INDEX.AbbasPacha, a fancier of fantailed pigeons, i. 206.Abbey, Mr., on grafting, ii.147;on mignonette, ii.237.Abbott, Mr. Keith, on the Persian tumbler pigeon, i. 150.Abbreviationof the facial bones, i. 73.Abortionof organs, ii.315-318,397.Absorptionof minority in crossed races, ii.87-89,174.Acclimatisation, ii.305-315;of maize, i. 322.Acerbi, on the fertility of domestic animals in Lapland, ii.112.Achatinella, ii.53.Achillea millefolium, bud variation in, i. 408.Aconitum napellus, roots of, innocuous in cold climates, ii.274.Acorus calamus, sterility of, ii.170.Acosta, on fowls in South America at its discovery, i. 237.Acropera, number of seeds in, ii.379.Adam, Mr., origin ofCytisus Adami, i. 390.Adam, W., on consanguineous marriages, ii.123.Adams, Mr., on hereditary diseases, ii.7.Advancementin scale of organisation, i. 8.Ægilops triticoides, observations of Fabre and Godron on, i. 313;increasing fertility of hybrids of, with wheat, ii.110.Æsculus flavaandrubicunda, i. 392.Æsculus pavia, tendency of, to become double, ii.168.Æthusa cynapium, ii.337.Affinity, sexual elective, ii.180.Africa, white bull from, i. 91;feral cattle in, i. 85;food-plants of savages of, i. 307-309;South, diversity of breeds of cattle in, i. 80;West, change in fleece of sheep in, i. 98.Agave vivipara, seeding of, in poor soil, ii.169.Age, changes in trees, dependent on, i. 387.Agouti, fertility of, in captivity, ii.152.Agriculture, antiquity of, ii.243.Agrostis, seeds of, used as food, i. 309.Aguara, i. 26.Ainsworth, Mr., on the change in the hair of animals at Angora, ii.278.AkbarKhan, his fondness for pigeons, i. 205; ii.204.Alauda arvensis, ii.154.Albin, on "Golden Hamburgh" fowls, i. 247;figure of the hook-billed duck, i. 277.Albinism, i. 111, ii.17.Albino, negro, attacked by insects, ii.229.Albinoes, heredity of, ii.9.Albinus, thickness of the epidermis on the palms of the hands in man, ii.297.Alco, i. 31, ii.102.Aldrovandi, on rabbits, i. 104;description of the nun pigeon, i. 156;on the fondness of the Dutch for pigeons in the seventeenth century, i. 205;notice of several varieties of pigeons, i. 207-210;on the breeds of fowls, i. 247;on the origin of the domestic duck, i. 278.Alefield, Dr., on the varieties of peas and their specific unity, i. 326;on the varieties of beans, i. 330.Alexanderthe Great, his selection of Indian cattle, ii.202.Algæ, retrogressive metamorphosis in, ii.361;division of zoospores of, ii.378.Allen, W., on feral fowls, i. 237; ii.33.Allman, Professor, on a monstrousSaxifraga geum, ii.166;on the development of the Hydroida, ii.368.Almond, i. 337;antiquity of, ii.429;bitter, not eaten by mice, ii.232.Alnus glutinosaandincana, hybrids of, ii.130.Alpaca, selection of, ii.208.Althæa rosea, i. 378, ii.107.Amaryllis, ii.139.Amaryllis vittata, effect of foreign pollen on, i. 400.Amaurosis, hereditary, ii.9.America, limits within which no useful plants have been furnished by, i. 310;colours of feral horses in, i. 60-61;North, native cultivated plants of, i. 312;skin of feral pig from, i. 77;South, variations in cattle of, i. 88, 92.Amygdalus persica, i. 336-344, 374.Ammon, on the persistency of colour in horses, ii.21.Anagallis arvensis, ii.190.Analogousvariation, i. 409, ii.348-352;in horses, i. 55;in the horse and ass, i. 64;in fowls, i. 243-246.Anas boschas, i. 277, ii.40;skull of, figured, i. 282.Anas moschata, ii.40."Ancon" sheep of Massachusetts, i. 100, ii.103.Andalusianfowls, i. 227.Andalusianrabbits, i. 105.Anderson, J., on the origin of British sheep, i. 94;on the selection of qualities in cattle, ii.196;on a one-eared breed of rabbits, i. 108;on the inheritance of characters from a one-eared rabbit and three-legged bitch, ii.12;on the persistency of varieties of peas, i. 329;on the production of early peas by selection, ii.201;on the varieties of the potato, i. 330-331;on crossing varieties of the melon, i. 399;on reversion in the barberry, i. 384.Anderson, Mr., on the reproduction of the weeping ash by seed, ii.19;on the cultivation of the tree pæony in China, ii.205.Andersson, Mr., on the Damara, Bechuana, and Namaqua cattle, i. 88;on the cows of the Damaras, ii.300;selection practised by the Damaras and Namaquas, ii.207;on the use of grass-seeds and the roots of reeds as food in South Africa, i. 309.Anemone coronaria, doubled by selection, ii.200.Anginapectoris, hereditary, occurring at a certain age, ii.79.Anglesea, cattle of, i. 80.Angolasheep, i. 95.Angora, change in hair of animals at, ii.278;cats of, i. 45, 47;rabbits of, i. 106, 120.Animals, domestication of, facilitated by fearlessness of man, i. 20;refusal of wild, to breed in captivity, ii.149;compound, individual peculiarities of, reproduced by budding, i. 374;variation by selection in useful qualities of, ii.220.Annualplants, rarity of bud-variation in, i. 408.Anomaliesin the osteology of the horse, i. 50.Anomalousbreeds of pigs, i. 75;of cattle, i. 89.Anser albifrons, characters of, reproduced in domestic geese, i. 288.Anser ægyptiacus, i. 282; ii.68.Anser canadensis, ii.157.Anser cygnoides, i. 237.Anser ferus, the original of the domestic goose, i. 287;fertility of cross of, with domestic goose, i. 288.Anson, on feral fowls in the Ladrones, i. 238.Antagonismbetween growth and reproduction, ii.384.Anthemis nobilis, bud-variation in flowers of, i. 379;becomes single in poor soil, ii.167.Antherozoids, apparent independence of, in algæ, ii.384.Anthers, contabescence of, ii.165-166.Antigua, cats of, i. 46;changed fleece of sheep in, i. 98.Antirrhinum majus, peloric, i. 365; ii.59,70,166;double-flowered, ii.167;bud-variation in, i. 381.Ants, individual recognition of, ii.251.Apes, anthropomorphous, ii.123.Aphides, attacking pear-trees, ii.231;development of, ii.361-362.Apoplexy, hereditary, occurring at a certain age, ii.78.Apple, i. 348-350;fruit of, in Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 317;rendered fastigate by heat in India, i. 361;bud-variation in the, i. 376;with dimidiate fruit, i. 392-393;with two kinds of fruit on the same branch, i. 392;artificial fecundation of, i. 401;St. Valéry, i. 401; ii.166;reversion in seedlings of, ii.31;crossing of varieties of, ii.129;growth of the, in Ceylon, ii.277;Winter Majetin, not attacked bycoccus, ii.231;flower-buds of, attacked by bullfinches, ii.232;American, change of when grown in England, ii.275.Apricot, i. 344-345;glands on the leaves of, ii.231;analogous variation in the, ii.348.Aquila fusca, copulating in captivity, ii.154.Aquilegia vulgaris, i. 365; ii.330.Arabboarhound, described by Harcourt, i. 17.Arabis blepharophyllaandA. Soyeri,effects of crossing, i. 400.Aralia trifoliata, bud-variation in leaves of, i. 382.Araucarias, young, variable resistance of, to frost, ii.309.Archangelpigeon, ii.240.Arcticregions, variability of plants and shells of, ii.256.Aria vestita, grafted on thorns, i. 387.Aristophanes, fowls mentioned by, i. 246.Aristotle, on solid-hoofed pigs, i. 75;domestic duck unknown to, i. 277;on the assumption of male characters by old hens, ii.51.Arni, domestication of the, i. 82.Arrestof development, ii.315-318.Arteries, increase of anastomosing branches of, when tied, ii.230.Aruislands, wild pig of, i. 67.Arum, Polynesian varieties of, ii.256.Ascaris, number of eggs of, ii.379.Ash, varieties of the, i. 360;weeping, i. 361;simple-leaved, i. 362;bud-variation in, i. 382;effects of graft upon the stock in the, i. 394;production of the blotched Breadalbane,ibid.;weeping, capricious reproduction of, by seed, ii.19.Asinus Burchellii, i. 64.Asinus hemionus, ii.43.Asinus indicus, ii.42-43,48.Asinus quagga, i. 64.Asinus tæniopus, ii.41;the original of the domestic ass, i. 62.Asparagus, increased fertility of cultivated, ii.113.Ass, early domestication of the, i. 62;breeds of,ibid.;small size of, in India,ibid.;stripes of, i. 62-63; ii.351;dislike of to cross water, i. 181;reversion in, ii.41-43,47;hybrid of the, with mare and zebra, ii.42;prepotency of the, over the horse, ii.67-68;crossed with wild ass, ii.206;variation and selection of the, ii.236.Assyriansculpture of a mastiff, i. 17.Asters, ii.20,316.Asthma, hereditary, ii.8,79.Atavism.SeeReversion.Athelstan, his care of horses, ii.203.Atkinson, Mr., on the sterility of the Tarroo silk-moth in confinement, ii.157.Aubergine, ii.91.Audubon, on feral hybrid ducks, i. 190; ii.46;on the domestication of wild ducks on the Mississippi, i. 278;on the wild cock turkey visiting domestic hens, i. 292;fertility ofFringilla cirisin captivity, ii.154;fertility ofColumba migratoriaandleucocephalain captivity, ii.155;breeding ofAnser canadensisin captivity, ii.157.Audubonand Bachman, on the change of coat inOvis montana, i. 99;sterility ofSciurus cinereain confinement, ii.152.Auricula, effect of seasonal conditions on the, ii.273;blooming of, ii.346.Australia, no generally useful plants derived from, i. 310;useful plants of, enumerated by Hooker, i. 311.Austria, heredity of character in emperors of, ii.65.Autenrieth, on persistency of colour in horses, ii.21.Ava, horses of, i. 53.Avena fatua, cultivability of, i. 313.AyeenAkbery, pigeons mentioned in the, i. 150, 155, 185, 205, 207, 208.Ayres, W. P., on bud-variation in pelargoniums, i. 378.Azalea indica, bud-variation in, i. 377.Azara, on the feral dogs of La Plata, i. 27;on the crossing of domestic with wild cats in Paraguay, i. 45;on hornlike processes in horses, i. 50;on curled hair in horses, i. 54; ii.205,325;on the colours of feral horses, i. 60, 61; ii.259;on the cattle of Paraguay and La Plata, i. 82, 86, 89; ii.250;on a hornless bull, ii.205;on the increase of cattle in South America, ii.119;on the growth of horns in the hornless cattle of Corrientes, ii.39;on the "Niata" cattle, i. 90;on naked quadrupeds, ii.279;on a race of black-skinned fowls in South America, i. 258; ii.209;on a variety of maize, i. 321.Babington, C. C., on the origin of the plum, i. 345;British species of the genusRosa, i. 366;distinctness ofViola luteaandtricolor, i. 368.Bachmann, Mr., on the turkey, ii.262.See alsoAudubon.Badger, breeding in confinement, ii.151."Bagadotten-Taube," i. 141.Baily, Mr., on the effect of selection on fowls, ii.198;on Dorking fowls, ii.238.Baird, S., on the origin of the turkey, i. 292.Baker, Mr., on heredity in the horse, ii.11;on the degeneration of the horse by neglect, ii.239;orders of Henrys VII. and VIII. for the destruction of undersized mares, ii.203.Bakewell, change in the sheep effected by, ii.198.Balancement, ii.342-344;of growth, law of, i. 274.Baldhead, pigeon, i. 151.Baldness, in man, inherited, ii.73-74;with deficiency in teeth, ii.326-327.Ballance, Mr., on the effects of interbreeding on fowls, ii.125;on variation in the eggs of fowls, i. 248.Ballota nigra, transmission of variegated leaves in, i. 383.Bamboo, varieties of the, ii.256.Banana, variation of the, i. 372; ii.256,258;bud-variation in the, i. 377;sterility of the, ii.268.Bantamfowls, i. 230;Sebright, origin of, ii.96;sterility of, ii.101.Barb(Pigeon), i. 144-146, 210; ii.227;figure of, i. 145;figure of lower jaw of, i. 164.Barbs, of wheat, i. 314.Barberry, dark or red-leaved variety, i. 362; ii.19;reversion in suckers of seedless variety, i. 384.Barbut, J., on the dogs of Guinea, i. 25;on the domestic pigeons in Guinea, i. 186;fowls not native in Guinea, i. 237.Barking, acquisition of the habit of, by various dogs, i. 27.Barley, wild, i. 313;of the lake-dwellings, i. 317-318;ancient variety of, ii.429.Barnes, Mr., production of early peas by selection, ii.201.Barnet, Mr., on the intercrossing of strawberries, i. 351;diœciousness of the Hautbois strawberry, i. 353;on the scarlet American strawberry, ii.200.Barth, Dr., use of grass-seeds as food in Central Africa, i. 308.Bartlett, A. D., on the origin of "Himalayan" rabbits by intercrossing, i. 109;on the feral rabbits of Porto Santo, i. 114;on geese with reversed feathers on the head and neck, i. 288;on the young of the black-shouldered peacock, i. 290;on the breeding of the Felidæ in captivity, ii.150.Bartram, on the black wolf-dog of Florida, i. 22.Bates, H. W., refusal of wild animals to breed in captivity, ii.150,152;sterility of American monkeys in captivity, ii.153;sterility of tamed guans, ii.156.Batrachia, regeneration of lost parts in, ii.15.Beach, raised, in Peru, containing heads of maize, i. 320.Beak, variability of, in fowls, i. 258;individual differences of, in pigeons, i. 160;correlation of, with the feet in pigeons, i. 171-174.Beale, Lionel, on the contents of cells, ii.370;on the multiplication of infectious atoms, ii.378;on the origin of fibres, ii.382.Beans, i. 330;of Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 319;varieties of, produced by selection, ii.218;French and scarlet, variable resistance of to frost, ii.309,314;superiority of native seed of, ii.314;a symmetrical variation of scarlet, ii.322;experiments on kidney, i. 330;with monstrous stipules and abortive leaflets, ii.343.Beard, pigeon, i. 151.Bears, breeding in captivity, ii.151.Beasley, J., reversion in crossed cattle, ii.41.Beaton, D., effect of soil upon strawberries, i. 353;on varieties of pelargonium, i. 364, ii.274,311;bud-variation inGladiolus colvillii, i. 382;cross between Scotch kail and cabbage, ii.98;hybrid gladiolus, ii.139;constant occurrence of new forms among seedlings, ii.235;on the doubling of the compositæ, ii.316.Bechuanacattle, i. 88.Beck, Mr., constitutional differences in pelargoniums, i. 364.Beckmann, on changes in the odours of plants, ii.274.Beckstein, on the burrowing of wolves, i. 27;"Spitz" dog, i. 31;origin of the Newfoundland dog, i. 42;crossing of domestic and wild swine, i. 66;on the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154, 209;notice of swallow-pigeons, i. 156;on a fork-tailed pigeon, i. 157;variations in the colour of the croup in pigeons, i. 184;on the German dove-cot pigeon, i. 185;fertility of mongrel pigeons, i. 192;on hybrid turtle-doves, i. 193;on crossing the pigeon withColumba œnas,C. palumbus,Turtur risoria, andT. vulgaris, i. 193;development of spurs in the silk-hen, i. 256;on Polish fowls, i. 257, 264;on crested birds, i. 257;on the Canary-bird, i. 295, ii.22,161;German superstition about the turkey, i. 293;occurrence of horns in hornless breeds of sheep, ii.30;hybrids of the horse and ass, ii.68;crosses of tailless fowls, ii.92;difficulty of pairing dove-cot and fancy pigeons, ii.103;fertility of tame ferrets and rabbits, ii.112;fertility of wild sow,ibid.;difficulty of breeding caged birds, ii.154;comparative fertility ofPsittacus erithacusin captivity, ii.155;on changes of plumage in captivity, ii.158;liability of light-coloured cattle to the attacks of flies, ii.229;want of exercise a cause of variability, ii.257;effect of privation of light upon the plumage of birds, ii.280;on a sub-variety of the monk-pigeon, ii.350.Beddoe, Dr., correlation of complexion with consumption, ii.335.Bedeguargall, ii.284.Bee, persistency of character of, ii.236,254;intercrossing, ii.126;conveyance, of pollen of peas by, i. 329.Bee-Ophrys, self-fertilisation of, ii.91.Beech, dark-leaved, i. 362, ii.19;fern-leaved, reversion of, i. 382;weeping, non-production of by seed, ii.19.Beechey, horses of Loochoo Islands, i. 53.Beet, i. 326;increase of sugar in, by selection, ii.201.Begonia frigida, singular variety of, i. 365;sterility of, ii.166.Belgianrabbit, i. 106.Bell, T., statement that white cattle have coloured ears, i. 85.Bell, W., bud-variation inCistus tricuspis, i. 377.Bellingeri, observations on gestation in the dog, i. 30;on the fertility of dogs and cats, ii.112.Belon, on high-flying pigeons in Paphlagonia, i. 209;varieties of the goose, i. 289.Benguela, cattle of, i. 88.Bennett, Dr. G., pigs of the Pacific islands, i. 70, 87;dogs of the Pacific islands, i. 87;varieties of cultivated plants in Tahiti, ii.256.Bennett, Mr., on the fallow deer, ii.103.Bentham, G., number and origin of cultivated plants, i. 306;cereals all cultivated varieties, i. 312;species of the orange group, i. 334-335;distinctions of almond and peach, i. 338;British species ofRosa, i. 366;identity ofViola luteaandtricolor, i. 368.Berberis vulgaris, i. 384, ii.19.Berberis Wallichii, indifference of, to climate, ii.164.Berjean, on the history of the dog, i. 16, 18.Berkeley, G. F., production of hen-cocks in a strain of game-fowls, i. 253.Berkeley, M. J., crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397;effect of foreign pollen on grapes, i. 400;on hybrid plants, ii.131;analogy between pollen of highly-cultivated plants and hybrids, ii.268;on Hungarian kidney-beans, ii.275;failure of Indian wheat in England, ii.307;bud developed on the petal of aClarkia, ii.384.Bernard, inheritance of disease in the horse, ii.10.Bernard, C., independence of the organs of the body, ii.368-369;special affinities of the tissues, ii.380.Bernhardi, varieties of plants with laciniated leaves, ii.348.Bernicla antarctica, i. 288.Bertero, on feral pigeons in Juan Fernandez, i. 190.Betula alba, ii.18.Bewick, on the British wild cattle, i. 84.Bible, reference to breeding studs of horses in, i. 54;references to domestic pigeons in the, i. 205;indications of selection of sheep in the, ii.201;notice of mules in the, ii.202.Bidwell, Mr., on self-impotence inAmaryllis, ii.139.Birch, weeping, i. 387, ii.18.Birch, Dr. S., on the ancient domestication of the pigeon in Egypt, i. 205;notice of bantam fowls in a Japanese encyclopædia, i. 230, 247.Birch, Wyrley, on silver-grey rabbits, i. 109-110.Birds, sterility caused in, by change of conditions, ii.153-157.Bladder-nut, tendency of the, to become double, ii.168.Blaine, Mr., on wry-legged terriers, ii.245.Blainville, origin and history of the dog, i. 15-16;variations in the number of teeth in dogs, i. 34;variations in the number of toes in dogs, i. 35;on mummies of cats, i. 43;on the osteology of solid-hoofed pigs, i. 75;on feral Patagonian and N. American pigs, i. 77."Blass-Taube," i. 156.Bleeding, hereditary, ii.7,8;sexual limitation of excessive, ii.73.Blendingof crossed races, time occupied by the, ii.87.Blindness, hereditary, ii.9;at a certain age, ii.78;associated with colour of hair, ii.328.Bloodhounds, degeneration of, caused by interbreeding, ii.121.Blumenbach, on the protuberance of the skull in Polish fowls, i. 257;on the effect of circumcision, ii.23;inheritance of a crooked finger, ii.23;on badger-dogs and other varieties of the dog, ii.220;onHydra, ii.293;on the "nisus formativus," ii.294.Blyth, E., on the Pariah dog, i. 24;hybrids of dog and jackal, i. 32;early domestication of cats in India, i. 43;origin of domestic cat,ib.;crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44;on Indian cats resemblingFelis chaus, i. 45;on striped Burmese ponies, i. 58;on the stripes of the ass, i. 63;on Indian wild pigs, i. 66;on humped cattle, i. 79, 80;occurrence ofBos frontosusin Irish crannoges, i. 81;fertile crossing of zebus and common cattle, i. 83;on the species of sheep, i. 94;on the fat-tailed Indian sheep, i. 96;origin of the goat, i. 101;on rabbits breeding in India, i. 112;number of tail-feathers in fantails, i. 146;Lotan tumbler pigeons, i. 150;number of tail-feathers inEctopistes, i. 159;onColumba affinis, i. 183;pigeons roosting in trees, i. 181;onColumba leuconota, i. 182;onColumba intermediaof Strickland, i. 184;variation in colour of croup in pigeons, i. 184-185, 197;voluntary domestication of rock-pigeons in India, i. 185;feral pigeons on the Hudson, i. 190;occurrence of sub-species of pigeons, i. 204;notice of pigeon-fanciers in Delhi, &c., i. 206;hybrids ofGallus Sonneratiiand the domestic hen, i. 234;supposed hybridity ofGallus Temminckii, i. 235;variations and domestication ofGallus bankiva, i. 235-236, 237;crossing of wild and tame fowls in Burmah, i. 236;restricted range of the larger gallinaceous birds, i. 237;feral fowls in the Nicobar islands, i. 238;black-skinned fowls occurring near Calcutta, i. 256;weight ofGallus bankiva, i. 272;degeneration of the turkey in India, i. 294, ii.278;on the colour of gold-fish, i. 296;on the Ghor-Khur (Asinus indicus), ii.42;onAsinus hemionus, ii.43;number of eggs ofGallus bankiva, ii.112;on the breeding of birds in captivity, ii.157;co-existence of large and small breeds in the same country, ii.279;on the drooping ears of the elephant, ii.301;homology of leg and wing feathers, ii.323.Boethiuson Scotch wild cattle, i. 85.Boitardand Corbié, on the breeds of pigeons, i. 132;Lille pouter pigeon, i. 138;notice of a gliding pigeon, i. 156;variety of the pouter pigeon, i. 162;dove-cot pigeon, i. 185;crossing pigeons, i. 192-193, ii.97,126;sterility of hybrids of turtle-doves, i. 193;reversion of crossed pigeons, i. 197, ii.40;on the fantail, i. 208, ii.66;on the trumpeter, ii.66;prepotency of transmission in silky fantail, ii.67,69;secondary sexual characters in pigeons, ii.74;crossing of white and coloured turtle-doves, ii.92;fertility of pigeons, ii.112.Bombycidæ, wingless females of, ii.299.Bombyx hesperus, ii.304.Bombyx Huttoni, i. 302.Bombyx mori, i. 300-304.Bonafous, on maize, i. 320, 321.Bonaparte, number of species of Columbidæ, i. 133;number of tail-feathers in pigeons, i. 158;size of the feet in Columbidæ, i. 174;onColumba guinea, i. 182;Columba turricola,rupestris, andSchimperi, i. 184.Bonatea speciosa, development of ovary of, i. 403.Bonavia, Dr., growth of cauliflowers in India, ii.310.Bones, removal of portions of, ii.296;regeneration of, ii.294;growth and repair of, ii.381-382.Bonnet, on the salamander, ii.15,341,358,385;theory of reproduction, ii.385.Borchmeyer, experiments with the seeds of the weeping ash, ii.19.Borecole, i. 323.Borelli, on Polish fowls, i. 247.Borneo, fowls of, with tail-bands, i. 235.Bornet, E., condition of the ovary in hybridCisti, i. 389;self-impotence of hybridCisti, ii.140.Borrow, G., on pointers, i. 42.Boryde Saint-Vincent, on gold-fish, i. 297.Bos, probable origin of European domestic cattle from three species of, i. 83.Bos frontosus, i. 79, 81-82.Bos indicus, i. 79.Bos longifrons, i. 79, 81.Bos primigenius, i. 79-81, 119.Bos sondaicus, ii.206.Bos taurus, i. 79.Bos trochoceros, i. 81.Bosc, heredity in foliage-varieties of the elm, i. 362.Bosse, production of double flowers from old seed, ii.167.Bossi, on breeding dark-coloured silkworms, i. 302.Bouchardat, on the vine disease, i. 334.Boudin, on local diseases, ii.276;resistance to cold of dark-complexioned men, ii.335."Boulans," i. 137."Boutond'Alep," ii.276.Bowen, Prof., doubts as to the importance of inheritance, ii.3.Bowman, Mr., hereditary peculiarities in the human eye, ii.8-10;hereditary cataract, ii.79.Brace, Mr., on Hungarian cattle, i. 80.Brachycome iberidifolia, ii.261.Bracts, unusual development of, in gooseberries, i. 355.Bradley, Mr., effect of grafts upon the stock in the ash, i. 394;effect of foreign pollen upon apples, i. 401;on change of soil, ii.146."BrahmaPootras," a new breed of fowls, i. 245.Brain, proportion of, in hares and rabbits, i. 126-129.Brandt, origin of the goat, i. 101.Brassica, varieties of, with enlarged stems, ii.348.Brassica asperifolia, ii.343.Brassica napus, i. 325.Brassica oleracea, i. 323.Brassica rapa, i. 325, ii.165.Braun, A., bud-variation in the vine, i. 375;in the currant, i. 376;inMirabilis jalapa, i. 382;inCytisus adami, i. 388;on reversion in the foliage of trees, i. 382;spontaneous production ofCytisus purpureo-elongatus, i. 390;reversion of flowers by stripes and blotches, ii.37;excess of nourishment a source of variability, ii.257.Brazil, cattle of, i. 88.Bread-fruit, varieties of, ii.256;sterility and variability of, ii.262.Bree, W. T., bud-variation inGeranium pratenseandCentaurea cyanus, i. 379;by tubers in the dahlia, i. 385;on the deafness of white cats with blue eyes, ii.329.Breeding, high, dependent on inheritance, ii.3-4.Breeds, domestic, persistency of, ii.246,428-429;artificial and natural, ii.413-414;extinction of, ii.425;of domestic cats, i. 45-47;of pigs produced by crossing, i. 78;of cattle, i. 86-87, 91-93;of goats, i. 101.Brehm, onColumba amaliæ, i. 183.Brent, B. P., number of mammæ in rabbits, i. 106;habits of the tumbler pigeon, i. 151;Laugher pigeon, i. 155;colouring of the kite tumbler, i. 160;crossing of the pigeon withColumba œnas, i. 193;mongrels of the trumpeter pigeon, ii.66;close interbreeding of pigeons, ii.126;opinion on Aldrovandi's fowls, i. 247;on stripes in chickens, i. 249-250;on the combs of fowls, i. 253;double-spurred Dorking fowls, i. 255;effect of crossing on colour of plumage in fowls, i. 258;incubatory instinct of mongrels between non-sitting varieties of fowls, ii.44;origin of the domestic duck, i. 277;fertility of the hook-billed duck,ibid.;occurrence of the plumage of the wild duck in domestic breeds, i. 280;voice of ducks, i. 281;occurrence of a short upper mandible in crosses of hook-billed and common ducks, i. 281;reversion in ducks produced by crossing, ii.40;variation of the canary-bird, i. 295;fashion in the canary, ii.240;hybrids of canary and finches, ii.45.Brickell, on raising nectarines from seed, i. 340;on the horses of North Carolina, ii.300.Bridges, Mr., on the dogs of Tierra del Fuego, i. 39;on the selection of dogs by the Fuegians, ii.207.Bridgman, W. K., reproduction of abnormal ferns, i. 383, ii.379.Briggs, J. J., regeneration of portions of the fins of fishes, ii.15.Broca, P., on the intercrossing of dogs, i. 31-32;on hybrids of hare and rabbit, i. 105;on the rumpless fowl, i. 259;on the character of half-castes, ii.47;degree of fertility of mongrels, ii.100;sterility of descendants of wild animals bred in captivity, ii.160.Broccoli, i. 323;rudimentary flowers in, ii.316;tenderness of, ii.310.Bromehead, W., doubling of the Canterbury bell by selection, ii.200.Bromfield, Dr., sterility of the ivy andAcorus calamus, ii.170.Bromus secalinus, i. 314.Bronn, H. G., bud-variation inAnthemis, i. 379;effects of cross-breeding on the female, i. 404;on heredity in a one-horned cow, ii.12,13;propagation of a pendulous peach by seed, ii.18;absorption of the minority in crossed races, ii.88;on the crossing of horses, ii.92;fertility of tame rabbits and sheep, ii.112;changes of plumage in captivity, ii.158;on the dahlia, ii.261.Bronzeperiod, dog of, i. 18.Brown, G., variations in the dentition of the horse, i. 50.Brown-Séquard, Dr., inheritance of artificially-produced epilepsy in the guinea-pig, ii.24.Brunswigia, ii.139.BrusselsSprouts, i. 323, ii.429.Bubo maximus, ii.154.Buckland, F., on oysters, ii.280;number of eggs in a codfish, ii.379.Buckle, Mr., doubts as to the importance of inheritance, ii.3.Buckley, Miss, carrier-pigeons roosting in trees, i. 181.Buckman, Prof., cultivation ofAvena fatua, i. 313;cultivation of the wild parsnip, i. 326, ii.201,277;reversion in the parsnip, ii.31.Buckwheat, injurious to white pigs, when in flower, ii.337.Budand seed, close analogy of, i. 411.Bud-reversion, ii.37.Buds, adventitious, ii.384.Bud-variation, i. 373-411, ii.254,287-288,291;contrasted with seminal reproduction, i. 373;peculiar to plants, i. 374;in the peach, i. 340, 374;in plums, i. 375;in the cherry,ibid.;in grapes,ibid.;in the gooseberry, currant, pear, and apple, i. 376;in the banana, camellia, hawthorn,Azalea indica, andCistus tricuspis, i. 377;in the hollyhock and pelargonium, i. 378;inGeranium pratenseand the chrysanthemum, i. 379;in roses, i. 367, 379-381;in sweet williams, carnations, pinks, stocks, and snapdragons, i. 381;in wall-flowers, cyclamen,Œnothera biennis,Gladiolus colvillii, fuchsias, andMirabilis jalapa, i. 382;in foliage of various trees, i. 382-384;in cryptogamic plants, i. 383;by suckers inPhloxand barberry, i. 384;by tubers in the potato,ibid.;in the dahlia, i. 385;by bulbs in hyacinths,Imatophyllum miniatum, and tulips, i. 385;inTigridia conchiflora, i. 386;inHemerocallis,ibid.;doubtful cases, i. 386-387;inCytisus Adami, i. 387-394;probable inÆsculus rubicunda, i. 392;summary of observations on, 406.Buffon, on crossing the wolf and dog, i. 32;increase of fertility by domestication, ii.111;improvement of plants by unconscious selection, ii.216;theory of reproduction, ii.375.Bulimus, ii.53.Bull, apparent influence of, on offspring, ii.68.Bullace, i. 345.Bulldog, recent modifications of, i. 42.Bullfinch, breeding in captivity, ii.154;attacking flower-buds, ii.232.Bult, Mr., selection of pouter pigeons, ii.197."Bündtnerschwein," i. 67.Bunting, reed, in captivity, ii.158.Burdach, crossing of domestic and wild animals, i. 66;aversion of the wild boar to barley, ii.303.Burke, Mr., inheritance in the horse, ii.10.Burlingtonia, ii.135.Burmah, cats of, i. 47.Burmeseponies, striped, i. 58, 59.Burnes, Sir A., on the Karakool sheep, i. 98, ii.278;varieties of the vine in Cabool, i. 333;hawks, trained in Scinde, ii.153;pomegranates producing seed, ii.168.BurtonConstable, wild cattle at, i. 84."Burzel-Tauben," i. 150.Bussorahcarrier, i. 141.Buteo vulgaris, copulation of, in captivity, ii.154.Butterflies, polymorphic, ii.399-400.Buzareingues, Girou de, inheritance of tricks, ii.6.
INDEX.
INDEX.
AbbasPacha, a fancier of fantailed pigeons, i. 206.Abbey, Mr., on grafting, ii.147;on mignonette, ii.237.Abbott, Mr. Keith, on the Persian tumbler pigeon, i. 150.Abbreviationof the facial bones, i. 73.Abortionof organs, ii.315-318,397.Absorptionof minority in crossed races, ii.87-89,174.Acclimatisation, ii.305-315;of maize, i. 322.Acerbi, on the fertility of domestic animals in Lapland, ii.112.Achatinella, ii.53.Achillea millefolium, bud variation in, i. 408.Aconitum napellus, roots of, innocuous in cold climates, ii.274.Acorus calamus, sterility of, ii.170.Acosta, on fowls in South America at its discovery, i. 237.Acropera, number of seeds in, ii.379.Adam, Mr., origin ofCytisus Adami, i. 390.Adam, W., on consanguineous marriages, ii.123.Adams, Mr., on hereditary diseases, ii.7.Advancementin scale of organisation, i. 8.Ægilops triticoides, observations of Fabre and Godron on, i. 313;increasing fertility of hybrids of, with wheat, ii.110.Æsculus flavaandrubicunda, i. 392.Æsculus pavia, tendency of, to become double, ii.168.Æthusa cynapium, ii.337.Affinity, sexual elective, ii.180.Africa, white bull from, i. 91;feral cattle in, i. 85;food-plants of savages of, i. 307-309;South, diversity of breeds of cattle in, i. 80;West, change in fleece of sheep in, i. 98.Agave vivipara, seeding of, in poor soil, ii.169.Age, changes in trees, dependent on, i. 387.Agouti, fertility of, in captivity, ii.152.Agriculture, antiquity of, ii.243.Agrostis, seeds of, used as food, i. 309.Aguara, i. 26.Ainsworth, Mr., on the change in the hair of animals at Angora, ii.278.AkbarKhan, his fondness for pigeons, i. 205; ii.204.Alauda arvensis, ii.154.Albin, on "Golden Hamburgh" fowls, i. 247;figure of the hook-billed duck, i. 277.Albinism, i. 111, ii.17.Albino, negro, attacked by insects, ii.229.Albinoes, heredity of, ii.9.Albinus, thickness of the epidermis on the palms of the hands in man, ii.297.Alco, i. 31, ii.102.Aldrovandi, on rabbits, i. 104;description of the nun pigeon, i. 156;on the fondness of the Dutch for pigeons in the seventeenth century, i. 205;notice of several varieties of pigeons, i. 207-210;on the breeds of fowls, i. 247;on the origin of the domestic duck, i. 278.Alefield, Dr., on the varieties of peas and their specific unity, i. 326;on the varieties of beans, i. 330.Alexanderthe Great, his selection of Indian cattle, ii.202.Algæ, retrogressive metamorphosis in, ii.361;division of zoospores of, ii.378.Allen, W., on feral fowls, i. 237; ii.33.Allman, Professor, on a monstrousSaxifraga geum, ii.166;on the development of the Hydroida, ii.368.Almond, i. 337;antiquity of, ii.429;bitter, not eaten by mice, ii.232.Alnus glutinosaandincana, hybrids of, ii.130.Alpaca, selection of, ii.208.Althæa rosea, i. 378, ii.107.Amaryllis, ii.139.Amaryllis vittata, effect of foreign pollen on, i. 400.Amaurosis, hereditary, ii.9.America, limits within which no useful plants have been furnished by, i. 310;colours of feral horses in, i. 60-61;North, native cultivated plants of, i. 312;skin of feral pig from, i. 77;South, variations in cattle of, i. 88, 92.Amygdalus persica, i. 336-344, 374.Ammon, on the persistency of colour in horses, ii.21.Anagallis arvensis, ii.190.Analogousvariation, i. 409, ii.348-352;in horses, i. 55;in the horse and ass, i. 64;in fowls, i. 243-246.Anas boschas, i. 277, ii.40;skull of, figured, i. 282.Anas moschata, ii.40."Ancon" sheep of Massachusetts, i. 100, ii.103.Andalusianfowls, i. 227.Andalusianrabbits, i. 105.Anderson, J., on the origin of British sheep, i. 94;on the selection of qualities in cattle, ii.196;on a one-eared breed of rabbits, i. 108;on the inheritance of characters from a one-eared rabbit and three-legged bitch, ii.12;on the persistency of varieties of peas, i. 329;on the production of early peas by selection, ii.201;on the varieties of the potato, i. 330-331;on crossing varieties of the melon, i. 399;on reversion in the barberry, i. 384.Anderson, Mr., on the reproduction of the weeping ash by seed, ii.19;on the cultivation of the tree pæony in China, ii.205.Andersson, Mr., on the Damara, Bechuana, and Namaqua cattle, i. 88;on the cows of the Damaras, ii.300;selection practised by the Damaras and Namaquas, ii.207;on the use of grass-seeds and the roots of reeds as food in South Africa, i. 309.Anemone coronaria, doubled by selection, ii.200.Anginapectoris, hereditary, occurring at a certain age, ii.79.Anglesea, cattle of, i. 80.Angolasheep, i. 95.Angora, change in hair of animals at, ii.278;cats of, i. 45, 47;rabbits of, i. 106, 120.Animals, domestication of, facilitated by fearlessness of man, i. 20;refusal of wild, to breed in captivity, ii.149;compound, individual peculiarities of, reproduced by budding, i. 374;variation by selection in useful qualities of, ii.220.Annualplants, rarity of bud-variation in, i. 408.Anomaliesin the osteology of the horse, i. 50.Anomalousbreeds of pigs, i. 75;of cattle, i. 89.Anser albifrons, characters of, reproduced in domestic geese, i. 288.Anser ægyptiacus, i. 282; ii.68.Anser canadensis, ii.157.Anser cygnoides, i. 237.Anser ferus, the original of the domestic goose, i. 287;fertility of cross of, with domestic goose, i. 288.Anson, on feral fowls in the Ladrones, i. 238.Antagonismbetween growth and reproduction, ii.384.Anthemis nobilis, bud-variation in flowers of, i. 379;becomes single in poor soil, ii.167.Antherozoids, apparent independence of, in algæ, ii.384.Anthers, contabescence of, ii.165-166.Antigua, cats of, i. 46;changed fleece of sheep in, i. 98.Antirrhinum majus, peloric, i. 365; ii.59,70,166;double-flowered, ii.167;bud-variation in, i. 381.Ants, individual recognition of, ii.251.Apes, anthropomorphous, ii.123.Aphides, attacking pear-trees, ii.231;development of, ii.361-362.Apoplexy, hereditary, occurring at a certain age, ii.78.Apple, i. 348-350;fruit of, in Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 317;rendered fastigate by heat in India, i. 361;bud-variation in the, i. 376;with dimidiate fruit, i. 392-393;with two kinds of fruit on the same branch, i. 392;artificial fecundation of, i. 401;St. Valéry, i. 401; ii.166;reversion in seedlings of, ii.31;crossing of varieties of, ii.129;growth of the, in Ceylon, ii.277;Winter Majetin, not attacked bycoccus, ii.231;flower-buds of, attacked by bullfinches, ii.232;American, change of when grown in England, ii.275.Apricot, i. 344-345;glands on the leaves of, ii.231;analogous variation in the, ii.348.Aquila fusca, copulating in captivity, ii.154.Aquilegia vulgaris, i. 365; ii.330.Arabboarhound, described by Harcourt, i. 17.Arabis blepharophyllaandA. Soyeri,effects of crossing, i. 400.Aralia trifoliata, bud-variation in leaves of, i. 382.Araucarias, young, variable resistance of, to frost, ii.309.Archangelpigeon, ii.240.Arcticregions, variability of plants and shells of, ii.256.Aria vestita, grafted on thorns, i. 387.Aristophanes, fowls mentioned by, i. 246.Aristotle, on solid-hoofed pigs, i. 75;domestic duck unknown to, i. 277;on the assumption of male characters by old hens, ii.51.Arni, domestication of the, i. 82.Arrestof development, ii.315-318.Arteries, increase of anastomosing branches of, when tied, ii.230.Aruislands, wild pig of, i. 67.Arum, Polynesian varieties of, ii.256.Ascaris, number of eggs of, ii.379.Ash, varieties of the, i. 360;weeping, i. 361;simple-leaved, i. 362;bud-variation in, i. 382;effects of graft upon the stock in the, i. 394;production of the blotched Breadalbane,ibid.;weeping, capricious reproduction of, by seed, ii.19.Asinus Burchellii, i. 64.Asinus hemionus, ii.43.Asinus indicus, ii.42-43,48.Asinus quagga, i. 64.Asinus tæniopus, ii.41;the original of the domestic ass, i. 62.Asparagus, increased fertility of cultivated, ii.113.Ass, early domestication of the, i. 62;breeds of,ibid.;small size of, in India,ibid.;stripes of, i. 62-63; ii.351;dislike of to cross water, i. 181;reversion in, ii.41-43,47;hybrid of the, with mare and zebra, ii.42;prepotency of the, over the horse, ii.67-68;crossed with wild ass, ii.206;variation and selection of the, ii.236.Assyriansculpture of a mastiff, i. 17.Asters, ii.20,316.Asthma, hereditary, ii.8,79.Atavism.SeeReversion.Athelstan, his care of horses, ii.203.Atkinson, Mr., on the sterility of the Tarroo silk-moth in confinement, ii.157.Aubergine, ii.91.Audubon, on feral hybrid ducks, i. 190; ii.46;on the domestication of wild ducks on the Mississippi, i. 278;on the wild cock turkey visiting domestic hens, i. 292;fertility ofFringilla cirisin captivity, ii.154;fertility ofColumba migratoriaandleucocephalain captivity, ii.155;breeding ofAnser canadensisin captivity, ii.157.Audubonand Bachman, on the change of coat inOvis montana, i. 99;sterility ofSciurus cinereain confinement, ii.152.Auricula, effect of seasonal conditions on the, ii.273;blooming of, ii.346.Australia, no generally useful plants derived from, i. 310;useful plants of, enumerated by Hooker, i. 311.Austria, heredity of character in emperors of, ii.65.Autenrieth, on persistency of colour in horses, ii.21.Ava, horses of, i. 53.Avena fatua, cultivability of, i. 313.AyeenAkbery, pigeons mentioned in the, i. 150, 155, 185, 205, 207, 208.Ayres, W. P., on bud-variation in pelargoniums, i. 378.Azalea indica, bud-variation in, i. 377.Azara, on the feral dogs of La Plata, i. 27;on the crossing of domestic with wild cats in Paraguay, i. 45;on hornlike processes in horses, i. 50;on curled hair in horses, i. 54; ii.205,325;on the colours of feral horses, i. 60, 61; ii.259;on the cattle of Paraguay and La Plata, i. 82, 86, 89; ii.250;on a hornless bull, ii.205;on the increase of cattle in South America, ii.119;on the growth of horns in the hornless cattle of Corrientes, ii.39;on the "Niata" cattle, i. 90;on naked quadrupeds, ii.279;on a race of black-skinned fowls in South America, i. 258; ii.209;on a variety of maize, i. 321.
AbbasPacha, a fancier of fantailed pigeons, i. 206.
Abbey, Mr., on grafting, ii.147;
on mignonette, ii.237.
Abbott, Mr. Keith, on the Persian tumbler pigeon, i. 150.
Abbreviationof the facial bones, i. 73.
Abortionof organs, ii.315-318,397.
Absorptionof minority in crossed races, ii.87-89,174.
Acclimatisation, ii.305-315;
of maize, i. 322.
Acerbi, on the fertility of domestic animals in Lapland, ii.112.
Achatinella, ii.53.
Achillea millefolium, bud variation in, i. 408.
Aconitum napellus, roots of, innocuous in cold climates, ii.274.
Acorus calamus, sterility of, ii.170.
Acosta, on fowls in South America at its discovery, i. 237.
Acropera, number of seeds in, ii.379.
Adam, Mr., origin ofCytisus Adami, i. 390.
Adam, W., on consanguineous marriages, ii.123.
Adams, Mr., on hereditary diseases, ii.7.
Advancementin scale of organisation, i. 8.
Ægilops triticoides, observations of Fabre and Godron on, i. 313;
increasing fertility of hybrids of, with wheat, ii.110.
Æsculus flavaandrubicunda, i. 392.
Æsculus pavia, tendency of, to become double, ii.168.
Æthusa cynapium, ii.337.
Affinity, sexual elective, ii.180.
Africa, white bull from, i. 91;
feral cattle in, i. 85;
food-plants of savages of, i. 307-309;
South, diversity of breeds of cattle in, i. 80;
West, change in fleece of sheep in, i. 98.
Agave vivipara, seeding of, in poor soil, ii.169.
Age, changes in trees, dependent on, i. 387.
Agouti, fertility of, in captivity, ii.152.
Agriculture, antiquity of, ii.243.
Agrostis, seeds of, used as food, i. 309.
Aguara, i. 26.
Ainsworth, Mr., on the change in the hair of animals at Angora, ii.278.
AkbarKhan, his fondness for pigeons, i. 205; ii.204.
Alauda arvensis, ii.154.
Albin, on "Golden Hamburgh" fowls, i. 247;
figure of the hook-billed duck, i. 277.
Albinism, i. 111, ii.17.
Albino, negro, attacked by insects, ii.229.
Albinoes, heredity of, ii.9.
Albinus, thickness of the epidermis on the palms of the hands in man, ii.297.
Alco, i. 31, ii.102.
Aldrovandi, on rabbits, i. 104;
description of the nun pigeon, i. 156;
on the fondness of the Dutch for pigeons in the seventeenth century, i. 205;
notice of several varieties of pigeons, i. 207-210;
on the breeds of fowls, i. 247;
on the origin of the domestic duck, i. 278.
Alefield, Dr., on the varieties of peas and their specific unity, i. 326;
on the varieties of beans, i. 330.
Alexanderthe Great, his selection of Indian cattle, ii.202.
Algæ, retrogressive metamorphosis in, ii.361;
division of zoospores of, ii.378.
Allen, W., on feral fowls, i. 237; ii.33.
Allman, Professor, on a monstrousSaxifraga geum, ii.166;
on the development of the Hydroida, ii.368.
Almond, i. 337;
antiquity of, ii.429;
bitter, not eaten by mice, ii.232.
Alnus glutinosaandincana, hybrids of, ii.130.
Alpaca, selection of, ii.208.
Althæa rosea, i. 378, ii.107.
Amaryllis, ii.139.
Amaryllis vittata, effect of foreign pollen on, i. 400.
Amaurosis, hereditary, ii.9.
America, limits within which no useful plants have been furnished by, i. 310;
colours of feral horses in, i. 60-61;
North, native cultivated plants of, i. 312;
skin of feral pig from, i. 77;
South, variations in cattle of, i. 88, 92.
Amygdalus persica, i. 336-344, 374.
Ammon, on the persistency of colour in horses, ii.21.
Anagallis arvensis, ii.190.
Analogousvariation, i. 409, ii.348-352;
in horses, i. 55;
in the horse and ass, i. 64;
in fowls, i. 243-246.
Anas boschas, i. 277, ii.40;
skull of, figured, i. 282.
Anas moschata, ii.40.
"Ancon" sheep of Massachusetts, i. 100, ii.103.
Andalusianfowls, i. 227.
Andalusianrabbits, i. 105.
Anderson, J., on the origin of British sheep, i. 94;
on the selection of qualities in cattle, ii.196;
on a one-eared breed of rabbits, i. 108;
on the inheritance of characters from a one-eared rabbit and three-legged bitch, ii.12;
on the persistency of varieties of peas, i. 329;
on the production of early peas by selection, ii.201;
on the varieties of the potato, i. 330-331;
on crossing varieties of the melon, i. 399;
on reversion in the barberry, i. 384.
Anderson, Mr., on the reproduction of the weeping ash by seed, ii.19;
on the cultivation of the tree pæony in China, ii.205.
Andersson, Mr., on the Damara, Bechuana, and Namaqua cattle, i. 88;
on the cows of the Damaras, ii.300;
selection practised by the Damaras and Namaquas, ii.207;
on the use of grass-seeds and the roots of reeds as food in South Africa, i. 309.
Anemone coronaria, doubled by selection, ii.200.
Anginapectoris, hereditary, occurring at a certain age, ii.79.
Anglesea, cattle of, i. 80.
Angolasheep, i. 95.
Angora, change in hair of animals at, ii.278;
cats of, i. 45, 47;
rabbits of, i. 106, 120.
Animals, domestication of, facilitated by fearlessness of man, i. 20;
refusal of wild, to breed in captivity, ii.149;
compound, individual peculiarities of, reproduced by budding, i. 374;
variation by selection in useful qualities of, ii.220.
Annualplants, rarity of bud-variation in, i. 408.
Anomaliesin the osteology of the horse, i. 50.
Anomalousbreeds of pigs, i. 75;
of cattle, i. 89.
Anser albifrons, characters of, reproduced in domestic geese, i. 288.
Anser ægyptiacus, i. 282; ii.68.
Anser canadensis, ii.157.
Anser cygnoides, i. 237.
Anser ferus, the original of the domestic goose, i. 287;
fertility of cross of, with domestic goose, i. 288.
Anson, on feral fowls in the Ladrones, i. 238.
Antagonismbetween growth and reproduction, ii.384.
Anthemis nobilis, bud-variation in flowers of, i. 379;
becomes single in poor soil, ii.167.
Antherozoids, apparent independence of, in algæ, ii.384.
Anthers, contabescence of, ii.165-166.
Antigua, cats of, i. 46;
changed fleece of sheep in, i. 98.
Antirrhinum majus, peloric, i. 365; ii.59,70,166;
double-flowered, ii.167;
bud-variation in, i. 381.
Ants, individual recognition of, ii.251.
Apes, anthropomorphous, ii.123.
Aphides, attacking pear-trees, ii.231;
development of, ii.361-362.
Apoplexy, hereditary, occurring at a certain age, ii.78.
Apple, i. 348-350;
fruit of, in Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 317;
rendered fastigate by heat in India, i. 361;
bud-variation in the, i. 376;
with dimidiate fruit, i. 392-393;
with two kinds of fruit on the same branch, i. 392;
artificial fecundation of, i. 401;
St. Valéry, i. 401; ii.166;
reversion in seedlings of, ii.31;
crossing of varieties of, ii.129;
growth of the, in Ceylon, ii.277;
Winter Majetin, not attacked bycoccus, ii.231;
flower-buds of, attacked by bullfinches, ii.232;
American, change of when grown in England, ii.275.
Apricot, i. 344-345;
glands on the leaves of, ii.231;
analogous variation in the, ii.348.
Aquila fusca, copulating in captivity, ii.154.
Aquilegia vulgaris, i. 365; ii.330.
Arabboarhound, described by Harcourt, i. 17.
Arabis blepharophyllaandA. Soyeri,effects of crossing, i. 400.
Aralia trifoliata, bud-variation in leaves of, i. 382.
Araucarias, young, variable resistance of, to frost, ii.309.
Archangelpigeon, ii.240.
Arcticregions, variability of plants and shells of, ii.256.
Aria vestita, grafted on thorns, i. 387.
Aristophanes, fowls mentioned by, i. 246.
Aristotle, on solid-hoofed pigs, i. 75;
domestic duck unknown to, i. 277;
on the assumption of male characters by old hens, ii.51.
Arni, domestication of the, i. 82.
Arrestof development, ii.315-318.
Arteries, increase of anastomosing branches of, when tied, ii.230.
Aruislands, wild pig of, i. 67.
Arum, Polynesian varieties of, ii.256.
Ascaris, number of eggs of, ii.379.
Ash, varieties of the, i. 360;
weeping, i. 361;
simple-leaved, i. 362;
bud-variation in, i. 382;
effects of graft upon the stock in the, i. 394;
production of the blotched Breadalbane,ibid.;
weeping, capricious reproduction of, by seed, ii.19.
Asinus Burchellii, i. 64.
Asinus hemionus, ii.43.
Asinus indicus, ii.42-43,48.
Asinus quagga, i. 64.
Asinus tæniopus, ii.41;
the original of the domestic ass, i. 62.
Asparagus, increased fertility of cultivated, ii.113.
Ass, early domestication of the, i. 62;
breeds of,ibid.;
small size of, in India,ibid.;
stripes of, i. 62-63; ii.351;
dislike of to cross water, i. 181;
reversion in, ii.41-43,47;
hybrid of the, with mare and zebra, ii.42;
prepotency of the, over the horse, ii.67-68;
crossed with wild ass, ii.206;
variation and selection of the, ii.236.
Assyriansculpture of a mastiff, i. 17.
Asters, ii.20,316.
Asthma, hereditary, ii.8,79.
Atavism.SeeReversion.
Athelstan, his care of horses, ii.203.
Atkinson, Mr., on the sterility of the Tarroo silk-moth in confinement, ii.157.
Aubergine, ii.91.
Audubon, on feral hybrid ducks, i. 190; ii.46;
on the domestication of wild ducks on the Mississippi, i. 278;
on the wild cock turkey visiting domestic hens, i. 292;
fertility ofFringilla cirisin captivity, ii.154;
fertility ofColumba migratoriaandleucocephalain captivity, ii.155;
breeding ofAnser canadensisin captivity, ii.157.
Audubonand Bachman, on the change of coat inOvis montana, i. 99;
sterility ofSciurus cinereain confinement, ii.152.
Auricula, effect of seasonal conditions on the, ii.273;
blooming of, ii.346.
Australia, no generally useful plants derived from, i. 310;
useful plants of, enumerated by Hooker, i. 311.
Austria, heredity of character in emperors of, ii.65.
Autenrieth, on persistency of colour in horses, ii.21.
Ava, horses of, i. 53.
Avena fatua, cultivability of, i. 313.
AyeenAkbery, pigeons mentioned in the, i. 150, 155, 185, 205, 207, 208.
Ayres, W. P., on bud-variation in pelargoniums, i. 378.
Azalea indica, bud-variation in, i. 377.
Azara, on the feral dogs of La Plata, i. 27;
on the crossing of domestic with wild cats in Paraguay, i. 45;
on hornlike processes in horses, i. 50;
on curled hair in horses, i. 54; ii.205,325;
on the colours of feral horses, i. 60, 61; ii.259;
on the cattle of Paraguay and La Plata, i. 82, 86, 89; ii.250;
on a hornless bull, ii.205;
on the increase of cattle in South America, ii.119;
on the growth of horns in the hornless cattle of Corrientes, ii.39;
on the "Niata" cattle, i. 90;
on naked quadrupeds, ii.279;
on a race of black-skinned fowls in South America, i. 258; ii.209;
on a variety of maize, i. 321.
Babington, C. C., on the origin of the plum, i. 345;British species of the genusRosa, i. 366;distinctness ofViola luteaandtricolor, i. 368.Bachmann, Mr., on the turkey, ii.262.See alsoAudubon.Badger, breeding in confinement, ii.151."Bagadotten-Taube," i. 141.Baily, Mr., on the effect of selection on fowls, ii.198;on Dorking fowls, ii.238.Baird, S., on the origin of the turkey, i. 292.Baker, Mr., on heredity in the horse, ii.11;on the degeneration of the horse by neglect, ii.239;orders of Henrys VII. and VIII. for the destruction of undersized mares, ii.203.Bakewell, change in the sheep effected by, ii.198.Balancement, ii.342-344;of growth, law of, i. 274.Baldhead, pigeon, i. 151.Baldness, in man, inherited, ii.73-74;with deficiency in teeth, ii.326-327.Ballance, Mr., on the effects of interbreeding on fowls, ii.125;on variation in the eggs of fowls, i. 248.Ballota nigra, transmission of variegated leaves in, i. 383.Bamboo, varieties of the, ii.256.Banana, variation of the, i. 372; ii.256,258;bud-variation in the, i. 377;sterility of the, ii.268.Bantamfowls, i. 230;Sebright, origin of, ii.96;sterility of, ii.101.Barb(Pigeon), i. 144-146, 210; ii.227;figure of, i. 145;figure of lower jaw of, i. 164.Barbs, of wheat, i. 314.Barberry, dark or red-leaved variety, i. 362; ii.19;reversion in suckers of seedless variety, i. 384.Barbut, J., on the dogs of Guinea, i. 25;on the domestic pigeons in Guinea, i. 186;fowls not native in Guinea, i. 237.Barking, acquisition of the habit of, by various dogs, i. 27.Barley, wild, i. 313;of the lake-dwellings, i. 317-318;ancient variety of, ii.429.Barnes, Mr., production of early peas by selection, ii.201.Barnet, Mr., on the intercrossing of strawberries, i. 351;diœciousness of the Hautbois strawberry, i. 353;on the scarlet American strawberry, ii.200.Barth, Dr., use of grass-seeds as food in Central Africa, i. 308.Bartlett, A. D., on the origin of "Himalayan" rabbits by intercrossing, i. 109;on the feral rabbits of Porto Santo, i. 114;on geese with reversed feathers on the head and neck, i. 288;on the young of the black-shouldered peacock, i. 290;on the breeding of the Felidæ in captivity, ii.150.Bartram, on the black wolf-dog of Florida, i. 22.Bates, H. W., refusal of wild animals to breed in captivity, ii.150,152;sterility of American monkeys in captivity, ii.153;sterility of tamed guans, ii.156.Batrachia, regeneration of lost parts in, ii.15.Beach, raised, in Peru, containing heads of maize, i. 320.Beak, variability of, in fowls, i. 258;individual differences of, in pigeons, i. 160;correlation of, with the feet in pigeons, i. 171-174.Beale, Lionel, on the contents of cells, ii.370;on the multiplication of infectious atoms, ii.378;on the origin of fibres, ii.382.Beans, i. 330;of Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 319;varieties of, produced by selection, ii.218;French and scarlet, variable resistance of to frost, ii.309,314;superiority of native seed of, ii.314;a symmetrical variation of scarlet, ii.322;experiments on kidney, i. 330;with monstrous stipules and abortive leaflets, ii.343.Beard, pigeon, i. 151.Bears, breeding in captivity, ii.151.Beasley, J., reversion in crossed cattle, ii.41.Beaton, D., effect of soil upon strawberries, i. 353;on varieties of pelargonium, i. 364, ii.274,311;bud-variation inGladiolus colvillii, i. 382;cross between Scotch kail and cabbage, ii.98;hybrid gladiolus, ii.139;constant occurrence of new forms among seedlings, ii.235;on the doubling of the compositæ, ii.316.Bechuanacattle, i. 88.Beck, Mr., constitutional differences in pelargoniums, i. 364.Beckmann, on changes in the odours of plants, ii.274.Beckstein, on the burrowing of wolves, i. 27;"Spitz" dog, i. 31;origin of the Newfoundland dog, i. 42;crossing of domestic and wild swine, i. 66;on the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154, 209;notice of swallow-pigeons, i. 156;on a fork-tailed pigeon, i. 157;variations in the colour of the croup in pigeons, i. 184;on the German dove-cot pigeon, i. 185;fertility of mongrel pigeons, i. 192;on hybrid turtle-doves, i. 193;on crossing the pigeon withColumba œnas,C. palumbus,Turtur risoria, andT. vulgaris, i. 193;development of spurs in the silk-hen, i. 256;on Polish fowls, i. 257, 264;on crested birds, i. 257;on the Canary-bird, i. 295, ii.22,161;German superstition about the turkey, i. 293;occurrence of horns in hornless breeds of sheep, ii.30;hybrids of the horse and ass, ii.68;crosses of tailless fowls, ii.92;difficulty of pairing dove-cot and fancy pigeons, ii.103;fertility of tame ferrets and rabbits, ii.112;fertility of wild sow,ibid.;difficulty of breeding caged birds, ii.154;comparative fertility ofPsittacus erithacusin captivity, ii.155;on changes of plumage in captivity, ii.158;liability of light-coloured cattle to the attacks of flies, ii.229;want of exercise a cause of variability, ii.257;effect of privation of light upon the plumage of birds, ii.280;on a sub-variety of the monk-pigeon, ii.350.Beddoe, Dr., correlation of complexion with consumption, ii.335.Bedeguargall, ii.284.Bee, persistency of character of, ii.236,254;intercrossing, ii.126;conveyance, of pollen of peas by, i. 329.Bee-Ophrys, self-fertilisation of, ii.91.Beech, dark-leaved, i. 362, ii.19;fern-leaved, reversion of, i. 382;weeping, non-production of by seed, ii.19.Beechey, horses of Loochoo Islands, i. 53.Beet, i. 326;increase of sugar in, by selection, ii.201.Begonia frigida, singular variety of, i. 365;sterility of, ii.166.Belgianrabbit, i. 106.Bell, T., statement that white cattle have coloured ears, i. 85.Bell, W., bud-variation inCistus tricuspis, i. 377.Bellingeri, observations on gestation in the dog, i. 30;on the fertility of dogs and cats, ii.112.Belon, on high-flying pigeons in Paphlagonia, i. 209;varieties of the goose, i. 289.Benguela, cattle of, i. 88.Bennett, Dr. G., pigs of the Pacific islands, i. 70, 87;dogs of the Pacific islands, i. 87;varieties of cultivated plants in Tahiti, ii.256.Bennett, Mr., on the fallow deer, ii.103.Bentham, G., number and origin of cultivated plants, i. 306;cereals all cultivated varieties, i. 312;species of the orange group, i. 334-335;distinctions of almond and peach, i. 338;British species ofRosa, i. 366;identity ofViola luteaandtricolor, i. 368.Berberis vulgaris, i. 384, ii.19.Berberis Wallichii, indifference of, to climate, ii.164.Berjean, on the history of the dog, i. 16, 18.Berkeley, G. F., production of hen-cocks in a strain of game-fowls, i. 253.Berkeley, M. J., crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397;effect of foreign pollen on grapes, i. 400;on hybrid plants, ii.131;analogy between pollen of highly-cultivated plants and hybrids, ii.268;on Hungarian kidney-beans, ii.275;failure of Indian wheat in England, ii.307;bud developed on the petal of aClarkia, ii.384.Bernard, inheritance of disease in the horse, ii.10.Bernard, C., independence of the organs of the body, ii.368-369;special affinities of the tissues, ii.380.Bernhardi, varieties of plants with laciniated leaves, ii.348.Bernicla antarctica, i. 288.Bertero, on feral pigeons in Juan Fernandez, i. 190.Betula alba, ii.18.Bewick, on the British wild cattle, i. 84.Bible, reference to breeding studs of horses in, i. 54;references to domestic pigeons in the, i. 205;indications of selection of sheep in the, ii.201;notice of mules in the, ii.202.Bidwell, Mr., on self-impotence inAmaryllis, ii.139.Birch, weeping, i. 387, ii.18.Birch, Dr. S., on the ancient domestication of the pigeon in Egypt, i. 205;notice of bantam fowls in a Japanese encyclopædia, i. 230, 247.Birch, Wyrley, on silver-grey rabbits, i. 109-110.Birds, sterility caused in, by change of conditions, ii.153-157.Bladder-nut, tendency of the, to become double, ii.168.Blaine, Mr., on wry-legged terriers, ii.245.Blainville, origin and history of the dog, i. 15-16;variations in the number of teeth in dogs, i. 34;variations in the number of toes in dogs, i. 35;on mummies of cats, i. 43;on the osteology of solid-hoofed pigs, i. 75;on feral Patagonian and N. American pigs, i. 77."Blass-Taube," i. 156.Bleeding, hereditary, ii.7,8;sexual limitation of excessive, ii.73.Blendingof crossed races, time occupied by the, ii.87.Blindness, hereditary, ii.9;at a certain age, ii.78;associated with colour of hair, ii.328.Bloodhounds, degeneration of, caused by interbreeding, ii.121.Blumenbach, on the protuberance of the skull in Polish fowls, i. 257;on the effect of circumcision, ii.23;inheritance of a crooked finger, ii.23;on badger-dogs and other varieties of the dog, ii.220;onHydra, ii.293;on the "nisus formativus," ii.294.Blyth, E., on the Pariah dog, i. 24;hybrids of dog and jackal, i. 32;early domestication of cats in India, i. 43;origin of domestic cat,ib.;crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44;on Indian cats resemblingFelis chaus, i. 45;on striped Burmese ponies, i. 58;on the stripes of the ass, i. 63;on Indian wild pigs, i. 66;on humped cattle, i. 79, 80;occurrence ofBos frontosusin Irish crannoges, i. 81;fertile crossing of zebus and common cattle, i. 83;on the species of sheep, i. 94;on the fat-tailed Indian sheep, i. 96;origin of the goat, i. 101;on rabbits breeding in India, i. 112;number of tail-feathers in fantails, i. 146;Lotan tumbler pigeons, i. 150;number of tail-feathers inEctopistes, i. 159;onColumba affinis, i. 183;pigeons roosting in trees, i. 181;onColumba leuconota, i. 182;onColumba intermediaof Strickland, i. 184;variation in colour of croup in pigeons, i. 184-185, 197;voluntary domestication of rock-pigeons in India, i. 185;feral pigeons on the Hudson, i. 190;occurrence of sub-species of pigeons, i. 204;notice of pigeon-fanciers in Delhi, &c., i. 206;hybrids ofGallus Sonneratiiand the domestic hen, i. 234;supposed hybridity ofGallus Temminckii, i. 235;variations and domestication ofGallus bankiva, i. 235-236, 237;crossing of wild and tame fowls in Burmah, i. 236;restricted range of the larger gallinaceous birds, i. 237;feral fowls in the Nicobar islands, i. 238;black-skinned fowls occurring near Calcutta, i. 256;weight ofGallus bankiva, i. 272;degeneration of the turkey in India, i. 294, ii.278;on the colour of gold-fish, i. 296;on the Ghor-Khur (Asinus indicus), ii.42;onAsinus hemionus, ii.43;number of eggs ofGallus bankiva, ii.112;on the breeding of birds in captivity, ii.157;co-existence of large and small breeds in the same country, ii.279;on the drooping ears of the elephant, ii.301;homology of leg and wing feathers, ii.323.Boethiuson Scotch wild cattle, i. 85.Boitardand Corbié, on the breeds of pigeons, i. 132;Lille pouter pigeon, i. 138;notice of a gliding pigeon, i. 156;variety of the pouter pigeon, i. 162;dove-cot pigeon, i. 185;crossing pigeons, i. 192-193, ii.97,126;sterility of hybrids of turtle-doves, i. 193;reversion of crossed pigeons, i. 197, ii.40;on the fantail, i. 208, ii.66;on the trumpeter, ii.66;prepotency of transmission in silky fantail, ii.67,69;secondary sexual characters in pigeons, ii.74;crossing of white and coloured turtle-doves, ii.92;fertility of pigeons, ii.112.Bombycidæ, wingless females of, ii.299.Bombyx hesperus, ii.304.Bombyx Huttoni, i. 302.Bombyx mori, i. 300-304.Bonafous, on maize, i. 320, 321.Bonaparte, number of species of Columbidæ, i. 133;number of tail-feathers in pigeons, i. 158;size of the feet in Columbidæ, i. 174;onColumba guinea, i. 182;Columba turricola,rupestris, andSchimperi, i. 184.Bonatea speciosa, development of ovary of, i. 403.Bonavia, Dr., growth of cauliflowers in India, ii.310.Bones, removal of portions of, ii.296;regeneration of, ii.294;growth and repair of, ii.381-382.Bonnet, on the salamander, ii.15,341,358,385;theory of reproduction, ii.385.Borchmeyer, experiments with the seeds of the weeping ash, ii.19.Borecole, i. 323.Borelli, on Polish fowls, i. 247.Borneo, fowls of, with tail-bands, i. 235.Bornet, E., condition of the ovary in hybridCisti, i. 389;self-impotence of hybridCisti, ii.140.Borrow, G., on pointers, i. 42.Boryde Saint-Vincent, on gold-fish, i. 297.Bos, probable origin of European domestic cattle from three species of, i. 83.Bos frontosus, i. 79, 81-82.Bos indicus, i. 79.Bos longifrons, i. 79, 81.Bos primigenius, i. 79-81, 119.Bos sondaicus, ii.206.Bos taurus, i. 79.Bos trochoceros, i. 81.Bosc, heredity in foliage-varieties of the elm, i. 362.Bosse, production of double flowers from old seed, ii.167.Bossi, on breeding dark-coloured silkworms, i. 302.Bouchardat, on the vine disease, i. 334.Boudin, on local diseases, ii.276;resistance to cold of dark-complexioned men, ii.335."Boulans," i. 137."Boutond'Alep," ii.276.Bowen, Prof., doubts as to the importance of inheritance, ii.3.Bowman, Mr., hereditary peculiarities in the human eye, ii.8-10;hereditary cataract, ii.79.Brace, Mr., on Hungarian cattle, i. 80.Brachycome iberidifolia, ii.261.Bracts, unusual development of, in gooseberries, i. 355.Bradley, Mr., effect of grafts upon the stock in the ash, i. 394;effect of foreign pollen upon apples, i. 401;on change of soil, ii.146."BrahmaPootras," a new breed of fowls, i. 245.Brain, proportion of, in hares and rabbits, i. 126-129.Brandt, origin of the goat, i. 101.Brassica, varieties of, with enlarged stems, ii.348.Brassica asperifolia, ii.343.Brassica napus, i. 325.Brassica oleracea, i. 323.Brassica rapa, i. 325, ii.165.Braun, A., bud-variation in the vine, i. 375;in the currant, i. 376;inMirabilis jalapa, i. 382;inCytisus adami, i. 388;on reversion in the foliage of trees, i. 382;spontaneous production ofCytisus purpureo-elongatus, i. 390;reversion of flowers by stripes and blotches, ii.37;excess of nourishment a source of variability, ii.257.Brazil, cattle of, i. 88.Bread-fruit, varieties of, ii.256;sterility and variability of, ii.262.Bree, W. T., bud-variation inGeranium pratenseandCentaurea cyanus, i. 379;by tubers in the dahlia, i. 385;on the deafness of white cats with blue eyes, ii.329.Breeding, high, dependent on inheritance, ii.3-4.Breeds, domestic, persistency of, ii.246,428-429;artificial and natural, ii.413-414;extinction of, ii.425;of domestic cats, i. 45-47;of pigs produced by crossing, i. 78;of cattle, i. 86-87, 91-93;of goats, i. 101.Brehm, onColumba amaliæ, i. 183.Brent, B. P., number of mammæ in rabbits, i. 106;habits of the tumbler pigeon, i. 151;Laugher pigeon, i. 155;colouring of the kite tumbler, i. 160;crossing of the pigeon withColumba œnas, i. 193;mongrels of the trumpeter pigeon, ii.66;close interbreeding of pigeons, ii.126;opinion on Aldrovandi's fowls, i. 247;on stripes in chickens, i. 249-250;on the combs of fowls, i. 253;double-spurred Dorking fowls, i. 255;effect of crossing on colour of plumage in fowls, i. 258;incubatory instinct of mongrels between non-sitting varieties of fowls, ii.44;origin of the domestic duck, i. 277;fertility of the hook-billed duck,ibid.;occurrence of the plumage of the wild duck in domestic breeds, i. 280;voice of ducks, i. 281;occurrence of a short upper mandible in crosses of hook-billed and common ducks, i. 281;reversion in ducks produced by crossing, ii.40;variation of the canary-bird, i. 295;fashion in the canary, ii.240;hybrids of canary and finches, ii.45.Brickell, on raising nectarines from seed, i. 340;on the horses of North Carolina, ii.300.Bridges, Mr., on the dogs of Tierra del Fuego, i. 39;on the selection of dogs by the Fuegians, ii.207.Bridgman, W. K., reproduction of abnormal ferns, i. 383, ii.379.Briggs, J. J., regeneration of portions of the fins of fishes, ii.15.Broca, P., on the intercrossing of dogs, i. 31-32;on hybrids of hare and rabbit, i. 105;on the rumpless fowl, i. 259;on the character of half-castes, ii.47;degree of fertility of mongrels, ii.100;sterility of descendants of wild animals bred in captivity, ii.160.Broccoli, i. 323;rudimentary flowers in, ii.316;tenderness of, ii.310.Bromehead, W., doubling of the Canterbury bell by selection, ii.200.Bromfield, Dr., sterility of the ivy andAcorus calamus, ii.170.Bromus secalinus, i. 314.Bronn, H. G., bud-variation inAnthemis, i. 379;effects of cross-breeding on the female, i. 404;on heredity in a one-horned cow, ii.12,13;propagation of a pendulous peach by seed, ii.18;absorption of the minority in crossed races, ii.88;on the crossing of horses, ii.92;fertility of tame rabbits and sheep, ii.112;changes of plumage in captivity, ii.158;on the dahlia, ii.261.Bronzeperiod, dog of, i. 18.Brown, G., variations in the dentition of the horse, i. 50.Brown-Séquard, Dr., inheritance of artificially-produced epilepsy in the guinea-pig, ii.24.Brunswigia, ii.139.BrusselsSprouts, i. 323, ii.429.Bubo maximus, ii.154.Buckland, F., on oysters, ii.280;number of eggs in a codfish, ii.379.Buckle, Mr., doubts as to the importance of inheritance, ii.3.Buckley, Miss, carrier-pigeons roosting in trees, i. 181.Buckman, Prof., cultivation ofAvena fatua, i. 313;cultivation of the wild parsnip, i. 326, ii.201,277;reversion in the parsnip, ii.31.Buckwheat, injurious to white pigs, when in flower, ii.337.Budand seed, close analogy of, i. 411.Bud-reversion, ii.37.Buds, adventitious, ii.384.Bud-variation, i. 373-411, ii.254,287-288,291;contrasted with seminal reproduction, i. 373;peculiar to plants, i. 374;in the peach, i. 340, 374;in plums, i. 375;in the cherry,ibid.;in grapes,ibid.;in the gooseberry, currant, pear, and apple, i. 376;in the banana, camellia, hawthorn,Azalea indica, andCistus tricuspis, i. 377;in the hollyhock and pelargonium, i. 378;inGeranium pratenseand the chrysanthemum, i. 379;in roses, i. 367, 379-381;in sweet williams, carnations, pinks, stocks, and snapdragons, i. 381;in wall-flowers, cyclamen,Œnothera biennis,Gladiolus colvillii, fuchsias, andMirabilis jalapa, i. 382;in foliage of various trees, i. 382-384;in cryptogamic plants, i. 383;by suckers inPhloxand barberry, i. 384;by tubers in the potato,ibid.;in the dahlia, i. 385;by bulbs in hyacinths,Imatophyllum miniatum, and tulips, i. 385;inTigridia conchiflora, i. 386;inHemerocallis,ibid.;doubtful cases, i. 386-387;inCytisus Adami, i. 387-394;probable inÆsculus rubicunda, i. 392;summary of observations on, 406.Buffon, on crossing the wolf and dog, i. 32;increase of fertility by domestication, ii.111;improvement of plants by unconscious selection, ii.216;theory of reproduction, ii.375.Bulimus, ii.53.Bull, apparent influence of, on offspring, ii.68.Bullace, i. 345.Bulldog, recent modifications of, i. 42.Bullfinch, breeding in captivity, ii.154;attacking flower-buds, ii.232.Bult, Mr., selection of pouter pigeons, ii.197."Bündtnerschwein," i. 67.Bunting, reed, in captivity, ii.158.Burdach, crossing of domestic and wild animals, i. 66;aversion of the wild boar to barley, ii.303.Burke, Mr., inheritance in the horse, ii.10.Burlingtonia, ii.135.Burmah, cats of, i. 47.Burmeseponies, striped, i. 58, 59.Burnes, Sir A., on the Karakool sheep, i. 98, ii.278;varieties of the vine in Cabool, i. 333;hawks, trained in Scinde, ii.153;pomegranates producing seed, ii.168.BurtonConstable, wild cattle at, i. 84."Burzel-Tauben," i. 150.Bussorahcarrier, i. 141.Buteo vulgaris, copulation of, in captivity, ii.154.Butterflies, polymorphic, ii.399-400.Buzareingues, Girou de, inheritance of tricks, ii.6.
Babington, C. C., on the origin of the plum, i. 345;
British species of the genusRosa, i. 366;
distinctness ofViola luteaandtricolor, i. 368.
Bachmann, Mr., on the turkey, ii.262.
See alsoAudubon.
Badger, breeding in confinement, ii.151.
"Bagadotten-Taube," i. 141.
Baily, Mr., on the effect of selection on fowls, ii.198;
on Dorking fowls, ii.238.
Baird, S., on the origin of the turkey, i. 292.
Baker, Mr., on heredity in the horse, ii.11;
on the degeneration of the horse by neglect, ii.239;
orders of Henrys VII. and VIII. for the destruction of undersized mares, ii.203.
Bakewell, change in the sheep effected by, ii.198.
Balancement, ii.342-344;
of growth, law of, i. 274.
Baldhead, pigeon, i. 151.
Baldness, in man, inherited, ii.73-74;
with deficiency in teeth, ii.326-327.
Ballance, Mr., on the effects of interbreeding on fowls, ii.125;
on variation in the eggs of fowls, i. 248.
Ballota nigra, transmission of variegated leaves in, i. 383.
Bamboo, varieties of the, ii.256.
Banana, variation of the, i. 372; ii.256,258;
bud-variation in the, i. 377;
sterility of the, ii.268.
Bantamfowls, i. 230;
Sebright, origin of, ii.96;
sterility of, ii.101.
Barb(Pigeon), i. 144-146, 210; ii.227;
figure of, i. 145;
figure of lower jaw of, i. 164.
Barbs, of wheat, i. 314.
Barberry, dark or red-leaved variety, i. 362; ii.19;
reversion in suckers of seedless variety, i. 384.
Barbut, J., on the dogs of Guinea, i. 25;
on the domestic pigeons in Guinea, i. 186;
fowls not native in Guinea, i. 237.
Barking, acquisition of the habit of, by various dogs, i. 27.
Barley, wild, i. 313;
of the lake-dwellings, i. 317-318;
ancient variety of, ii.429.
Barnes, Mr., production of early peas by selection, ii.201.
Barnet, Mr., on the intercrossing of strawberries, i. 351;
diœciousness of the Hautbois strawberry, i. 353;
on the scarlet American strawberry, ii.200.
Barth, Dr., use of grass-seeds as food in Central Africa, i. 308.
Bartlett, A. D., on the origin of "Himalayan" rabbits by intercrossing, i. 109;
on the feral rabbits of Porto Santo, i. 114;
on geese with reversed feathers on the head and neck, i. 288;
on the young of the black-shouldered peacock, i. 290;
on the breeding of the Felidæ in captivity, ii.150.
Bartram, on the black wolf-dog of Florida, i. 22.
Bates, H. W., refusal of wild animals to breed in captivity, ii.150,152;
sterility of American monkeys in captivity, ii.153;
sterility of tamed guans, ii.156.
Batrachia, regeneration of lost parts in, ii.15.
Beach, raised, in Peru, containing heads of maize, i. 320.
Beak, variability of, in fowls, i. 258;
individual differences of, in pigeons, i. 160;
correlation of, with the feet in pigeons, i. 171-174.
Beale, Lionel, on the contents of cells, ii.370;
on the multiplication of infectious atoms, ii.378;
on the origin of fibres, ii.382.
Beans, i. 330;
of Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 319;
varieties of, produced by selection, ii.218;
French and scarlet, variable resistance of to frost, ii.309,314;
superiority of native seed of, ii.314;
a symmetrical variation of scarlet, ii.322;
experiments on kidney, i. 330;
with monstrous stipules and abortive leaflets, ii.343.
Beard, pigeon, i. 151.
Bears, breeding in captivity, ii.151.
Beasley, J., reversion in crossed cattle, ii.41.
Beaton, D., effect of soil upon strawberries, i. 353;
on varieties of pelargonium, i. 364, ii.274,311;
bud-variation inGladiolus colvillii, i. 382;
cross between Scotch kail and cabbage, ii.98;
hybrid gladiolus, ii.139;
constant occurrence of new forms among seedlings, ii.235;
on the doubling of the compositæ, ii.316.
Bechuanacattle, i. 88.
Beck, Mr., constitutional differences in pelargoniums, i. 364.
Beckmann, on changes in the odours of plants, ii.274.
Beckstein, on the burrowing of wolves, i. 27;
"Spitz" dog, i. 31;
origin of the Newfoundland dog, i. 42;
crossing of domestic and wild swine, i. 66;
on the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154, 209;
notice of swallow-pigeons, i. 156;
on a fork-tailed pigeon, i. 157;
variations in the colour of the croup in pigeons, i. 184;
on the German dove-cot pigeon, i. 185;
fertility of mongrel pigeons, i. 192;
on hybrid turtle-doves, i. 193;
on crossing the pigeon withColumba œnas,C. palumbus,Turtur risoria, andT. vulgaris, i. 193;
development of spurs in the silk-hen, i. 256;
on Polish fowls, i. 257, 264;
on crested birds, i. 257;
on the Canary-bird, i. 295, ii.22,161;
German superstition about the turkey, i. 293;
occurrence of horns in hornless breeds of sheep, ii.30;
hybrids of the horse and ass, ii.68;
crosses of tailless fowls, ii.92;
difficulty of pairing dove-cot and fancy pigeons, ii.103;
fertility of tame ferrets and rabbits, ii.112;
fertility of wild sow,ibid.;
difficulty of breeding caged birds, ii.154;
comparative fertility ofPsittacus erithacusin captivity, ii.155;
on changes of plumage in captivity, ii.158;
liability of light-coloured cattle to the attacks of flies, ii.229;
want of exercise a cause of variability, ii.257;
effect of privation of light upon the plumage of birds, ii.280;
on a sub-variety of the monk-pigeon, ii.350.
Beddoe, Dr., correlation of complexion with consumption, ii.335.
Bedeguargall, ii.284.
Bee, persistency of character of, ii.236,254;
intercrossing, ii.126;
conveyance, of pollen of peas by, i. 329.
Bee-Ophrys, self-fertilisation of, ii.91.
Beech, dark-leaved, i. 362, ii.19;
fern-leaved, reversion of, i. 382;
weeping, non-production of by seed, ii.19.
Beechey, horses of Loochoo Islands, i. 53.
Beet, i. 326;
increase of sugar in, by selection, ii.201.
Begonia frigida, singular variety of, i. 365;
sterility of, ii.166.
Belgianrabbit, i. 106.
Bell, T., statement that white cattle have coloured ears, i. 85.
Bell, W., bud-variation inCistus tricuspis, i. 377.
Bellingeri, observations on gestation in the dog, i. 30;
on the fertility of dogs and cats, ii.112.
Belon, on high-flying pigeons in Paphlagonia, i. 209;
varieties of the goose, i. 289.
Benguela, cattle of, i. 88.
Bennett, Dr. G., pigs of the Pacific islands, i. 70, 87;
dogs of the Pacific islands, i. 87;
varieties of cultivated plants in Tahiti, ii.256.
Bennett, Mr., on the fallow deer, ii.103.
Bentham, G., number and origin of cultivated plants, i. 306;
cereals all cultivated varieties, i. 312;
species of the orange group, i. 334-335;
distinctions of almond and peach, i. 338;
British species ofRosa, i. 366;
identity ofViola luteaandtricolor, i. 368.
Berberis vulgaris, i. 384, ii.19.
Berberis Wallichii, indifference of, to climate, ii.164.
Berjean, on the history of the dog, i. 16, 18.
Berkeley, G. F., production of hen-cocks in a strain of game-fowls, i. 253.
Berkeley, M. J., crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397;
effect of foreign pollen on grapes, i. 400;
on hybrid plants, ii.131;
analogy between pollen of highly-cultivated plants and hybrids, ii.268;
on Hungarian kidney-beans, ii.275;
failure of Indian wheat in England, ii.307;
bud developed on the petal of aClarkia, ii.384.
Bernard, inheritance of disease in the horse, ii.10.
Bernard, C., independence of the organs of the body, ii.368-369;
special affinities of the tissues, ii.380.
Bernhardi, varieties of plants with laciniated leaves, ii.348.
Bernicla antarctica, i. 288.
Bertero, on feral pigeons in Juan Fernandez, i. 190.
Betula alba, ii.18.
Bewick, on the British wild cattle, i. 84.
Bible, reference to breeding studs of horses in, i. 54;
references to domestic pigeons in the, i. 205;
indications of selection of sheep in the, ii.201;
notice of mules in the, ii.202.
Bidwell, Mr., on self-impotence inAmaryllis, ii.139.
Birch, weeping, i. 387, ii.18.
Birch, Dr. S., on the ancient domestication of the pigeon in Egypt, i. 205;
notice of bantam fowls in a Japanese encyclopædia, i. 230, 247.
Birch, Wyrley, on silver-grey rabbits, i. 109-110.
Birds, sterility caused in, by change of conditions, ii.153-157.
Bladder-nut, tendency of the, to become double, ii.168.
Blaine, Mr., on wry-legged terriers, ii.245.
Blainville, origin and history of the dog, i. 15-16;
variations in the number of teeth in dogs, i. 34;
variations in the number of toes in dogs, i. 35;
on mummies of cats, i. 43;
on the osteology of solid-hoofed pigs, i. 75;
on feral Patagonian and N. American pigs, i. 77.
"Blass-Taube," i. 156.
Bleeding, hereditary, ii.7,8;
sexual limitation of excessive, ii.73.
Blendingof crossed races, time occupied by the, ii.87.
Blindness, hereditary, ii.9;
at a certain age, ii.78;
associated with colour of hair, ii.328.
Bloodhounds, degeneration of, caused by interbreeding, ii.121.
Blumenbach, on the protuberance of the skull in Polish fowls, i. 257;
on the effect of circumcision, ii.23;
inheritance of a crooked finger, ii.23;
on badger-dogs and other varieties of the dog, ii.220;
onHydra, ii.293;
on the "nisus formativus," ii.294.
Blyth, E., on the Pariah dog, i. 24;
hybrids of dog and jackal, i. 32;
early domestication of cats in India, i. 43;
origin of domestic cat,ib.;
crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44;
on Indian cats resemblingFelis chaus, i. 45;
on striped Burmese ponies, i. 58;
on the stripes of the ass, i. 63;
on Indian wild pigs, i. 66;
on humped cattle, i. 79, 80;
occurrence ofBos frontosusin Irish crannoges, i. 81;
fertile crossing of zebus and common cattle, i. 83;
on the species of sheep, i. 94;
on the fat-tailed Indian sheep, i. 96;
origin of the goat, i. 101;
on rabbits breeding in India, i. 112;
number of tail-feathers in fantails, i. 146;
Lotan tumbler pigeons, i. 150;
number of tail-feathers inEctopistes, i. 159;
onColumba affinis, i. 183;
pigeons roosting in trees, i. 181;
onColumba leuconota, i. 182;
onColumba intermediaof Strickland, i. 184;
variation in colour of croup in pigeons, i. 184-185, 197;
voluntary domestication of rock-pigeons in India, i. 185;
feral pigeons on the Hudson, i. 190;
occurrence of sub-species of pigeons, i. 204;
notice of pigeon-fanciers in Delhi, &c., i. 206;
hybrids ofGallus Sonneratiiand the domestic hen, i. 234;
supposed hybridity ofGallus Temminckii, i. 235;
variations and domestication ofGallus bankiva, i. 235-236, 237;
crossing of wild and tame fowls in Burmah, i. 236;
restricted range of the larger gallinaceous birds, i. 237;
feral fowls in the Nicobar islands, i. 238;
black-skinned fowls occurring near Calcutta, i. 256;
weight ofGallus bankiva, i. 272;
degeneration of the turkey in India, i. 294, ii.278;
on the colour of gold-fish, i. 296;
on the Ghor-Khur (Asinus indicus), ii.42;
onAsinus hemionus, ii.43;
number of eggs ofGallus bankiva, ii.112;
on the breeding of birds in captivity, ii.157;
co-existence of large and small breeds in the same country, ii.279;
on the drooping ears of the elephant, ii.301;
homology of leg and wing feathers, ii.323.
Boethiuson Scotch wild cattle, i. 85.
Boitardand Corbié, on the breeds of pigeons, i. 132;
Lille pouter pigeon, i. 138;
notice of a gliding pigeon, i. 156;
variety of the pouter pigeon, i. 162;
dove-cot pigeon, i. 185;
crossing pigeons, i. 192-193, ii.97,126;
sterility of hybrids of turtle-doves, i. 193;
reversion of crossed pigeons, i. 197, ii.40;
on the fantail, i. 208, ii.66;
on the trumpeter, ii.66;
prepotency of transmission in silky fantail, ii.67,69;
secondary sexual characters in pigeons, ii.74;
crossing of white and coloured turtle-doves, ii.92;
fertility of pigeons, ii.112.
Bombycidæ, wingless females of, ii.299.
Bombyx hesperus, ii.304.
Bombyx Huttoni, i. 302.
Bombyx mori, i. 300-304.
Bonafous, on maize, i. 320, 321.
Bonaparte, number of species of Columbidæ, i. 133;
number of tail-feathers in pigeons, i. 158;
size of the feet in Columbidæ, i. 174;
onColumba guinea, i. 182;
Columba turricola,rupestris, andSchimperi, i. 184.
Bonatea speciosa, development of ovary of, i. 403.
Bonavia, Dr., growth of cauliflowers in India, ii.310.
Bones, removal of portions of, ii.296;
regeneration of, ii.294;
growth and repair of, ii.381-382.
Bonnet, on the salamander, ii.15,341,358,385;
theory of reproduction, ii.385.
Borchmeyer, experiments with the seeds of the weeping ash, ii.19.
Borecole, i. 323.
Borelli, on Polish fowls, i. 247.
Borneo, fowls of, with tail-bands, i. 235.
Bornet, E., condition of the ovary in hybridCisti, i. 389;
self-impotence of hybridCisti, ii.140.
Borrow, G., on pointers, i. 42.
Boryde Saint-Vincent, on gold-fish, i. 297.
Bos, probable origin of European domestic cattle from three species of, i. 83.
Bos frontosus, i. 79, 81-82.
Bos indicus, i. 79.
Bos longifrons, i. 79, 81.
Bos primigenius, i. 79-81, 119.
Bos sondaicus, ii.206.
Bos taurus, i. 79.
Bos trochoceros, i. 81.
Bosc, heredity in foliage-varieties of the elm, i. 362.
Bosse, production of double flowers from old seed, ii.167.
Bossi, on breeding dark-coloured silkworms, i. 302.
Bouchardat, on the vine disease, i. 334.
Boudin, on local diseases, ii.276;
resistance to cold of dark-complexioned men, ii.335.
"Boulans," i. 137.
"Boutond'Alep," ii.276.
Bowen, Prof., doubts as to the importance of inheritance, ii.3.
Bowman, Mr., hereditary peculiarities in the human eye, ii.8-10;
hereditary cataract, ii.79.
Brace, Mr., on Hungarian cattle, i. 80.
Brachycome iberidifolia, ii.261.
Bracts, unusual development of, in gooseberries, i. 355.
Bradley, Mr., effect of grafts upon the stock in the ash, i. 394;
effect of foreign pollen upon apples, i. 401;
on change of soil, ii.146.
"BrahmaPootras," a new breed of fowls, i. 245.
Brain, proportion of, in hares and rabbits, i. 126-129.
Brandt, origin of the goat, i. 101.
Brassica, varieties of, with enlarged stems, ii.348.
Brassica asperifolia, ii.343.
Brassica napus, i. 325.
Brassica oleracea, i. 323.
Brassica rapa, i. 325, ii.165.
Braun, A., bud-variation in the vine, i. 375;
in the currant, i. 376;
inMirabilis jalapa, i. 382;
inCytisus adami, i. 388;
on reversion in the foliage of trees, i. 382;
spontaneous production ofCytisus purpureo-elongatus, i. 390;
reversion of flowers by stripes and blotches, ii.37;
excess of nourishment a source of variability, ii.257.
Brazil, cattle of, i. 88.
Bread-fruit, varieties of, ii.256;
sterility and variability of, ii.262.
Bree, W. T., bud-variation inGeranium pratenseandCentaurea cyanus, i. 379;
by tubers in the dahlia, i. 385;
on the deafness of white cats with blue eyes, ii.329.
Breeding, high, dependent on inheritance, ii.3-4.
Breeds, domestic, persistency of, ii.246,428-429;
artificial and natural, ii.413-414;
extinction of, ii.425;
of domestic cats, i. 45-47;
of pigs produced by crossing, i. 78;
of cattle, i. 86-87, 91-93;
of goats, i. 101.
Brehm, onColumba amaliæ, i. 183.
Brent, B. P., number of mammæ in rabbits, i. 106;
habits of the tumbler pigeon, i. 151;
Laugher pigeon, i. 155;
colouring of the kite tumbler, i. 160;
crossing of the pigeon withColumba œnas, i. 193;
mongrels of the trumpeter pigeon, ii.66;
close interbreeding of pigeons, ii.126;
opinion on Aldrovandi's fowls, i. 247;
on stripes in chickens, i. 249-250;
on the combs of fowls, i. 253;
double-spurred Dorking fowls, i. 255;
effect of crossing on colour of plumage in fowls, i. 258;
incubatory instinct of mongrels between non-sitting varieties of fowls, ii.44;
origin of the domestic duck, i. 277;
fertility of the hook-billed duck,ibid.;
occurrence of the plumage of the wild duck in domestic breeds, i. 280;
voice of ducks, i. 281;
occurrence of a short upper mandible in crosses of hook-billed and common ducks, i. 281;
reversion in ducks produced by crossing, ii.40;
variation of the canary-bird, i. 295;
fashion in the canary, ii.240;
hybrids of canary and finches, ii.45.
Brickell, on raising nectarines from seed, i. 340;
on the horses of North Carolina, ii.300.
Bridges, Mr., on the dogs of Tierra del Fuego, i. 39;
on the selection of dogs by the Fuegians, ii.207.
Bridgman, W. K., reproduction of abnormal ferns, i. 383, ii.379.
Briggs, J. J., regeneration of portions of the fins of fishes, ii.15.
Broca, P., on the intercrossing of dogs, i. 31-32;
on hybrids of hare and rabbit, i. 105;
on the rumpless fowl, i. 259;
on the character of half-castes, ii.47;
degree of fertility of mongrels, ii.100;
sterility of descendants of wild animals bred in captivity, ii.160.
Broccoli, i. 323;
rudimentary flowers in, ii.316;
tenderness of, ii.310.
Bromehead, W., doubling of the Canterbury bell by selection, ii.200.
Bromfield, Dr., sterility of the ivy andAcorus calamus, ii.170.
Bromus secalinus, i. 314.
Bronn, H. G., bud-variation inAnthemis, i. 379;
effects of cross-breeding on the female, i. 404;
on heredity in a one-horned cow, ii.12,13;
propagation of a pendulous peach by seed, ii.18;
absorption of the minority in crossed races, ii.88;
on the crossing of horses, ii.92;
fertility of tame rabbits and sheep, ii.112;
changes of plumage in captivity, ii.158;
on the dahlia, ii.261.
Bronzeperiod, dog of, i. 18.
Brown, G., variations in the dentition of the horse, i. 50.
Brown-Séquard, Dr., inheritance of artificially-produced epilepsy in the guinea-pig, ii.24.
Brunswigia, ii.139.
BrusselsSprouts, i. 323, ii.429.
Bubo maximus, ii.154.
Buckland, F., on oysters, ii.280;
number of eggs in a codfish, ii.379.
Buckle, Mr., doubts as to the importance of inheritance, ii.3.
Buckley, Miss, carrier-pigeons roosting in trees, i. 181.
Buckman, Prof., cultivation ofAvena fatua, i. 313;
cultivation of the wild parsnip, i. 326, ii.201,277;
reversion in the parsnip, ii.31.
Buckwheat, injurious to white pigs, when in flower, ii.337.
Budand seed, close analogy of, i. 411.
Bud-reversion, ii.37.
Buds, adventitious, ii.384.
Bud-variation, i. 373-411, ii.254,287-288,291;
contrasted with seminal reproduction, i. 373;
peculiar to plants, i. 374;
in the peach, i. 340, 374;
in plums, i. 375;
in the cherry,ibid.;
in grapes,ibid.;
in the gooseberry, currant, pear, and apple, i. 376;
in the banana, camellia, hawthorn,Azalea indica, andCistus tricuspis, i. 377;
in the hollyhock and pelargonium, i. 378;
inGeranium pratenseand the chrysanthemum, i. 379;
in roses, i. 367, 379-381;
in sweet williams, carnations, pinks, stocks, and snapdragons, i. 381;
in wall-flowers, cyclamen,Œnothera biennis,Gladiolus colvillii, fuchsias, andMirabilis jalapa, i. 382;
in foliage of various trees, i. 382-384;
in cryptogamic plants, i. 383;
by suckers inPhloxand barberry, i. 384;
by tubers in the potato,ibid.;
in the dahlia, i. 385;
by bulbs in hyacinths,Imatophyllum miniatum, and tulips, i. 385;
inTigridia conchiflora, i. 386;
inHemerocallis,ibid.;
doubtful cases, i. 386-387;
inCytisus Adami, i. 387-394;
probable inÆsculus rubicunda, i. 392;
summary of observations on, 406.
Buffon, on crossing the wolf and dog, i. 32;
increase of fertility by domestication, ii.111;
improvement of plants by unconscious selection, ii.216;
theory of reproduction, ii.375.
Bulimus, ii.53.
Bull, apparent influence of, on offspring, ii.68.
Bullace, i. 345.
Bulldog, recent modifications of, i. 42.
Bullfinch, breeding in captivity, ii.154;
attacking flower-buds, ii.232.
Bult, Mr., selection of pouter pigeons, ii.197.
"Bündtnerschwein," i. 67.
Bunting, reed, in captivity, ii.158.
Burdach, crossing of domestic and wild animals, i. 66;
aversion of the wild boar to barley, ii.303.
Burke, Mr., inheritance in the horse, ii.10.
Burlingtonia, ii.135.
Burmah, cats of, i. 47.
Burmeseponies, striped, i. 58, 59.
Burnes, Sir A., on the Karakool sheep, i. 98, ii.278;
varieties of the vine in Cabool, i. 333;
hawks, trained in Scinde, ii.153;
pomegranates producing seed, ii.168.
BurtonConstable, wild cattle at, i. 84.
"Burzel-Tauben," i. 150.
Bussorahcarrier, i. 141.
Buteo vulgaris, copulation of, in captivity, ii.154.
Butterflies, polymorphic, ii.399-400.
Buzareingues, Girou de, inheritance of tricks, ii.6.