Faba vulgaris, i. 330.Fabre, observations onÆgilops triticoides,i. 313.Fagus sylvatica, ii.19.Fairweather, Mr., production of double flowers from old seed, ii.167.Falco albidus, resumption of young plumage by, in captivity, ii.158.Falco ossifragus, ii.230.Falco subbuteo, copulating in captivity, ii.154.Falco tinnunculus, breeding in captivity, ii.154.Falconer, Dr., sterility of English bulldogs in India, i, 38;resemblance betweenSivatheriumand Niata cattle, i. 89;selection of the silkworm in India, i. 301;fastigate apple-trees in Calcutta, i. 361;reproduction of a supernumerary thumb after amputation, ii.14;fertility of the dhole in captivity, ii.151;fertility of English dogs in India, ii.161;sterility of the tiger in captivity, ii.151;turkeys at Delhi, ii.161;on Indian cultivated plants, ii.165;Thibet mastiff and goat, ii.278.Falcons, sterility of, in captivity, ii.153.FalklandIslands, horses of the, i. 52-53, 61;feral pigs of the, i. 77;feral cattle of the, i. 82, 86;feral rabbits of the, i. 112.Fallowdeer, ii.103,120.Fantailpigeons, i. 146-148, ii.227;figured, i. 147;furcula of, figured, i. 167;history of, i. 208;absence of oil-gland in, ii.344.FaroeIslands, pigeons of the, i. 183.Fashion, influence of, in breeding, ii.240.Fastigatetrees, ii.277,348.Faunas, geographical differences, of, i. 10."Favourite" bull, ii.65,118.Feathers, homologous variation in, ii.325.Feet, of pigeons, individual differences of, i. 160;correlations of external characters in, i. 170-171.Feetand beak, correlation of, in pigeons, i. 171-174.Felidæ, fertility of, in captivity, ii.150.Felis bubastes, i. 43.Felis caffra, i. 44.Felis caligulata, i. 43.Felis chaus, i. 43-44.Felis jubata, ii.151.Felis lybica, i. 44.Felis maniculata, i. 43.Felis manul, i. 45.Felis ornata, i. 45.Felis sylvestris, i. 44.Felis torquata, i. 45.Female, affected by male element, ii.365,387-388.Femaleflowers, in male panicle of maize, i. 321.Fennel, Italian variety of, i. 326.Feralcats, i. 47;cattle, i. 86;rabbits, i. 111-115;Guinea fowl, i. 294;animals and plants, reversion in, ii.32-34,47.Ferguson, Mr., supposed plurality of origin of domestic fowls, i. 231;chickens of black game-fowls, i. 244;relative size of eggs of fowls, i. 248;yolk of eggs of game-fowls, i. 249;early pugnacity of game-cocks, i. 250;voice of the Malay fowl, i. 259;effects of interbreeding on fowls, ii.124;selection in Cochin China fowls, ii.196;on fashion in poultry, ii.240.Fernandez, on Mexican dogs, i. 23.Ferns, reproduction of abnormal forms of, by spores, i. 383;non-diffusion of cell-gemmules in, ii.379.Ferrets, ii.111,151,206.Fertilisation, artificial, of the St. Valery apple, i. 350.Fertility, various degrees of, in sheep, i. 97;unlimited mutual, of breeds of pigeons, i. 192-194;comparative of mongrels and hybrids, ii.100-101,178-180;influence of nourishment on, ii.111;diminished by close interbreeding, ii.118,175;reduced, of Chillingham wild cattle, ii.119;of domesticated varieties when crossed, ii.189.Festuca, species of, propagated by bulblets, ii.170.Filberts, spared by tomtits, ii.231.Filippi, on the breeding of branchiferous tritons, ii.384.Finches, general sterility of, in captivity, ii.154.Finnikin(pigeon), i. 156.Finnochio, i. 326.Fir, Scotch, acclimatisation of, ii.310.Fish, Mr., advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.147.Fishes, regeneration of portions of fins of, ii.15;variability of, when kept in tanks, ii.259;marine, living in fresh water, ii.304;double monsters of, ii.340.Fissionand gemmation, ii.358.Fitch, Mr., persistency of a variety of the pea, i. 329.Fittest, survival of the, i. 6.Fitzinger, origin of sheep, i. 94;African maned sheep, i. 96.Fixednessof character, conditions of, discussed, ii.62-64.Flax, found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 317;climatal difference in products of, ii.274.Fleece, fineness of, in Austrian merinos, ii.197.Fleischmann, on German sheep crossed with merinos, ii.88-89."Florentiner-Taube," i. 142-143.Flounder, ii.53.Flourens, crossing of wolf and dog, i. 32;prepotency of the jackal over the dog, ii.67;hybrids of the horse and ass, ii.68;breeding of monkeys in Europe, ii.153.Flower-garden, earliest known, in Europe, ii.217.Flowers, capricious transmission of colour-varieties in, ii.20-21;tendency to uniformity in striped, ii.70;scorching of, dependent on colour, ii.229;change in, caused by conditions of life, ii.273;rudimentary, ii.316;relative position of, to the axis, ii.345.Fœtation, abdominal, ii.294.Foley, Mr., wild varieties of pears, ii.260.Foliage, inherited peculiarities of, i. 362;variegation, of, i. 366;bud-variation in, i. 382-384.Food, influence of, on the pig, i. 72;on cattle, i. 91;excess of, a cause of variability, ii.257.Forbes, D., on Chilian sheep, i. 95;on the horses of Spain, Chili, and the Pampas, i. 52.Formica rufa, ii.251.Fortune, R., sterility of the sweet potato in China, ii.169;development of axillary bulbs in the yam,ibid.Fowl, common, breeds of, i. 225-230;supposed plurality of origin, i. 230;early history of, i. 231-233;causes of production of breeds of, i. 233;origin of fromGallus bankiva, i. 236-239, 245;feral, notices of, i. 237-238;reversion and analogous variation in, i. 239-246, ii.35,38,39,40,349,350;"cuckoo" sub-breeds of, i. 244;history of, i. 246-247;structural characters of, i. 247-250;sexual peculiarities of, i. 251-257, ii.74;external differences of, i. 257-260;differences of breeds of, fromG. bankiva, i. 260;osteological characters of, i. 260-270;effects of disuse of parts in, i. 270-274, ii.298;feral, i. 190, ii.33;polydactylism in, ii.14;fertility of, increased by domestication, ii.112,167;sterility of, under certain conditions, ii.162;influence of selection on, ii.196,198,209,210;evils of close interbreeding of, ii.124-125;crossing of, ii.95,96,97;prepotency of transmission in, ii.67;rudimentary organs in, ii.315;crossing of non-sitting varieties of, ii.43-44;homology of wing and leg feathers in, ii.323;hybrids of, with pheasants andGallus Sonneratii, ii.45;black-skinned, ii.209-210;black, preyed upon by the osprey in Iceland, ii.230;five-toed, mentioned by Columella, ii.429;rumpless, tailed chickens produced by, ii.31;Dorking, crosses of, ii.93;form of comb and colour of plumage in, ii.238;game, crossing of white and black, ii.92;five-spurred, ii.391;Spanish, liable to suffer from frost, ii.306;Polish, peculiarities of skull of, ii.332-333.Fox, sterility of, in captivity, ii.151.Fox, S. Bevan, races of bees, i. 298.Fox, W. Darwin, gestation of the dog, i. 30;"Negro" cat, i. 46;reversion of sheep in colour, ii.30;period of gestation in the pig, i. 74;young of the Himalayan rabbit, i. 109;crossing of wild and domestic turkeys, i. 292;reversion in crossed musk ducks, ii.40;spontaneous segregation of varieties of geese, ii.104;effects of close interbreeding upon bloodhounds, ii.121;deafness of white cats with blue eyes, ii.329.Foxhounds, i. 40, ii.120.Fragaria chiloensis, i. 351.Fragaria collina, i. 351.Fragaria dioicaof Duchesne, i. 353.Fragaria elatior, i. 351.Fragaria grandiflora, i. 351.Fragaria vesca, i. 351.Fragaria virginiana, i. 351.Fraxinus excelsior, i. 360, 362, ii.19.Fraxinus lentiscifolia, ii.19.Frieslandcattle, probably descended fromBos primigenius, i. 81.Frillback(pigeon), i. 155;Indian, i. 153.Fringilla ciris, ii.154.Fringilla spinus, ii.154.Frizzledfowls, i. 230;horses, i. 54.Frog, polydactylism in the, ii.14.Fruit, seedless, ii.168.Fruit-trees, varieties of, occurring wild, i. 310.Fry, Mr., on fertile hybrid cats, i. 44;on feral fowls in Ascension, i. 238.Fuchsias, origin of, i. 364;bud-variation in, i. 382.Fuchsia coccineaandfulgens, twin seed produced by crossing, i. 391.Fuegians, their superstition about killing young water-fowl, i. 310;selection of dogs by the, ii.207;their comparative estimation of dogs and old women, ii.215;their power of distant vision, ii.223.Fungi, parasitic, ii.284-285.Furcula, characters and variations of the, in pigeons, i. 167;alteration of, by disuse, in pigeons, i. 175;characters of, in fowls, i. 268.Fusionof homologous parts, ii.393.Gait, inheritance of peculiarities of, ii.6.GalapagosArchipelago, its peculiar fauna and flora, i. 9.Galeobdolon luteum, pelorism in, ii.59,345.Galls, ii.282-284.Gall-gnats, ii.283.Gall-likeexcrescences not inherited, ii.23.Gallinaceousbirds, restricted range of large, i. 237;general fertility of in captivity, ii.155.Gallinula chloropus, ii.156.Gallinula nesiotis, i. 287.Galton, Mr., fondness of savages for taming animals, i. 20, ii.160;cattle of Benguela, i. 88;on hereditary talent, ii.7.Gallesio, species of oranges, i. 334, 335, 336;hybridisation of oranges, i. 336;persistency of races in the peach, i. 339;supposed specific distinctions of peach and nectarine, i. 340;Bizzaria orange, i. 391;crossing of red and white carnations, i. 393;crossing of the orange and lemon, i. 399, ii.365;effect of foreign pollen on maize, i. 400;spontaneous crossing of oranges, ii.91;monstrosities a cause of sterility in plants, ii.166;seeding of ordinarily seedless fruits, ii.168;sterility of the sugar cane, ii.169;tendency of male flowers to become double, ii.171;effects of selection in enlarging fruit, &c., ii.217;variation of the orange tree in North Italy, ii.256;naturalisation of the orange in Italy, ii.309.Gallus æneus, a hybrid ofG. variusand the domestic fowl, i. 235.Gallus bankiva, probable original of domestic fowls, i. 233, 236-239, 245;game-fowl, nearest to, i. 226;crossed withG. Sonneratii, i. 234;its character and habits, i. 235-236, ii.109;differences of various breeds of fowls from, i. 260;occipital foramen of, figured, i. 261;skull of, figured, i. 262;cervical vertebra of, figured, i. 267;furcula of, figured, i. 268;reversion to, in crossed fowls, ii.39-40;hybrid of, withG. varius, i. 235, ii.40;number of eggs of, ii.112.Gallus ferrugineus, i. 226.Gallus furcatus, i. 234.Gallus giganteus, i. 235.Gallus Sonneratii, characters and habits of, i. 233;hybrids of, i. 234, ii.45.Gallus Stanleyi, hybrids of, i. 234.Gallus Temminckii, probably a hybrid, i. 235.Gallus varius, character and habits of, i. 234;hybrids and probable hybrids of, i. 234-235.Gambier, Lord, his early cultivation of the pansy, i. 368.Game-fowl, i. 226, 250, 251, 252.Gapes, ii.228.Garcilazode la Vega, annual hunts of the Peruvian Incas, ii.207.Garnett, Mr., migratory propensities of hybrid ducks, ii.45.Garrod, Dr., on hereditary gout, ii.7.Gasparini, a genus of pumpkins, founded on stigmatic characters, i. 359.Gaudichaud, bud-variation in the pear, i. 376;apple tree with two kinds of fruit on branch, i. 392.Gaudry, anomalous structure in the feet of horses, i. 50.Gay, onFragaria grandiflora, i. 351;onViola luteaandtricolor, i. 368;on the nectary ofViola grandiflora, i. 369.Gayal, domestication of the, i. 82.Gayot,seeMoll.Gärtner, on the sterility of hybrids, i. 192, ii.101;acquired sterility of varieties of plants when crossed, i. 358;sterility in transplanted plants, and in the lilac in Germany, ii.164;mutual sterility of blue and red flowers of the pimpernel, ii.190;supposed rules of transmission in crossing plants, ii.68;on crossing plants, ii.98,127,130,131;on repeated crossing, ii.267;absorption of one species by another, when crossed, ii.88;crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397;crossing maize, ii.105;crossing of species ofVerbascum, ii.93,105;reversion in hybrids, ii.36,49,50;ofCereus, i. 392;ofTropæolum majusandminus, i. 392;variability of hybrids, ii.265;variable hybrids from one variable parent, ii.270;graft hybrid produced by inosculation in the vine, i. 395;effect produced by grafts on the stock, i. 394, ii.278;tendency of hybrid plants to produce double flowers, ii.171;production of perfect fruit by sterile hybrids, ii.172;sexual elective affinity, ii.180;self-impotence inLobelia,Verbascum,Lilium, andPassiflora, ii.136-137;on the action of pollen, ii.108;fertilisation ofMalva, i. 402-403, ii.363;prepotency of pollen, ii.187;prepotency of transmission in species ofNicotiana, ii.67;bud-variation inPelargonium zonale, i. 375;inŒnothera biennis, i. 382;inAchillæa millefolium, i. 408;effect of manure on the fertility of plants, ii.163;on contabescence, ii.165-166;inheritance of plasticity, ii.241;villosity of plants, ii.277.Geese(anseres) general fertility of, in captivity, ii.157.Gegenbaur, on the number of digits, ii.13.Gemmationand fission, ii.358.Gemmules, or cell-gemmules, ii.374,378-381,384.Genet, fertility of the, in captivity, ii.151.Generation, alternate, ii.361,367,390.Generation, sexual, ii.359-364.Genius, inheritance of, ii.7.Gentiana amarella, ii.168.GeoffroySaint-Hilaire, production of monstrous chickens, ii.289;"Loi de l'affinité de soi pour soi," ii.339;compensation of growth, ii.342.GeoffroySaint-Hilaire, Isid., origin of the dog, i. 66;barking of a jackal, i. 27;period of gestation and odour of the jackal, i. 30;anomalies in the teeth of dogs, i. 34;variations in the proportions of dogs, i. 35;webbed feet of Newfoundland dogs, i. 39;crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44;domestication of the arni, i. 82;supposed introduction of cattle into Europe from the East,ibid.;absence of interdigital pits in sheep, i. 95;origin of the goat, i. 101;feral geese, i. 190;ancient history of the fowl, i. 246;skull of the Polish fowl, i. 262;preference of the Romans for the liver of white geese, i. 289;polydactylism, ii.12;assumption of male characters by female birds, ii.51;supernumerary mammæ in women, ii.58;development of a proboscis in the pig,ibid.;transmission and blending of characters in hybrids, ii.94;refusal of animals to breed in captivity, ii.149;on the Guinea pig, ii.152;silkworms producing white cocoons, ii.199;on the carp, ii.236;onHelix lactea, ii.280;on monstrosities, ii.254;injury to the embryo a cause of monstrosity, ii.269;alteration in the coat of horses in coal mines, ii.278;length of the intestines in wild and tame animals, ii.302-303;inheritance of rudimentary limbs in the dog, ii.315;correlation in monstrosities, ii.320;supernumerary digits in man, ii.322;co-existence of anomalies, ii.331;fusion of homologous parts, ii.341-342;presence of hairs and teeth in ovarian tumours, ii.370;development of teeth on the palate in the horse, ii.391.Geographicaldifferences of faunas, i. 10.Geologicalsuccession of organisms, i. 11.Geranium, ii.59.Geranium phæumandpyrenaicum, ii.258.Geranium pratense, i. 379.Gerard, asserted climatal change in Burgundian bees, i. 297.Gerarde, on varieties of the hyacinth, i. 370.Gerstäcker, on hive-bees, i. 299.Gervais, Prof., origin of the dog, i. 16;resemblance of dogs and jackals, i. 24;taming of the jackal, i. 26;number of teeth in dogs, i. 34;breeds of dogs, i. 36;on tertiary horses, i. 51;biblical notices of horses, i. 55;species ofOvis, i. 94;wild and domestic rabbits, i. 103;rabbits from Mount Sinai and Algeria, i. 105;earless rabbits, i. 108;batrachia with doubled limbs, ii.391.Gestation, period of, in the dog, wolf, &c, i. 29-30;in the pig, i. 74;in cattle, i. 87, ii.321;in sheep, i. 97.Gestures, inheritance of peculiarities in, ii.6."Ghoondooks" a sub-breed of fowls, i. 229.Ghor-Khur, ii.42.Giles, Mr., effect of cross-breeding in the pig, i. 404.Giraffe, co-ordination of structure of, ii.221.Girard, period of appearance of permanent teeth in dogs, i. 35.Giroude Buzareingues, inheritance in the horse, ii.10;reversion by age in cattle, ii.38;prepotency of transmission of character in sheep and cattle, ii.66;on crossing gourds, ii.108.Gisburne, wild cattle at, i. 84.Gladiolus, i. 364;self-impotence of hybrids of, ii.139.Gladiolus colvillii, bud-variation in, i. 382.Glands, compensatory development of, ii.300.Glastonburythorn, i. 364.Glenny, Mr., on theCineraria, ii.200.Gloede, F., on strawberries, i. 353.Gloger, on the wings of ducks, ii.298."Glouglou" (pigeon), i. 154.Gloxiniæ, peloric, i. 365, ii.167.Gmelin, on red cats, at Tobolsk, i. 47.Goat, i. 101-102, ii.33;polydactylism in the, ii.14;sexual differences in horns of, ii.73;valued by South Africans, ii.207;Thibet, ii.278;amount of milk and development of udders in the, ii.300;hornless, rudimentary bony cores in, ii.316;Angora, ii.326.Godron, odour of the hairless Turkish dog, i. 30;differences in the skull of dogs, i. 34;increase of breeds of horses, i. 51;crossing of domestic and wild swine, i. 66;on goats, i. 101-102;colour of the skin in fowls, i. 258;bees of north and south of France, i. 297;introduction of the silkworm into Europe, i. 300;variability in the silkworm, i. 304;supposed species of wheat, i. 312-314;onÆgilops triticoides, i. 313;variable presence of barbs in grasses, i. 314;colours of the seeds of maize, i. 321;unity of character in cabbages, i. 323;correlation of colour and odour, i. 325;effect of heat and moisture on the cabbage, i. 325;on the cultivated species ofBrassica, i. 325;on the Rouncival and sugar peas, i. 327;variation in the numbers of peas in the same pod, i. 328;wild vines in Spain, i. 332;on raising peaches from seed, i. 339;supposed specific distinctness of peach and nectarine, i. 340;nectarine producing peaches, i. 341;on the flower ofCorydalis, i. 344;origin and variations of the plum, i. 345;origin of the cherry, i. 347;reversion of single-leaved strawberries, i. 353;five-leaved variety ofFragaria collina, i. 353;supposed immutability of specific characters, i. 358-359;varieties ofRobinia, i. 361;permanency of the simple-leaved ash, i. 362;non-inheritance of certain mutilations, ii.23;wild turnips, carrots, and celery, ii.33;pre-potency of a goat-like ram, ii.66;benefit of change of soil to plants, ii.146;fertility of peloric flowers ofCorydalis solida, ii.167;seeding of ordinarily seedless fruit, ii.168;sexual sterility of plants propagated by buds, &c., ii.169;increase of sugar in beet-root, ii.201;effects of selection in enlarging particular parts of plants, ii.217;growth of the cabbage in the tropics, ii.277;rejection of bitter almonds by mice, ii.232;influence of marshy pasture on the fleece of sheep, ii.278;on the ears of ancient Egyptian pigs, ii.301;primitive distinctness of species, ii.415;solid hoofed swine, ii.429.Goethe, on compensation of growth, ii.342.Goldfish, i. 296-297, ii.236.Gomara, on South American cats, i. 46.Gongora, number of seeds in the, ii.379.Goose, ancient domestication of, i. 287;sacred to Juno in Rome,ibid.;inflexibility of organisation of, i. 288;skull perforated in tufted, i. 288;characters of breeds and sub-breeds of, i. 288-289;variety of, from Sebastopol, i. 289, ii.392;feral in La Plata, i. 190;Egyptian, hybrid of, with penguin duck, ii.68;spontaneous segregation of varieties of, ii.104;fertility of, increased by domestication, ii.112;decreased fertility of, in Bogota, ii.161;sterility of, in the Philippine Islands, ii.162;selection of, ii.204;white, preference of the Romans for the liver of, ii.209;persistency of character in, ii.254;Egyptian, change in breeding season of, ii.304.Gooseberry, i. 354-356;bud-variation in the, i. 376;Whitesmith's, ii.232.Göppert, on monstrous poppies, ii.166.Gosse, P. H., feral dogs in Jamaica, i. 28;feral pigs of Jamaica, i. 77-78;feral rabbits of Jamaica, i. 112;onColumba leucocephala, i. 183;feral Guinea fowl in Jamaica, i. 190;reproduction of individual peculiarities by gemmation in a coral, i. 374;frequency of striped legs in mules, ii.42.Gould, Dr., on hereditary hæmorrhage, ii.7.Gould, John, origin of the turkey, i. 292.Goura coronataandVictoriæ, hybrids of, i. 194, ii.155.Gourds, i. 357;crossing of varieties of, ii.108;ancient Peruvian variety of, ii.429.Gout, inheritance of, ii.7;period of appearance of, ii.77.Graba, on the pigeon of the Faroe islands, i. 183.Grafting, ii.147;effects of, ii.259,278;upon the stock, i. 394-395;upon the variability of trees, ii.259;changes analogous to bud-variation produced by, i. 387, 389.Graft-hybrids, i. 390-391, 394-397, ii.364-365.Grapes, bud-variation in, i. 375;cross of white and purple, i. 393;green, liable to disease, ii.336;effect of foreign pollen on, i. 400.Grasses, seeds of, used as food by savages, i. 307-309.Gray, Asa, superior wild varieties of fruit-trees, i. 310;cultivated native plants of North America, i. 312, 357;non-variation of weeds, i. 317;supposed spontaneous crossing of pumpkins, i. 399;pre-ordination of variation, ii.432;progeny of husked form of maize, i. 320;wild intermediate forms of strawberries, i. 352.Gray, G. R., onColumba gymnocyclus, i. 184.Gray, J. E., onSus pliciceps, i. 70;on a variety of the gold-fish, i. 297;hybrids of the ass and zebra, ii.42-43;on the breeding of animals at Knowsley, ii.149;on the breeding of birds in captivity, ii.157.Greene, J. Reay, on the development of the echinodermata, ii.367.Greenhow, Mr., on a Canadian web-footed dog, i. 39.Greening, Mr., experiments onAbraxas grossulariata, ii.280.Gregson, Mr., experiments onAbraxas grossulariata, ii.280.Grey, Sir George, preservation of seed-bearing plants by the Australian savages, i. 310;detestation of incest by Australian savages, ii.123.Greyhounds, sculptured on Egyptian monuments, and in the Villa of Antoninus, i. 17;modern breed of, i. 41;crossed with the bulldog, by Lord Orford, ii.95;co-ordination of structure of, due to selection, ii.221-222;Italian, ii.227.Greyness, inherited at corresponding periods of life, ii.77.Grieve, Mr., on early-flowering dahlias, i. 370.Grigor, Mr., acclimatisation of the Scotch fir, ii.310.Groom-Napier, C. O., on the webbed feet of the otter-hound, i. 40."Grosses-gorges" (pigeons), i. 137.Ground-tumbler, Indian, i. 150.Grouse, fertility of, in captivity, ii.156.Grönland, hybrids ofÆgilopsand wheat, ii.110.Grus montigresia,cinerea, andAntigone, ii.156.Guanacos, selection of, ii.207.Guans, general fertility of, in captivity, ii.156.Guelder-rose, ii.185.Guelderlandfowls, i. 230.Guiana, selection of dogs by the Indians of, ii.206.Guinea fowl, i. 294;feral in Ascension, and Jamaica, i. 190, ii.33;indifference of to change of climate, ii.161.Guineapig, ii.24,152.Güldenstadt, on the jackal, i. 25.Gull, herring, breeding in confinement, ii.157.Gulls, general sterility of, in captivity, ii.157.Gulo, sterility of, in captivity, ii.152.Günther, A., on tufted ducks and geese, i. 274;on the regeneration of lost parts in batrachia, ii.15.Gurney, Mr., owls breeding in captivity, ii.154;appearance of "black-shouldered" among ordinary peacocks, i. 291.
Faba vulgaris, i. 330.Fabre, observations onÆgilops triticoides,i. 313.Fagus sylvatica, ii.19.Fairweather, Mr., production of double flowers from old seed, ii.167.Falco albidus, resumption of young plumage by, in captivity, ii.158.Falco ossifragus, ii.230.Falco subbuteo, copulating in captivity, ii.154.Falco tinnunculus, breeding in captivity, ii.154.Falconer, Dr., sterility of English bulldogs in India, i, 38;resemblance betweenSivatheriumand Niata cattle, i. 89;selection of the silkworm in India, i. 301;fastigate apple-trees in Calcutta, i. 361;reproduction of a supernumerary thumb after amputation, ii.14;fertility of the dhole in captivity, ii.151;fertility of English dogs in India, ii.161;sterility of the tiger in captivity, ii.151;turkeys at Delhi, ii.161;on Indian cultivated plants, ii.165;Thibet mastiff and goat, ii.278.Falcons, sterility of, in captivity, ii.153.FalklandIslands, horses of the, i. 52-53, 61;feral pigs of the, i. 77;feral cattle of the, i. 82, 86;feral rabbits of the, i. 112.Fallowdeer, ii.103,120.Fantailpigeons, i. 146-148, ii.227;figured, i. 147;furcula of, figured, i. 167;history of, i. 208;absence of oil-gland in, ii.344.FaroeIslands, pigeons of the, i. 183.Fashion, influence of, in breeding, ii.240.Fastigatetrees, ii.277,348.Faunas, geographical differences, of, i. 10."Favourite" bull, ii.65,118.Feathers, homologous variation in, ii.325.Feet, of pigeons, individual differences of, i. 160;correlations of external characters in, i. 170-171.Feetand beak, correlation of, in pigeons, i. 171-174.Felidæ, fertility of, in captivity, ii.150.Felis bubastes, i. 43.Felis caffra, i. 44.Felis caligulata, i. 43.Felis chaus, i. 43-44.Felis jubata, ii.151.Felis lybica, i. 44.Felis maniculata, i. 43.Felis manul, i. 45.Felis ornata, i. 45.Felis sylvestris, i. 44.Felis torquata, i. 45.Female, affected by male element, ii.365,387-388.Femaleflowers, in male panicle of maize, i. 321.Fennel, Italian variety of, i. 326.Feralcats, i. 47;cattle, i. 86;rabbits, i. 111-115;Guinea fowl, i. 294;animals and plants, reversion in, ii.32-34,47.Ferguson, Mr., supposed plurality of origin of domestic fowls, i. 231;chickens of black game-fowls, i. 244;relative size of eggs of fowls, i. 248;yolk of eggs of game-fowls, i. 249;early pugnacity of game-cocks, i. 250;voice of the Malay fowl, i. 259;effects of interbreeding on fowls, ii.124;selection in Cochin China fowls, ii.196;on fashion in poultry, ii.240.Fernandez, on Mexican dogs, i. 23.Ferns, reproduction of abnormal forms of, by spores, i. 383;non-diffusion of cell-gemmules in, ii.379.Ferrets, ii.111,151,206.Fertilisation, artificial, of the St. Valery apple, i. 350.Fertility, various degrees of, in sheep, i. 97;unlimited mutual, of breeds of pigeons, i. 192-194;comparative of mongrels and hybrids, ii.100-101,178-180;influence of nourishment on, ii.111;diminished by close interbreeding, ii.118,175;reduced, of Chillingham wild cattle, ii.119;of domesticated varieties when crossed, ii.189.Festuca, species of, propagated by bulblets, ii.170.Filberts, spared by tomtits, ii.231.Filippi, on the breeding of branchiferous tritons, ii.384.Finches, general sterility of, in captivity, ii.154.Finnikin(pigeon), i. 156.Finnochio, i. 326.Fir, Scotch, acclimatisation of, ii.310.Fish, Mr., advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.147.Fishes, regeneration of portions of fins of, ii.15;variability of, when kept in tanks, ii.259;marine, living in fresh water, ii.304;double monsters of, ii.340.Fissionand gemmation, ii.358.Fitch, Mr., persistency of a variety of the pea, i. 329.Fittest, survival of the, i. 6.Fitzinger, origin of sheep, i. 94;African maned sheep, i. 96.Fixednessof character, conditions of, discussed, ii.62-64.Flax, found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 317;climatal difference in products of, ii.274.Fleece, fineness of, in Austrian merinos, ii.197.Fleischmann, on German sheep crossed with merinos, ii.88-89."Florentiner-Taube," i. 142-143.Flounder, ii.53.Flourens, crossing of wolf and dog, i. 32;prepotency of the jackal over the dog, ii.67;hybrids of the horse and ass, ii.68;breeding of monkeys in Europe, ii.153.Flower-garden, earliest known, in Europe, ii.217.Flowers, capricious transmission of colour-varieties in, ii.20-21;tendency to uniformity in striped, ii.70;scorching of, dependent on colour, ii.229;change in, caused by conditions of life, ii.273;rudimentary, ii.316;relative position of, to the axis, ii.345.Fœtation, abdominal, ii.294.Foley, Mr., wild varieties of pears, ii.260.Foliage, inherited peculiarities of, i. 362;variegation, of, i. 366;bud-variation in, i. 382-384.Food, influence of, on the pig, i. 72;on cattle, i. 91;excess of, a cause of variability, ii.257.Forbes, D., on Chilian sheep, i. 95;on the horses of Spain, Chili, and the Pampas, i. 52.Formica rufa, ii.251.Fortune, R., sterility of the sweet potato in China, ii.169;development of axillary bulbs in the yam,ibid.Fowl, common, breeds of, i. 225-230;supposed plurality of origin, i. 230;early history of, i. 231-233;causes of production of breeds of, i. 233;origin of fromGallus bankiva, i. 236-239, 245;feral, notices of, i. 237-238;reversion and analogous variation in, i. 239-246, ii.35,38,39,40,349,350;"cuckoo" sub-breeds of, i. 244;history of, i. 246-247;structural characters of, i. 247-250;sexual peculiarities of, i. 251-257, ii.74;external differences of, i. 257-260;differences of breeds of, fromG. bankiva, i. 260;osteological characters of, i. 260-270;effects of disuse of parts in, i. 270-274, ii.298;feral, i. 190, ii.33;polydactylism in, ii.14;fertility of, increased by domestication, ii.112,167;sterility of, under certain conditions, ii.162;influence of selection on, ii.196,198,209,210;evils of close interbreeding of, ii.124-125;crossing of, ii.95,96,97;prepotency of transmission in, ii.67;rudimentary organs in, ii.315;crossing of non-sitting varieties of, ii.43-44;homology of wing and leg feathers in, ii.323;hybrids of, with pheasants andGallus Sonneratii, ii.45;black-skinned, ii.209-210;black, preyed upon by the osprey in Iceland, ii.230;five-toed, mentioned by Columella, ii.429;rumpless, tailed chickens produced by, ii.31;Dorking, crosses of, ii.93;form of comb and colour of plumage in, ii.238;game, crossing of white and black, ii.92;five-spurred, ii.391;Spanish, liable to suffer from frost, ii.306;Polish, peculiarities of skull of, ii.332-333.Fox, sterility of, in captivity, ii.151.Fox, S. Bevan, races of bees, i. 298.Fox, W. Darwin, gestation of the dog, i. 30;"Negro" cat, i. 46;reversion of sheep in colour, ii.30;period of gestation in the pig, i. 74;young of the Himalayan rabbit, i. 109;crossing of wild and domestic turkeys, i. 292;reversion in crossed musk ducks, ii.40;spontaneous segregation of varieties of geese, ii.104;effects of close interbreeding upon bloodhounds, ii.121;deafness of white cats with blue eyes, ii.329.Foxhounds, i. 40, ii.120.Fragaria chiloensis, i. 351.Fragaria collina, i. 351.Fragaria dioicaof Duchesne, i. 353.Fragaria elatior, i. 351.Fragaria grandiflora, i. 351.Fragaria vesca, i. 351.Fragaria virginiana, i. 351.Fraxinus excelsior, i. 360, 362, ii.19.Fraxinus lentiscifolia, ii.19.Frieslandcattle, probably descended fromBos primigenius, i. 81.Frillback(pigeon), i. 155;Indian, i. 153.Fringilla ciris, ii.154.Fringilla spinus, ii.154.Frizzledfowls, i. 230;horses, i. 54.Frog, polydactylism in the, ii.14.Fruit, seedless, ii.168.Fruit-trees, varieties of, occurring wild, i. 310.Fry, Mr., on fertile hybrid cats, i. 44;on feral fowls in Ascension, i. 238.Fuchsias, origin of, i. 364;bud-variation in, i. 382.Fuchsia coccineaandfulgens, twin seed produced by crossing, i. 391.Fuegians, their superstition about killing young water-fowl, i. 310;selection of dogs by the, ii.207;their comparative estimation of dogs and old women, ii.215;their power of distant vision, ii.223.Fungi, parasitic, ii.284-285.Furcula, characters and variations of the, in pigeons, i. 167;alteration of, by disuse, in pigeons, i. 175;characters of, in fowls, i. 268.Fusionof homologous parts, ii.393.
Faba vulgaris, i. 330.
Fabre, observations onÆgilops triticoides,i. 313.
Fagus sylvatica, ii.19.
Fairweather, Mr., production of double flowers from old seed, ii.167.
Falco albidus, resumption of young plumage by, in captivity, ii.158.
Falco ossifragus, ii.230.
Falco subbuteo, copulating in captivity, ii.154.
Falco tinnunculus, breeding in captivity, ii.154.
Falconer, Dr., sterility of English bulldogs in India, i, 38;
resemblance betweenSivatheriumand Niata cattle, i. 89;
selection of the silkworm in India, i. 301;
fastigate apple-trees in Calcutta, i. 361;
reproduction of a supernumerary thumb after amputation, ii.14;
fertility of the dhole in captivity, ii.151;
fertility of English dogs in India, ii.161;
sterility of the tiger in captivity, ii.151;
turkeys at Delhi, ii.161;
on Indian cultivated plants, ii.165;
Thibet mastiff and goat, ii.278.
Falcons, sterility of, in captivity, ii.153.
FalklandIslands, horses of the, i. 52-53, 61;
feral pigs of the, i. 77;
feral cattle of the, i. 82, 86;
feral rabbits of the, i. 112.
Fallowdeer, ii.103,120.
Fantailpigeons, i. 146-148, ii.227;
figured, i. 147;
furcula of, figured, i. 167;
history of, i. 208;
absence of oil-gland in, ii.344.
FaroeIslands, pigeons of the, i. 183.
Fashion, influence of, in breeding, ii.240.
Fastigatetrees, ii.277,348.
Faunas, geographical differences, of, i. 10.
"Favourite" bull, ii.65,118.
Feathers, homologous variation in, ii.325.
Feet, of pigeons, individual differences of, i. 160;
correlations of external characters in, i. 170-171.
Feetand beak, correlation of, in pigeons, i. 171-174.
Felidæ, fertility of, in captivity, ii.150.
Felis bubastes, i. 43.
Felis caffra, i. 44.
Felis caligulata, i. 43.
Felis chaus, i. 43-44.
Felis jubata, ii.151.
Felis lybica, i. 44.
Felis maniculata, i. 43.
Felis manul, i. 45.
Felis ornata, i. 45.
Felis sylvestris, i. 44.
Felis torquata, i. 45.
Female, affected by male element, ii.365,387-388.
Femaleflowers, in male panicle of maize, i. 321.
Fennel, Italian variety of, i. 326.
Feralcats, i. 47;
cattle, i. 86;
rabbits, i. 111-115;
Guinea fowl, i. 294;
animals and plants, reversion in, ii.32-34,47.
Ferguson, Mr., supposed plurality of origin of domestic fowls, i. 231;
chickens of black game-fowls, i. 244;
relative size of eggs of fowls, i. 248;
yolk of eggs of game-fowls, i. 249;
early pugnacity of game-cocks, i. 250;
voice of the Malay fowl, i. 259;
effects of interbreeding on fowls, ii.124;
selection in Cochin China fowls, ii.196;
on fashion in poultry, ii.240.
Fernandez, on Mexican dogs, i. 23.
Ferns, reproduction of abnormal forms of, by spores, i. 383;
non-diffusion of cell-gemmules in, ii.379.
Ferrets, ii.111,151,206.
Fertilisation, artificial, of the St. Valery apple, i. 350.
Fertility, various degrees of, in sheep, i. 97;
unlimited mutual, of breeds of pigeons, i. 192-194;
comparative of mongrels and hybrids, ii.100-101,178-180;
influence of nourishment on, ii.111;
diminished by close interbreeding, ii.118,175;
reduced, of Chillingham wild cattle, ii.119;
of domesticated varieties when crossed, ii.189.
Festuca, species of, propagated by bulblets, ii.170.
Filberts, spared by tomtits, ii.231.
Filippi, on the breeding of branchiferous tritons, ii.384.
Finches, general sterility of, in captivity, ii.154.
Finnikin(pigeon), i. 156.
Finnochio, i. 326.
Fir, Scotch, acclimatisation of, ii.310.
Fish, Mr., advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.147.
Fishes, regeneration of portions of fins of, ii.15;
variability of, when kept in tanks, ii.259;
marine, living in fresh water, ii.304;
double monsters of, ii.340.
Fissionand gemmation, ii.358.
Fitch, Mr., persistency of a variety of the pea, i. 329.
Fittest, survival of the, i. 6.
Fitzinger, origin of sheep, i. 94;
African maned sheep, i. 96.
Fixednessof character, conditions of, discussed, ii.62-64.
Flax, found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 317;
climatal difference in products of, ii.274.
Fleece, fineness of, in Austrian merinos, ii.197.
Fleischmann, on German sheep crossed with merinos, ii.88-89.
"Florentiner-Taube," i. 142-143.
Flounder, ii.53.
Flourens, crossing of wolf and dog, i. 32;
prepotency of the jackal over the dog, ii.67;
hybrids of the horse and ass, ii.68;
breeding of monkeys in Europe, ii.153.
Flower-garden, earliest known, in Europe, ii.217.
Flowers, capricious transmission of colour-varieties in, ii.20-21;
tendency to uniformity in striped, ii.70;
scorching of, dependent on colour, ii.229;
change in, caused by conditions of life, ii.273;
rudimentary, ii.316;
relative position of, to the axis, ii.345.
Fœtation, abdominal, ii.294.
Foley, Mr., wild varieties of pears, ii.260.
Foliage, inherited peculiarities of, i. 362;
variegation, of, i. 366;
bud-variation in, i. 382-384.
Food, influence of, on the pig, i. 72;
on cattle, i. 91;
excess of, a cause of variability, ii.257.
Forbes, D., on Chilian sheep, i. 95;
on the horses of Spain, Chili, and the Pampas, i. 52.
Formica rufa, ii.251.
Fortune, R., sterility of the sweet potato in China, ii.169;
development of axillary bulbs in the yam,ibid.
Fowl, common, breeds of, i. 225-230;
supposed plurality of origin, i. 230;
early history of, i. 231-233;
causes of production of breeds of, i. 233;
origin of fromGallus bankiva, i. 236-239, 245;
feral, notices of, i. 237-238;
reversion and analogous variation in, i. 239-246, ii.35,38,39,40,349,350;
"cuckoo" sub-breeds of, i. 244;
history of, i. 246-247;
structural characters of, i. 247-250;
sexual peculiarities of, i. 251-257, ii.74;
external differences of, i. 257-260;
differences of breeds of, fromG. bankiva, i. 260;
osteological characters of, i. 260-270;
effects of disuse of parts in, i. 270-274, ii.298;
feral, i. 190, ii.33;
polydactylism in, ii.14;
fertility of, increased by domestication, ii.112,167;
sterility of, under certain conditions, ii.162;
influence of selection on, ii.196,198,209,210;
evils of close interbreeding of, ii.124-125;
crossing of, ii.95,96,97;
prepotency of transmission in, ii.67;
rudimentary organs in, ii.315;
crossing of non-sitting varieties of, ii.43-44;
homology of wing and leg feathers in, ii.323;
hybrids of, with pheasants andGallus Sonneratii, ii.45;
black-skinned, ii.209-210;
black, preyed upon by the osprey in Iceland, ii.230;
five-toed, mentioned by Columella, ii.429;
rumpless, tailed chickens produced by, ii.31;
Dorking, crosses of, ii.93;
form of comb and colour of plumage in, ii.238;
game, crossing of white and black, ii.92;
five-spurred, ii.391;
Spanish, liable to suffer from frost, ii.306;
Polish, peculiarities of skull of, ii.332-333.
Fox, sterility of, in captivity, ii.151.
Fox, S. Bevan, races of bees, i. 298.
Fox, W. Darwin, gestation of the dog, i. 30;
"Negro" cat, i. 46;
reversion of sheep in colour, ii.30;
period of gestation in the pig, i. 74;
young of the Himalayan rabbit, i. 109;
crossing of wild and domestic turkeys, i. 292;
reversion in crossed musk ducks, ii.40;
spontaneous segregation of varieties of geese, ii.104;
effects of close interbreeding upon bloodhounds, ii.121;
deafness of white cats with blue eyes, ii.329.
Foxhounds, i. 40, ii.120.
Fragaria chiloensis, i. 351.
Fragaria collina, i. 351.
Fragaria dioicaof Duchesne, i. 353.
Fragaria elatior, i. 351.
Fragaria grandiflora, i. 351.
Fragaria vesca, i. 351.
Fragaria virginiana, i. 351.
Fraxinus excelsior, i. 360, 362, ii.19.
Fraxinus lentiscifolia, ii.19.
Frieslandcattle, probably descended fromBos primigenius, i. 81.
Frillback(pigeon), i. 155;
Indian, i. 153.
Fringilla ciris, ii.154.
Fringilla spinus, ii.154.
Frizzledfowls, i. 230;
horses, i. 54.
Frog, polydactylism in the, ii.14.
Fruit, seedless, ii.168.
Fruit-trees, varieties of, occurring wild, i. 310.
Fry, Mr., on fertile hybrid cats, i. 44;
on feral fowls in Ascension, i. 238.
Fuchsias, origin of, i. 364;
bud-variation in, i. 382.
Fuchsia coccineaandfulgens, twin seed produced by crossing, i. 391.
Fuegians, their superstition about killing young water-fowl, i. 310;
selection of dogs by the, ii.207;
their comparative estimation of dogs and old women, ii.215;
their power of distant vision, ii.223.
Fungi, parasitic, ii.284-285.
Furcula, characters and variations of the, in pigeons, i. 167;
alteration of, by disuse, in pigeons, i. 175;
characters of, in fowls, i. 268.
Fusionof homologous parts, ii.393.
Gait, inheritance of peculiarities of, ii.6.GalapagosArchipelago, its peculiar fauna and flora, i. 9.Galeobdolon luteum, pelorism in, ii.59,345.Galls, ii.282-284.Gall-gnats, ii.283.Gall-likeexcrescences not inherited, ii.23.Gallinaceousbirds, restricted range of large, i. 237;general fertility of in captivity, ii.155.Gallinula chloropus, ii.156.Gallinula nesiotis, i. 287.Galton, Mr., fondness of savages for taming animals, i. 20, ii.160;cattle of Benguela, i. 88;on hereditary talent, ii.7.Gallesio, species of oranges, i. 334, 335, 336;hybridisation of oranges, i. 336;persistency of races in the peach, i. 339;supposed specific distinctions of peach and nectarine, i. 340;Bizzaria orange, i. 391;crossing of red and white carnations, i. 393;crossing of the orange and lemon, i. 399, ii.365;effect of foreign pollen on maize, i. 400;spontaneous crossing of oranges, ii.91;monstrosities a cause of sterility in plants, ii.166;seeding of ordinarily seedless fruits, ii.168;sterility of the sugar cane, ii.169;tendency of male flowers to become double, ii.171;effects of selection in enlarging fruit, &c., ii.217;variation of the orange tree in North Italy, ii.256;naturalisation of the orange in Italy, ii.309.Gallus æneus, a hybrid ofG. variusand the domestic fowl, i. 235.Gallus bankiva, probable original of domestic fowls, i. 233, 236-239, 245;game-fowl, nearest to, i. 226;crossed withG. Sonneratii, i. 234;its character and habits, i. 235-236, ii.109;differences of various breeds of fowls from, i. 260;occipital foramen of, figured, i. 261;skull of, figured, i. 262;cervical vertebra of, figured, i. 267;furcula of, figured, i. 268;reversion to, in crossed fowls, ii.39-40;hybrid of, withG. varius, i. 235, ii.40;number of eggs of, ii.112.Gallus ferrugineus, i. 226.Gallus furcatus, i. 234.Gallus giganteus, i. 235.Gallus Sonneratii, characters and habits of, i. 233;hybrids of, i. 234, ii.45.Gallus Stanleyi, hybrids of, i. 234.Gallus Temminckii, probably a hybrid, i. 235.Gallus varius, character and habits of, i. 234;hybrids and probable hybrids of, i. 234-235.Gambier, Lord, his early cultivation of the pansy, i. 368.Game-fowl, i. 226, 250, 251, 252.Gapes, ii.228.Garcilazode la Vega, annual hunts of the Peruvian Incas, ii.207.Garnett, Mr., migratory propensities of hybrid ducks, ii.45.Garrod, Dr., on hereditary gout, ii.7.Gasparini, a genus of pumpkins, founded on stigmatic characters, i. 359.Gaudichaud, bud-variation in the pear, i. 376;apple tree with two kinds of fruit on branch, i. 392.Gaudry, anomalous structure in the feet of horses, i. 50.Gay, onFragaria grandiflora, i. 351;onViola luteaandtricolor, i. 368;on the nectary ofViola grandiflora, i. 369.Gayal, domestication of the, i. 82.Gayot,seeMoll.Gärtner, on the sterility of hybrids, i. 192, ii.101;acquired sterility of varieties of plants when crossed, i. 358;sterility in transplanted plants, and in the lilac in Germany, ii.164;mutual sterility of blue and red flowers of the pimpernel, ii.190;supposed rules of transmission in crossing plants, ii.68;on crossing plants, ii.98,127,130,131;on repeated crossing, ii.267;absorption of one species by another, when crossed, ii.88;crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397;crossing maize, ii.105;crossing of species ofVerbascum, ii.93,105;reversion in hybrids, ii.36,49,50;ofCereus, i. 392;ofTropæolum majusandminus, i. 392;variability of hybrids, ii.265;variable hybrids from one variable parent, ii.270;graft hybrid produced by inosculation in the vine, i. 395;effect produced by grafts on the stock, i. 394, ii.278;tendency of hybrid plants to produce double flowers, ii.171;production of perfect fruit by sterile hybrids, ii.172;sexual elective affinity, ii.180;self-impotence inLobelia,Verbascum,Lilium, andPassiflora, ii.136-137;on the action of pollen, ii.108;fertilisation ofMalva, i. 402-403, ii.363;prepotency of pollen, ii.187;prepotency of transmission in species ofNicotiana, ii.67;bud-variation inPelargonium zonale, i. 375;inŒnothera biennis, i. 382;inAchillæa millefolium, i. 408;effect of manure on the fertility of plants, ii.163;on contabescence, ii.165-166;inheritance of plasticity, ii.241;villosity of plants, ii.277.Geese(anseres) general fertility of, in captivity, ii.157.Gegenbaur, on the number of digits, ii.13.Gemmationand fission, ii.358.Gemmules, or cell-gemmules, ii.374,378-381,384.Genet, fertility of the, in captivity, ii.151.Generation, alternate, ii.361,367,390.Generation, sexual, ii.359-364.Genius, inheritance of, ii.7.Gentiana amarella, ii.168.GeoffroySaint-Hilaire, production of monstrous chickens, ii.289;"Loi de l'affinité de soi pour soi," ii.339;compensation of growth, ii.342.GeoffroySaint-Hilaire, Isid., origin of the dog, i. 66;barking of a jackal, i. 27;period of gestation and odour of the jackal, i. 30;anomalies in the teeth of dogs, i. 34;variations in the proportions of dogs, i. 35;webbed feet of Newfoundland dogs, i. 39;crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44;domestication of the arni, i. 82;supposed introduction of cattle into Europe from the East,ibid.;absence of interdigital pits in sheep, i. 95;origin of the goat, i. 101;feral geese, i. 190;ancient history of the fowl, i. 246;skull of the Polish fowl, i. 262;preference of the Romans for the liver of white geese, i. 289;polydactylism, ii.12;assumption of male characters by female birds, ii.51;supernumerary mammæ in women, ii.58;development of a proboscis in the pig,ibid.;transmission and blending of characters in hybrids, ii.94;refusal of animals to breed in captivity, ii.149;on the Guinea pig, ii.152;silkworms producing white cocoons, ii.199;on the carp, ii.236;onHelix lactea, ii.280;on monstrosities, ii.254;injury to the embryo a cause of monstrosity, ii.269;alteration in the coat of horses in coal mines, ii.278;length of the intestines in wild and tame animals, ii.302-303;inheritance of rudimentary limbs in the dog, ii.315;correlation in monstrosities, ii.320;supernumerary digits in man, ii.322;co-existence of anomalies, ii.331;fusion of homologous parts, ii.341-342;presence of hairs and teeth in ovarian tumours, ii.370;development of teeth on the palate in the horse, ii.391.Geographicaldifferences of faunas, i. 10.Geologicalsuccession of organisms, i. 11.Geranium, ii.59.Geranium phæumandpyrenaicum, ii.258.Geranium pratense, i. 379.Gerard, asserted climatal change in Burgundian bees, i. 297.Gerarde, on varieties of the hyacinth, i. 370.Gerstäcker, on hive-bees, i. 299.Gervais, Prof., origin of the dog, i. 16;resemblance of dogs and jackals, i. 24;taming of the jackal, i. 26;number of teeth in dogs, i. 34;breeds of dogs, i. 36;on tertiary horses, i. 51;biblical notices of horses, i. 55;species ofOvis, i. 94;wild and domestic rabbits, i. 103;rabbits from Mount Sinai and Algeria, i. 105;earless rabbits, i. 108;batrachia with doubled limbs, ii.391.Gestation, period of, in the dog, wolf, &c, i. 29-30;in the pig, i. 74;in cattle, i. 87, ii.321;in sheep, i. 97.Gestures, inheritance of peculiarities in, ii.6."Ghoondooks" a sub-breed of fowls, i. 229.Ghor-Khur, ii.42.Giles, Mr., effect of cross-breeding in the pig, i. 404.Giraffe, co-ordination of structure of, ii.221.Girard, period of appearance of permanent teeth in dogs, i. 35.Giroude Buzareingues, inheritance in the horse, ii.10;reversion by age in cattle, ii.38;prepotency of transmission of character in sheep and cattle, ii.66;on crossing gourds, ii.108.Gisburne, wild cattle at, i. 84.Gladiolus, i. 364;self-impotence of hybrids of, ii.139.Gladiolus colvillii, bud-variation in, i. 382.Glands, compensatory development of, ii.300.Glastonburythorn, i. 364.Glenny, Mr., on theCineraria, ii.200.Gloede, F., on strawberries, i. 353.Gloger, on the wings of ducks, ii.298."Glouglou" (pigeon), i. 154.Gloxiniæ, peloric, i. 365, ii.167.Gmelin, on red cats, at Tobolsk, i. 47.Goat, i. 101-102, ii.33;polydactylism in the, ii.14;sexual differences in horns of, ii.73;valued by South Africans, ii.207;Thibet, ii.278;amount of milk and development of udders in the, ii.300;hornless, rudimentary bony cores in, ii.316;Angora, ii.326.Godron, odour of the hairless Turkish dog, i. 30;differences in the skull of dogs, i. 34;increase of breeds of horses, i. 51;crossing of domestic and wild swine, i. 66;on goats, i. 101-102;colour of the skin in fowls, i. 258;bees of north and south of France, i. 297;introduction of the silkworm into Europe, i. 300;variability in the silkworm, i. 304;supposed species of wheat, i. 312-314;onÆgilops triticoides, i. 313;variable presence of barbs in grasses, i. 314;colours of the seeds of maize, i. 321;unity of character in cabbages, i. 323;correlation of colour and odour, i. 325;effect of heat and moisture on the cabbage, i. 325;on the cultivated species ofBrassica, i. 325;on the Rouncival and sugar peas, i. 327;variation in the numbers of peas in the same pod, i. 328;wild vines in Spain, i. 332;on raising peaches from seed, i. 339;supposed specific distinctness of peach and nectarine, i. 340;nectarine producing peaches, i. 341;on the flower ofCorydalis, i. 344;origin and variations of the plum, i. 345;origin of the cherry, i. 347;reversion of single-leaved strawberries, i. 353;five-leaved variety ofFragaria collina, i. 353;supposed immutability of specific characters, i. 358-359;varieties ofRobinia, i. 361;permanency of the simple-leaved ash, i. 362;non-inheritance of certain mutilations, ii.23;wild turnips, carrots, and celery, ii.33;pre-potency of a goat-like ram, ii.66;benefit of change of soil to plants, ii.146;fertility of peloric flowers ofCorydalis solida, ii.167;seeding of ordinarily seedless fruit, ii.168;sexual sterility of plants propagated by buds, &c., ii.169;increase of sugar in beet-root, ii.201;effects of selection in enlarging particular parts of plants, ii.217;growth of the cabbage in the tropics, ii.277;rejection of bitter almonds by mice, ii.232;influence of marshy pasture on the fleece of sheep, ii.278;on the ears of ancient Egyptian pigs, ii.301;primitive distinctness of species, ii.415;solid hoofed swine, ii.429.Goethe, on compensation of growth, ii.342.Goldfish, i. 296-297, ii.236.Gomara, on South American cats, i. 46.Gongora, number of seeds in the, ii.379.Goose, ancient domestication of, i. 287;sacred to Juno in Rome,ibid.;inflexibility of organisation of, i. 288;skull perforated in tufted, i. 288;characters of breeds and sub-breeds of, i. 288-289;variety of, from Sebastopol, i. 289, ii.392;feral in La Plata, i. 190;Egyptian, hybrid of, with penguin duck, ii.68;spontaneous segregation of varieties of, ii.104;fertility of, increased by domestication, ii.112;decreased fertility of, in Bogota, ii.161;sterility of, in the Philippine Islands, ii.162;selection of, ii.204;white, preference of the Romans for the liver of, ii.209;persistency of character in, ii.254;Egyptian, change in breeding season of, ii.304.Gooseberry, i. 354-356;bud-variation in the, i. 376;Whitesmith's, ii.232.Göppert, on monstrous poppies, ii.166.Gosse, P. H., feral dogs in Jamaica, i. 28;feral pigs of Jamaica, i. 77-78;feral rabbits of Jamaica, i. 112;onColumba leucocephala, i. 183;feral Guinea fowl in Jamaica, i. 190;reproduction of individual peculiarities by gemmation in a coral, i. 374;frequency of striped legs in mules, ii.42.Gould, Dr., on hereditary hæmorrhage, ii.7.Gould, John, origin of the turkey, i. 292.Goura coronataandVictoriæ, hybrids of, i. 194, ii.155.Gourds, i. 357;crossing of varieties of, ii.108;ancient Peruvian variety of, ii.429.Gout, inheritance of, ii.7;period of appearance of, ii.77.Graba, on the pigeon of the Faroe islands, i. 183.Grafting, ii.147;effects of, ii.259,278;upon the stock, i. 394-395;upon the variability of trees, ii.259;changes analogous to bud-variation produced by, i. 387, 389.Graft-hybrids, i. 390-391, 394-397, ii.364-365.Grapes, bud-variation in, i. 375;cross of white and purple, i. 393;green, liable to disease, ii.336;effect of foreign pollen on, i. 400.Grasses, seeds of, used as food by savages, i. 307-309.Gray, Asa, superior wild varieties of fruit-trees, i. 310;cultivated native plants of North America, i. 312, 357;non-variation of weeds, i. 317;supposed spontaneous crossing of pumpkins, i. 399;pre-ordination of variation, ii.432;progeny of husked form of maize, i. 320;wild intermediate forms of strawberries, i. 352.Gray, G. R., onColumba gymnocyclus, i. 184.Gray, J. E., onSus pliciceps, i. 70;on a variety of the gold-fish, i. 297;hybrids of the ass and zebra, ii.42-43;on the breeding of animals at Knowsley, ii.149;on the breeding of birds in captivity, ii.157.Greene, J. Reay, on the development of the echinodermata, ii.367.Greenhow, Mr., on a Canadian web-footed dog, i. 39.Greening, Mr., experiments onAbraxas grossulariata, ii.280.Gregson, Mr., experiments onAbraxas grossulariata, ii.280.Grey, Sir George, preservation of seed-bearing plants by the Australian savages, i. 310;detestation of incest by Australian savages, ii.123.Greyhounds, sculptured on Egyptian monuments, and in the Villa of Antoninus, i. 17;modern breed of, i. 41;crossed with the bulldog, by Lord Orford, ii.95;co-ordination of structure of, due to selection, ii.221-222;Italian, ii.227.Greyness, inherited at corresponding periods of life, ii.77.Grieve, Mr., on early-flowering dahlias, i. 370.Grigor, Mr., acclimatisation of the Scotch fir, ii.310.Groom-Napier, C. O., on the webbed feet of the otter-hound, i. 40."Grosses-gorges" (pigeons), i. 137.Ground-tumbler, Indian, i. 150.Grouse, fertility of, in captivity, ii.156.Grönland, hybrids ofÆgilopsand wheat, ii.110.Grus montigresia,cinerea, andAntigone, ii.156.Guanacos, selection of, ii.207.Guans, general fertility of, in captivity, ii.156.Guelder-rose, ii.185.Guelderlandfowls, i. 230.Guiana, selection of dogs by the Indians of, ii.206.Guinea fowl, i. 294;feral in Ascension, and Jamaica, i. 190, ii.33;indifference of to change of climate, ii.161.Guineapig, ii.24,152.Güldenstadt, on the jackal, i. 25.Gull, herring, breeding in confinement, ii.157.Gulls, general sterility of, in captivity, ii.157.Gulo, sterility of, in captivity, ii.152.Günther, A., on tufted ducks and geese, i. 274;on the regeneration of lost parts in batrachia, ii.15.Gurney, Mr., owls breeding in captivity, ii.154;appearance of "black-shouldered" among ordinary peacocks, i. 291.
Gait, inheritance of peculiarities of, ii.6.
GalapagosArchipelago, its peculiar fauna and flora, i. 9.
Galeobdolon luteum, pelorism in, ii.59,345.
Galls, ii.282-284.
Gall-gnats, ii.283.
Gall-likeexcrescences not inherited, ii.23.
Gallinaceousbirds, restricted range of large, i. 237;
general fertility of in captivity, ii.155.
Gallinula chloropus, ii.156.
Gallinula nesiotis, i. 287.
Galton, Mr., fondness of savages for taming animals, i. 20, ii.160;
cattle of Benguela, i. 88;
on hereditary talent, ii.7.
Gallesio, species of oranges, i. 334, 335, 336;
hybridisation of oranges, i. 336;
persistency of races in the peach, i. 339;
supposed specific distinctions of peach and nectarine, i. 340;
Bizzaria orange, i. 391;
crossing of red and white carnations, i. 393;
crossing of the orange and lemon, i. 399, ii.365;
effect of foreign pollen on maize, i. 400;
spontaneous crossing of oranges, ii.91;
monstrosities a cause of sterility in plants, ii.166;
seeding of ordinarily seedless fruits, ii.168;
sterility of the sugar cane, ii.169;
tendency of male flowers to become double, ii.171;
effects of selection in enlarging fruit, &c., ii.217;
variation of the orange tree in North Italy, ii.256;
naturalisation of the orange in Italy, ii.309.
Gallus æneus, a hybrid ofG. variusand the domestic fowl, i. 235.
Gallus bankiva, probable original of domestic fowls, i. 233, 236-239, 245;
game-fowl, nearest to, i. 226;
crossed withG. Sonneratii, i. 234;
its character and habits, i. 235-236, ii.109;
differences of various breeds of fowls from, i. 260;
occipital foramen of, figured, i. 261;
skull of, figured, i. 262;
cervical vertebra of, figured, i. 267;
furcula of, figured, i. 268;
reversion to, in crossed fowls, ii.39-40;
hybrid of, withG. varius, i. 235, ii.40;
number of eggs of, ii.112.
Gallus ferrugineus, i. 226.
Gallus furcatus, i. 234.
Gallus giganteus, i. 235.
Gallus Sonneratii, characters and habits of, i. 233;
hybrids of, i. 234, ii.45.
Gallus Stanleyi, hybrids of, i. 234.
Gallus Temminckii, probably a hybrid, i. 235.
Gallus varius, character and habits of, i. 234;
hybrids and probable hybrids of, i. 234-235.
Gambier, Lord, his early cultivation of the pansy, i. 368.
Game-fowl, i. 226, 250, 251, 252.
Gapes, ii.228.
Garcilazode la Vega, annual hunts of the Peruvian Incas, ii.207.
Garnett, Mr., migratory propensities of hybrid ducks, ii.45.
Garrod, Dr., on hereditary gout, ii.7.
Gasparini, a genus of pumpkins, founded on stigmatic characters, i. 359.
Gaudichaud, bud-variation in the pear, i. 376;
apple tree with two kinds of fruit on branch, i. 392.
Gaudry, anomalous structure in the feet of horses, i. 50.
Gay, onFragaria grandiflora, i. 351;
onViola luteaandtricolor, i. 368;
on the nectary ofViola grandiflora, i. 369.
Gayal, domestication of the, i. 82.
Gayot,seeMoll.
Gärtner, on the sterility of hybrids, i. 192, ii.101;
acquired sterility of varieties of plants when crossed, i. 358;
sterility in transplanted plants, and in the lilac in Germany, ii.164;
mutual sterility of blue and red flowers of the pimpernel, ii.190;
supposed rules of transmission in crossing plants, ii.68;
on crossing plants, ii.98,127,130,131;
on repeated crossing, ii.267;
absorption of one species by another, when crossed, ii.88;
crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397;
crossing maize, ii.105;
crossing of species ofVerbascum, ii.93,105;
reversion in hybrids, ii.36,49,50;
ofCereus, i. 392;
ofTropæolum majusandminus, i. 392;
variability of hybrids, ii.265;
variable hybrids from one variable parent, ii.270;
graft hybrid produced by inosculation in the vine, i. 395;
effect produced by grafts on the stock, i. 394, ii.278;
tendency of hybrid plants to produce double flowers, ii.171;
production of perfect fruit by sterile hybrids, ii.172;
sexual elective affinity, ii.180;
self-impotence inLobelia,Verbascum,Lilium, andPassiflora, ii.136-137;
on the action of pollen, ii.108;
fertilisation ofMalva, i. 402-403, ii.363;
prepotency of pollen, ii.187;
prepotency of transmission in species ofNicotiana, ii.67;
bud-variation inPelargonium zonale, i. 375;
inŒnothera biennis, i. 382;
inAchillæa millefolium, i. 408;
effect of manure on the fertility of plants, ii.163;
on contabescence, ii.165-166;
inheritance of plasticity, ii.241;
villosity of plants, ii.277.
Geese(anseres) general fertility of, in captivity, ii.157.
Gegenbaur, on the number of digits, ii.13.
Gemmationand fission, ii.358.
Gemmules, or cell-gemmules, ii.374,378-381,384.
Genet, fertility of the, in captivity, ii.151.
Generation, alternate, ii.361,367,390.
Generation, sexual, ii.359-364.
Genius, inheritance of, ii.7.
Gentiana amarella, ii.168.
GeoffroySaint-Hilaire, production of monstrous chickens, ii.289;
"Loi de l'affinité de soi pour soi," ii.339;
compensation of growth, ii.342.
GeoffroySaint-Hilaire, Isid., origin of the dog, i. 66;
barking of a jackal, i. 27;
period of gestation and odour of the jackal, i. 30;
anomalies in the teeth of dogs, i. 34;
variations in the proportions of dogs, i. 35;
webbed feet of Newfoundland dogs, i. 39;
crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44;
domestication of the arni, i. 82;
supposed introduction of cattle into Europe from the East,ibid.;
absence of interdigital pits in sheep, i. 95;
origin of the goat, i. 101;
feral geese, i. 190;
ancient history of the fowl, i. 246;
skull of the Polish fowl, i. 262;
preference of the Romans for the liver of white geese, i. 289;
polydactylism, ii.12;
assumption of male characters by female birds, ii.51;
supernumerary mammæ in women, ii.58;
development of a proboscis in the pig,ibid.;
transmission and blending of characters in hybrids, ii.94;
refusal of animals to breed in captivity, ii.149;
on the Guinea pig, ii.152;
silkworms producing white cocoons, ii.199;
on the carp, ii.236;
onHelix lactea, ii.280;
on monstrosities, ii.254;
injury to the embryo a cause of monstrosity, ii.269;
alteration in the coat of horses in coal mines, ii.278;
length of the intestines in wild and tame animals, ii.302-303;
inheritance of rudimentary limbs in the dog, ii.315;
correlation in monstrosities, ii.320;
supernumerary digits in man, ii.322;
co-existence of anomalies, ii.331;
fusion of homologous parts, ii.341-342;
presence of hairs and teeth in ovarian tumours, ii.370;
development of teeth on the palate in the horse, ii.391.
Geographicaldifferences of faunas, i. 10.
Geologicalsuccession of organisms, i. 11.
Geranium, ii.59.
Geranium phæumandpyrenaicum, ii.258.
Geranium pratense, i. 379.
Gerard, asserted climatal change in Burgundian bees, i. 297.
Gerarde, on varieties of the hyacinth, i. 370.
Gerstäcker, on hive-bees, i. 299.
Gervais, Prof., origin of the dog, i. 16;
resemblance of dogs and jackals, i. 24;
taming of the jackal, i. 26;
number of teeth in dogs, i. 34;
breeds of dogs, i. 36;
on tertiary horses, i. 51;
biblical notices of horses, i. 55;
species ofOvis, i. 94;
wild and domestic rabbits, i. 103;
rabbits from Mount Sinai and Algeria, i. 105;
earless rabbits, i. 108;
batrachia with doubled limbs, ii.391.
Gestation, period of, in the dog, wolf, &c, i. 29-30;
in the pig, i. 74;
in cattle, i. 87, ii.321;
in sheep, i. 97.
Gestures, inheritance of peculiarities in, ii.6.
"Ghoondooks" a sub-breed of fowls, i. 229.
Ghor-Khur, ii.42.
Giles, Mr., effect of cross-breeding in the pig, i. 404.
Giraffe, co-ordination of structure of, ii.221.
Girard, period of appearance of permanent teeth in dogs, i. 35.
Giroude Buzareingues, inheritance in the horse, ii.10;
reversion by age in cattle, ii.38;
prepotency of transmission of character in sheep and cattle, ii.66;
on crossing gourds, ii.108.
Gisburne, wild cattle at, i. 84.
Gladiolus, i. 364;
self-impotence of hybrids of, ii.139.
Gladiolus colvillii, bud-variation in, i. 382.
Glands, compensatory development of, ii.300.
Glastonburythorn, i. 364.
Glenny, Mr., on theCineraria, ii.200.
Gloede, F., on strawberries, i. 353.
Gloger, on the wings of ducks, ii.298.
"Glouglou" (pigeon), i. 154.
Gloxiniæ, peloric, i. 365, ii.167.
Gmelin, on red cats, at Tobolsk, i. 47.
Goat, i. 101-102, ii.33;
polydactylism in the, ii.14;
sexual differences in horns of, ii.73;
valued by South Africans, ii.207;
Thibet, ii.278;
amount of milk and development of udders in the, ii.300;
hornless, rudimentary bony cores in, ii.316;
Angora, ii.326.
Godron, odour of the hairless Turkish dog, i. 30;
differences in the skull of dogs, i. 34;
increase of breeds of horses, i. 51;
crossing of domestic and wild swine, i. 66;
on goats, i. 101-102;
colour of the skin in fowls, i. 258;
bees of north and south of France, i. 297;
introduction of the silkworm into Europe, i. 300;
variability in the silkworm, i. 304;
supposed species of wheat, i. 312-314;
onÆgilops triticoides, i. 313;
variable presence of barbs in grasses, i. 314;
colours of the seeds of maize, i. 321;
unity of character in cabbages, i. 323;
correlation of colour and odour, i. 325;
effect of heat and moisture on the cabbage, i. 325;
on the cultivated species ofBrassica, i. 325;
on the Rouncival and sugar peas, i. 327;
variation in the numbers of peas in the same pod, i. 328;
wild vines in Spain, i. 332;
on raising peaches from seed, i. 339;
supposed specific distinctness of peach and nectarine, i. 340;
nectarine producing peaches, i. 341;
on the flower ofCorydalis, i. 344;
origin and variations of the plum, i. 345;
origin of the cherry, i. 347;
reversion of single-leaved strawberries, i. 353;
five-leaved variety ofFragaria collina, i. 353;
supposed immutability of specific characters, i. 358-359;
varieties ofRobinia, i. 361;
permanency of the simple-leaved ash, i. 362;
non-inheritance of certain mutilations, ii.23;
wild turnips, carrots, and celery, ii.33;
pre-potency of a goat-like ram, ii.66;
benefit of change of soil to plants, ii.146;
fertility of peloric flowers ofCorydalis solida, ii.167;
seeding of ordinarily seedless fruit, ii.168;
sexual sterility of plants propagated by buds, &c., ii.169;
increase of sugar in beet-root, ii.201;
effects of selection in enlarging particular parts of plants, ii.217;
growth of the cabbage in the tropics, ii.277;
rejection of bitter almonds by mice, ii.232;
influence of marshy pasture on the fleece of sheep, ii.278;
on the ears of ancient Egyptian pigs, ii.301;
primitive distinctness of species, ii.415;
solid hoofed swine, ii.429.
Goethe, on compensation of growth, ii.342.
Goldfish, i. 296-297, ii.236.
Gomara, on South American cats, i. 46.
Gongora, number of seeds in the, ii.379.
Goose, ancient domestication of, i. 287;
sacred to Juno in Rome,ibid.;
inflexibility of organisation of, i. 288;
skull perforated in tufted, i. 288;
characters of breeds and sub-breeds of, i. 288-289;
variety of, from Sebastopol, i. 289, ii.392;
feral in La Plata, i. 190;
Egyptian, hybrid of, with penguin duck, ii.68;
spontaneous segregation of varieties of, ii.104;
fertility of, increased by domestication, ii.112;
decreased fertility of, in Bogota, ii.161;
sterility of, in the Philippine Islands, ii.162;
selection of, ii.204;
white, preference of the Romans for the liver of, ii.209;
persistency of character in, ii.254;
Egyptian, change in breeding season of, ii.304.
Gooseberry, i. 354-356;
bud-variation in the, i. 376;
Whitesmith's, ii.232.
Göppert, on monstrous poppies, ii.166.
Gosse, P. H., feral dogs in Jamaica, i. 28;
feral pigs of Jamaica, i. 77-78;
feral rabbits of Jamaica, i. 112;
onColumba leucocephala, i. 183;
feral Guinea fowl in Jamaica, i. 190;
reproduction of individual peculiarities by gemmation in a coral, i. 374;
frequency of striped legs in mules, ii.42.
Gould, Dr., on hereditary hæmorrhage, ii.7.
Gould, John, origin of the turkey, i. 292.
Goura coronataandVictoriæ, hybrids of, i. 194, ii.155.
Gourds, i. 357;
crossing of varieties of, ii.108;
ancient Peruvian variety of, ii.429.
Gout, inheritance of, ii.7;
period of appearance of, ii.77.
Graba, on the pigeon of the Faroe islands, i. 183.
Grafting, ii.147;
effects of, ii.259,278;
upon the stock, i. 394-395;
upon the variability of trees, ii.259;
changes analogous to bud-variation produced by, i. 387, 389.
Graft-hybrids, i. 390-391, 394-397, ii.364-365.
Grapes, bud-variation in, i. 375;
cross of white and purple, i. 393;
green, liable to disease, ii.336;
effect of foreign pollen on, i. 400.
Grasses, seeds of, used as food by savages, i. 307-309.
Gray, Asa, superior wild varieties of fruit-trees, i. 310;
cultivated native plants of North America, i. 312, 357;
non-variation of weeds, i. 317;
supposed spontaneous crossing of pumpkins, i. 399;
pre-ordination of variation, ii.432;
progeny of husked form of maize, i. 320;
wild intermediate forms of strawberries, i. 352.
Gray, G. R., onColumba gymnocyclus, i. 184.
Gray, J. E., onSus pliciceps, i. 70;
on a variety of the gold-fish, i. 297;
hybrids of the ass and zebra, ii.42-43;
on the breeding of animals at Knowsley, ii.149;
on the breeding of birds in captivity, ii.157.
Greene, J. Reay, on the development of the echinodermata, ii.367.
Greenhow, Mr., on a Canadian web-footed dog, i. 39.
Greening, Mr., experiments onAbraxas grossulariata, ii.280.
Gregson, Mr., experiments onAbraxas grossulariata, ii.280.
Grey, Sir George, preservation of seed-bearing plants by the Australian savages, i. 310;
detestation of incest by Australian savages, ii.123.
Greyhounds, sculptured on Egyptian monuments, and in the Villa of Antoninus, i. 17;
modern breed of, i. 41;
crossed with the bulldog, by Lord Orford, ii.95;
co-ordination of structure of, due to selection, ii.221-222;
Italian, ii.227.
Greyness, inherited at corresponding periods of life, ii.77.
Grieve, Mr., on early-flowering dahlias, i. 370.
Grigor, Mr., acclimatisation of the Scotch fir, ii.310.
Groom-Napier, C. O., on the webbed feet of the otter-hound, i. 40.
"Grosses-gorges" (pigeons), i. 137.
Ground-tumbler, Indian, i. 150.
Grouse, fertility of, in captivity, ii.156.
Grönland, hybrids ofÆgilopsand wheat, ii.110.
Grus montigresia,cinerea, andAntigone, ii.156.
Guanacos, selection of, ii.207.
Guans, general fertility of, in captivity, ii.156.
Guelder-rose, ii.185.
Guelderlandfowls, i. 230.
Guiana, selection of dogs by the Indians of, ii.206.
Guinea fowl, i. 294;
feral in Ascension, and Jamaica, i. 190, ii.33;
indifference of to change of climate, ii.161.
Guineapig, ii.24,152.
Güldenstadt, on the jackal, i. 25.
Gull, herring, breeding in confinement, ii.157.
Gulls, general sterility of, in captivity, ii.157.
Gulo, sterility of, in captivity, ii.152.
Günther, A., on tufted ducks and geese, i. 274;
on the regeneration of lost parts in batrachia, ii.15.
Gurney, Mr., owls breeding in captivity, ii.154;
appearance of "black-shouldered" among ordinary peacocks, i. 291.