [11].
GAY, on Fragaria grandiflora, [10];
—on Viola lutea and tricolor, [10];
—on the nectary of Viola grandiflora, [10].
GAYAL, domestication of the, [3].
GAYOT. See Moll.
GEESE (anseres), general fertility of, in captivity, [18].
GEMMATION and fission, [27].
GEMMULES, or cell-gemmules, [27] (3).
GENERATION, alternate, [27] (3).
GENERATION, sexual, [27].
GENET, fertility of the, in captivity, [18]. GENIUS, inheritance of, [12].
Gentiana amarella, [18].
GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, production of monstrous chickens, [23];
—“Loi de l’affinite de soi pour soi,” [26];
—compensation of growth, [26].
GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, ISID., origin of the dog, [1];
—barking of a jackal, [1];
—period of gestation and odour of the jackal, [1];
—anomalies in the teeth of dogs, [1];
—variations in the proportions of dogs, [1];
—webbed feet of Newfoundland dogs, [1];
—crossing of domestic and wild cats, [1];
—domestication of the arni, [3];
—supposed introduction of cattle into Europe from the East, [3];
—absence of interdigital pits in sheep, [3];
—origin of the goat, [3];
—feral geese, [6];
—ancient history of the fowl, [7];
—skull of the Polish fowl, [7];
—preference of the Romans for the liver of white geese, [8];
—polydactylism, [12];
—assumption of male characters by female bird, [13];
—transmission and blending of characters in hybrids, [15];
—refusal of animals to breed in captivity, [18];
—on the Guinea-pig, [18];
—silkworms producing white cocoons, [20];
—on the carp, [21];
—on Helix lactea, [23];
—on monstrosities, [22];
—injury to the embryo a cause of monstrosity, [22];
—alteration in the coat of horses in coal-mines, [23];
—length of the intestines in wild and tame animals, [24] (2);
—inheritance of rudimentary limbs in the dog, [24];
—correlation in monstrosities, [25];
—supernumerary digits in man, [25];
—co-existence of anomalies, [25];
—presence of hairs and teeth in ovarian tumours, [27];
—development of teeth on the palate in the horse, [27].
GEOGRAPHICAL differences of faunas, [Introduction].
GEOLOGICAL succession of organisms, [Introduction].
Geranium, [13].
Geranium phæum and pyrenaicum, [22].
Geranium pratense, [11].
GERARD, asserted climatal change in Burgundian bees, [8].
GERARDE, on varieties of the hyacinth, [10].
GERSTÄCKER, on hive-bees, [8].
GERVAIS, Prof., origin of the dog, [1];
—resemblance of dogs and jackals, [1];
—taming of the jackal, [1];
—number of teeth in dogs, [1];
—breeds of dogs, [1];
—on tertiary horses, [2];
—Biblical notices of horses, [2];
—species of Ovis, [3];
—wild and domestic rabbits, [4];
—rabbits from Mount Sinai and Algeria, [4];
—earless rabbits, [4];
—batrachia with doubled limbs, [27].
GESTATION, period of, in the dog, wolf, etc., [1];
—in the pig, [3] (2);
—in cattle, [3], [25];
—in sheep, [3].
GESTURES, inheritance of peculiarities in, [12].
“GHOONDOOKS” a sub-breed of fowls, [7].
GHOR-KHUR, [13].
GILES, Mr., effect of cross-breeding in the pig, [11].
GIRAFFE, co-ordination of structure of, [20].
GIRARD, period of appearance of permanent teeth in dogs, [1].
GIRAUD-TEULON, cause of short sight, [12].
GIROU DE BUZAREINGUES, inheritance in the horse, [12];
—reversion by age in cattle, [13];
—prepotency of transmission of character in sheep and cattle, [14];
—on crossing gourds, [16].
GISBURNE, wild cattle at, [3].
Gladiolus, [10];
—self-impotence of hybrids of, [17].
Gladiolus colvillii, bud-variation in, [11].
GLANDS, compensatory development of, [24].
GLASTONBURY thorn, [10].
GLENNY, Mr., on the Cineraria, [20].
GLOEDE, F., on strawberries, [10].
GLOGER, on the wings of ducks, [24].
“GLOUGLOU” (pigeon), [5].
Gloxiniæ, peloric, [10], [18].
GMELIN, on red cats, at Tobolsk, [1].
GOAT, [3] (2);
—polydactylism in the, [12];
—sexual differences in horns of, [14];
—valued by South Africans, [20];
—Thibet, [23];
—amount of milk and development of udders in the, [24];
—hornless, rudimentary bony cores in, [24];
—Angora, [25].
GODINE, on prepotency of transmission., [14]
GODRON, odour of the hairless Turkish dog, [1];
—differences in the skull of dogs, [1];
—increase of breeds of horses, [2];
—crossing of domestic and wild swine, [3];
—on goats, [3] (2);
—colour of the skin in fowls, [7];
—bees of north and south of France, [8];
—introduction of the silkworm into Europe, [8];
—variability in the silkworm, [8];
—supposed species of wheat, [9] (2);
—on Ægilops triticoides,, [9];
—variable presence of barbs in grasses, [9];
—colours of the seeds of maize, [9];
—unity of character in cabbages, [9];
—correlation of colour and odour, [9];
—effect of heat and moisture on the cabbage, [9];
—on the cultivated species of Brassica, [9];
—on the Rouncival and sugar peas, [9];
—variation in the numbers of peas in the same pod, [9];
—wild vines in Spain, [10];
—on raising peaches from seed, [10];
—supposed specific distinctness of peach and nectarine, [10];
—nectarine producing peaches, [10];
—on the flower of Corydalis, [26];
—origin and variations of the plum, [10];
—origin of the cherry, [10];
—reversion of single-leaved strawberries, [10];
—five-leaved variety of Fragaria collina, [10];
—supposed immutability of specific characters, [10] (2);
—varieties of Robinia, [10];
—permanency of the simple-leaved ash, [10];
—non-inheritance of certain mutilations, [12];
—wild turnips, carrots, and celery, [13];
—peloria, [13];
—prepotency of a goat-like ram, [14];
—benefit of change of soil to plants, [18];
—fertility of peloric flowers of Corydalis solida, [18];
—seeding of ordinarily seedless fruit, [18];
—sexual sterility of plants propagated by buds, etc., [18];
—increase of sugar in beet-root, [20];
—effects of selection in enlarging particular parts of plants, [20];
—growth of the cabbage in the tropics, [23];
—rejection of bitter almonds by mice, [21];
—influence of marshy pasture on the fleece of sheep, [23];
—on the ears of ancient Egyptian pigs, [24];
—primitive distinctness of species, [28];
—solid-hoofed swine, [28].
GOETHE, on compensation of growth, [26].
GOLD-FISH, [8] (2), [21].
GOMARA, on South American cats, [1].
GONGORA, number of seeds in the, [27].
GOODMAN, three-toed cows, [12].
GOOSE, ancient domestication of, [8];
—sacred to Juno in Rome, [8];
—inflexibility of organisation of, [8];
—skull perforated in tufted, [8];
—characters of breeds and sub-breeds of, [8] (2);
—variety of, from Sebastopol, [8], [27];
—feral, in La Plata, [6];
—Egyptian, hybrid of, with penguin duck, [14];
—spontaneous segregation of varieties of, [16];
—fertility of, increased by domestication, [16];
—decreased fertility of, in Bogota, [18];
—sterility of, in the Philippine Islands, [18];
—selection of, [20];
—white, preference of the Romans for the liver of, [20];
—persistency of character in, [22];
—Egyptian, change in breeding season of, [24].
GOOSEBERRY, [10];
—bud-variation in the, [11];
—Whitesmith’s, [21].
GÖPPERT, on monstrous poppies, [18].
GOSSE, P. H., feral dogs in Jamaica, [1];
—feral pigs of Jamaica, [3];
—feral rabbits of Jamaica, [4];
—on Columba leucocephala, [6];
—feral Guinea fowl in Jamaica, [6];
—reproduction of individual peculiarities by gemmation in a coral, [11];
—frequency of striped legs in mules, [13].
GOULD, Dr., on hereditary hæmorrhage, [12].
GOULD, JOHN, origin of the turkey, [8].
Goura coronata and Victoriæ, hybrids of, [6], [18].
GOURDS, [10];
—crossing of varieties of, [16];
—ancient Peruvian variety of, [28].
GOUT, inheritance of, [12];
—period of appearance of, [14].
GRABA, on the pigeon of the Faroe Islands, [6].
GRAFTING, [18];
—effects of, [22] (2);
—upon the stock, [11];
—upon the variability of trees, [22];
—changes analogous to bud-variation produced by, [11] (2).
GRAFT-HYBRIDS, [11] (2), [27].
GRAPES, bud-variation in, [11];
—cross of white and purple, [11];
—green, liable to disease, [25];
—effect of foreign pollen on, [11].
GRASSES, seeds of, used as food by savages, [9].
GRAY, ASA, superior wild varieties of fruit-trees, [9];
—cultivated native plants of North America, [9], [10];
—non-variation of weeds, [9];
—supposed spontaneous crossing of Cucurbitaceæ, [11];
—pre-ordination of variation, [11];
—progeny of husked form of maize, [9];
—wild intermediate forms of strawberries, [10].
GRAY, G. R., on Columba gymnocyclus,, [6].
GRAY, J. E., on Sus pliciceps, [3];
—on a variety of the gold-fish, [8];
—hybrids of the ass and zebra, [13] (2);
—on the breeding of animals at Knowsley, [18];
—on the breeding of birds in captivity, [18].
GREENE, J. REAY, on the development of the echinodermata, [27].
GREENHOW, Mr., on a Canadian web-footed dog, [1].
GREENING, Mr., experiments on Abraxas grossulariata, [23].
GREGSON, Mr., experiments on Abraxas grossulariata, [23].
GREY, Sir GEORGE, preservation of seed-bearing plants by the Australian savages, [9];
—detestation of incest by Australian savages, [17].
GREYHOUNDS, sculptured on Egyptian monuments, and in the Villa of Antoninus, [1];
—modern breed of, [1];
—crossed with the bulldog, by Lord Orford, [3];
—close interbreeding of, [17];
—co-ordination of structure of, due to selection, [20] (2);
—Italian, [21].
GREYNESS, inherited at corresponding periods of life, [14].
GRIEVE, Mr., on early-flowering dahlias, [10].
GRIGOR, Mr., acclimatisation of the Scotch fir, [24].
GRÖNLAND, hybrids of Ægilops and wheat, [16].
GROOM-NAPIER, C. O., on the webbed feet of the otter-hound, [1].
GROS, on Pangenesis, [27].
“GROSSES-GORGES” (pigeons), [5].
GROUND-TUMBLER, Indian, [5].
GROUSE, fertility of, in captivity, [18].
Grus montigresia, cinerea, and antigone, [18].
GUANACOS, selection of, [20].
GUANS, general fertility of, in captivity, [18].
GUELDER-ROSE, [19].
GUELDERLAND fowls, [6].
GUIANA, selection of dogs by the Indians of, [20].
GUINEA fowl, [8];
—feral, in Ascension and Jamaica, [6], [13];
—indifference of, to change of climate, [18].
GUINEA pig, [12], [18].
GÜLDENSTADT, on the jackal, [1].
GULL, herring, breeding in confinement, [18].
GULLS, general sterility of, in captivity, [18].
Gulo, sterility of, in captivity, [18].
GÜNTHER, A., on tufted ducks and geese, [7];
—on the regeneration of lost parts in batrachia, [27].
GURNEY, Mr., owls breeding in captivity, [18];
—appearance of “black-shouldered” among ordinary peacocks, [8].