Jack, Mr., effect of foreign pollen on grapes, i. 400.Jackal, i. 24, 27, 30;hybrids of, with the dog, i. 32;prepotency of, over the dog, ii.67.Jacobinpigeon, i. 154, 208.Jacquemet-Bonnefort, on the mulberry, i. 334.Jaguar, with crooked legs, i. 17.Jamaica, feral dogs of, i. 28;feral pigs of, i. 77;feral rabbits of, i. 112.Japan, horses of, i. 53.Japanesepig (figured), i. 69.Jardine, Sir W., crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44.Jarves, J., silkworm in the Sandwich islands, i. 301.Java, Fantail pigeon in, i. 148.Javaneseponies, i. 53, 59.Jemmy Button, i. 309.Jenyns, L., whiteness of ganders, i. 288;sunfish-like variety of the goldfish, i. 297.Jerdon, J. C., number of eggs laid by the pea-hen, ii.112;origin of domestic fowl, i. 237.Jersey, arborescent cabbages of, i. 323.Jessamine, i. 394.Jeitteles, Hungarian sheep-dogs, i. 24;crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44.John, King, importation of stallions from Flanders by, ii.203.Johnson, D., occurrence of stripes on young wild pigs in India, i. 76.Jordan, A., on Vibert's experiments on the vine, i. 332;origin of varieties of the apple, i. 350;varieties of pears found wild in woods, ii.260.Jourdan, parthenogenesis in the silk moth, ii.364.Juan de Nova, wild dogs on, i. 27.Juan Fernandez, dumb dogs on, i. 27.Juglans regia, i. 356-357.Jukes, Prof., origin of the Newfoundland dog, i. 42.Julien, Stanislas, early domestication of pigs in China, i. 68;antiquity of the domestication of the silk-worm in China, i. 300.Jumpers, a breed of fowls, i. 230.Juniper, variations of the, i. 361, 364.Juniperus suecica, i. 361.Jussiæa grandiflora, ii.170.Jussieu, A. de, structure of the pappus inCarthamus, ii.316.Kail, Scotch, reversion in, ii.32."Kala-par" pigeon, i. 142.Kales, i. 323.Kalm, P., on maize, i. 322, ii.307;introduction of wheat into Canada, i. 315;sterility of trees growing in marshes and dense woods, ii.170."KalmiLotan," tumbler pigeon, i. 151.Kane, Dr., on Esquimaux dogs, i. 21.Karakoolsheep, i. 98.Karkeek, on inheritance in the horse, ii.10."KarmelitenTaube," i. 156.KarstenonPulex penetrans, ii.275.Kattywarhorses, i. 58.Keeley, R., pelorism inGaleobdolon luteum, ii.59.Kerneron the culture of Alpine plants, ii.163.Kestrel, breeding in captivity, ii.154."Khandési," i. 141.Khang-hi, selection of a variety of rice by, ii.205.Kiang, ii.43.Kidd, on the canary bird, i. 77, ii.275.KidneyBean, i. 371;varieties of, ii.256,275.Kidneys, compensatory development of the, ii.300;fusion of the, ii.341;shape of, in birds, influenced by the form of the pelvis, ii.344.King, Col., domestication of rock doves from the Orkneys, i. 184, 185.King, P. S., on the Dingo, i. 21, 28.Kirbyand Spence, on the growth of galls, ii.283.Kirghisiansheep, i. 98.Kite, breeding in captivity, ii.154.Kleine, variability of bees, i. 298.Knight, Andrew, on crossing horses of different breeds, i. 51;crossing varieties of peas, i. 326, ii.129;persistency of varieties of peas, i. 329;origin of the peach, i. 338;hybridisation of the morello by the Elton cherry, i. 347;on seedling cherries,ibid.;variety of the apple not attacked by coccus, i. 349;intercrossing of strawberries, i, 351, 352;broad variety of the cock's comb, i. 365;bud variation in the cherry and plum, i. 375;crossing of white and purple grapes, i. 393;experiments in crossing apples, i. 402, ii.129;hereditary disease in plants, ii.11;on interbreeding, ii.116;crossed varieties of wheat, ii.130;necessity of intercrossing in plants, ii.175;on variation, ii.256,257;effects of grafting, i. 387, ii.278;bud-variation in a plum, ii.289;compulsory flowering of early potatoes, ii.343;correlated variation of head and limbs, ii.323.Knox, Mr., breeding of the eagle owl in captivity, ii.154.Koch, degeneracy in the turnip, i. 325.Kohlrabi, i. 323.Kölreuter, reversion in hybrids, i. 392, ii.36;acquired sterility of crossed varieties of plants, i. 358, ii.101;absorption ofMirabilis vulgarisbyM. longiflora, ii.88;crosses of species ofVerbascum, ii.93,107;on the hollyhock, ii.107;crossing varieties of tobacco, ii.108;benefits of crossing plants, ii.130,131,175-176;self-impotence inVerbascum, ii.136,141;effects of conditions of growth upon fertility inMirabilis, ii.164;great development of tubers in hybrid plants, ii.172;inheritance of plasticity, ii.241;variability of hybrids ofMirabilis, ii.265;repeated crossing a cause of variation, ii.267-268;number of pollen-grains necessary for fertilization, ii.363."Krauseschwein," i. 67.Krohn, on the double reproduction of Medusæ, ii.384."Kropf-Tauben," i. 137.Labat, on the tusks of feral bears in the West Indies, i. 77;on French wheat grown in the West Indies, ii.307;on the culture of the vine in the West Indies, ii.308.Laburnum, Adam's, seeCytisus Adami;oak-leaved, reversion of, i. 382;pelorism in the, ii.346;Waterer's, i. 390.Lachmann, on gemmation and fission, ii.358.Lachnanthes tinctoria, ii.227,336.Lactation, imperfect, hereditary, ii.8;deficient, of wild animals in captivity, ii.158.Ladroneislands, cattle of, i. 86.Laing, Mr., resemblance of Norwegian and Devonshire cattle, i. 82.Lake-dwellings, sheep of, i. 94, ii.427;cattle of, ii.427;absence of the fowl in, i. 246;cultivated plants of, i. 309, ii.427,429;cereals of, i. 317-319;peas found in, i. 326;beans found in, i. 330.Lamare-Piquot, observations on half-bred North American wolves, i. 22.Lambert, A. B., onThuja pendulaorfiliformis, i. 362.Lambertfamily, ii.4,76.Lambertyeon strawberries, i. 351, 352;five-leaved variety ofFragaria collina, i. 353.Landt, L., on sheep in the Faroe islands, ii.103.La Plata, wild dogs of, i. 27;feral cat from, i. 47.Larch, ii.310.Larkspurs, insect agency necessary for the full fecundation of, ii.21.Larus argentatus, ii.157.Larus tridactylus, ii.302.Lasterye, merino sheep in different countries, i. 99.Latentcharacters, ii.51-56.Latham, on the fowl not breeding in the extreme north, ii.161.Lathyrus, ii.38.Lathyrus aphaca, ii.343.Lathyrus odoratus, ii.20,91,93,311,393.La Touche, J. D., on a Canadian apple with dimidiate fruit, i. 392-393."Latz-Taube," i. 154.Laugherpigeon, i. 155, 207.Laurus sassafras, ii.274.Lawrence, J., production of a new breed of fox-hounds, i. 40;occurrence of canines in mares, i. 50;on three-parts-bred horses, i. 54;on inheritance in the horse, ii.10-11.Lawson, Mr., varieties of the potato, i. 330.Laxton, Mr., bud-variation in the gooseberry, i. 376;crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397-398;double-flowered peas, ii.168.Layard, E. L., resemblance of a Caffre dog to the Esquimaux breed, i. 25, ii.286;crossing of the domestic cat withFelis Caffra, i. 44;feral pigeons in Ascension, i. 190;domestic pigeons of Ceylon, i. 206;onGallus Stanleyi, i. 234;on black-skinned Ceylonese fowls, i. 256.Le Comptefamily, blindness inherited in, ii.78.Lecoq, bud-variation inMirabilis jalapa, i. 382;hybrids ofMirabilis, i. 393, ii.169,265;crossing in plants, ii.127;fecundation ofPassiflora, ii.137;hybridGladiolus, ii.139;sterility ofRanunculus ficaria, ii.170;villosity in plants, ii.277;double asters, ii.316.Le Couteur, J., varieties of wheat, i. 313-315;acclimatisation of exotic wheat in Europe, i. 315;adaptation of wheat to soil and climate, i. 316;selection of seed-corn, i. 318;on change of soil, ii.147;selection of wheat, ii.200;natural selection in wheat, ii.233;cattle of Jersey, ii.234.Ledger, Mr., on the Llama and Alpaca, ii.208.Lee, Mr., his early culture of the pansy, i. 368.Leersia oryzoides, ii.91.Lefour, period of gestation in cattle, i. 87.Legs, of fowls, effects of disuse on, i. 270-272;characters and variations of, in ducks, i. 284-288;fusion of, ii.341.Leguat, cattle of the Cape of Good Hope, i. 88.Lehmann, occurrence of wild double-flowered plants near a hot spring, ii.168.Leighton, W. A., propagation of a weeping yew by seed, ii.19.Leitner, effects of the removal of anthers, ii.167.Lemming, ii.152.Lemoine, variegatedSymphytumandPhlox, i. 384.Lemon, i. 334, 335;orange fecundated by pollen of the, i. 399.Lemurs, hybrid, ii.153.Leporides, ii.98-99,152.Lepsius, figures of ancient Egyptian dogs, i. 17;domestication of pigeons in ancient Egypt, i. 204.Leptotes, ii.134.Lepus glacialis, i. 111.Lepus magellanicus, i. 112.Lepus nigripes, i. 108.Lepus tibetanus, i. 111.Lepus variabilis, i. 111.Lereboullet, double monsters of fishes, ii.340.Leslie, on Scotch wild cattle, i. 85.Lesson, onLepus magellanicus, i. 112.Leuckarton the larva of Cecidomyidæ, ii.360.Lewis, G., cattle of the West Indies, ii.229.Lherbetteand Quatrefages, on the horses of Circassia, ii.102,225.Liebig, differences in human blood, according to complexion, ii.276.Liebreich, occurrence of pigmentary retinitis in deaf-mutes, ii.328.Lichens, sterility in, ii.171.Lichtenstein, resemblance of Bosjesman's dogs toCanis mesomelas, i. 25;Newfoundland dog at the Cape of Good Hope, i. 36.Lilacs, ii.164.Liliaceæ, contabescence in, ii.165.Lilium candidum, ii.137.Limbs, regeneration of, ii.376-377.Limbsand head, correlated variation of, ii.323.Lime, effect of, upon shells of the mollusca, ii.280.Limetree, changes of by age, i. 364, 387.Limitation, sexual, ii.71-75.Limitation, supposed, of variation, ii.416.Linaria, pelorism in, ii.58,61,346;peloric, crossed with the normal form, ii.70;sterility of, ii.166.Linaria vulgarisandpurpurea, hybrids of, ii.94.Lindley, John, classification of varieties of cabbages, i. 324;origin of the peach, i. 338;influence of soil on peaches and nectarines, i. 340;varieties of the peach and nectarine, i. 343;on the New Town pippin, i. 349;freedom of the Winter Majetin apple from coccus, i. 349;production of monœcious Hautbois strawberries by bud-selection, i. 353;origin of the large tawny nectarine, i. 375;bud-variation in the gooseberry, i. 376;hereditary disease in plants, ii.11;on double flowers, ii.167;seeding of ordinarily seedless fruits, ii.168;sterility ofAcorus calamus, ii.170;resistance of individual plants to cold, ii.309.Linnæus, summer and winter wheat regarded as distinct species by, i. 315;on the single-leaved strawberry, i. 353;sterility of Alpine plants in gardens, ii.163;recognition of individual reindeer by the Laplanders, ii.251;growth of tobacco in Sweden, ii.307.Linnet, ii.158.Linota cannabina, ii.158.Linum, ii.165.Lion, fertility of, in captivity, ii.150,151.Lipari, feral rabbits of, i. 113.Livingstone, Dr., striped young pigs on the Zambesi, i. 77;domestic rabbits at Loanda, i. 112;use of grass-seeds as food in Africa, i. 308;planting of fruit-trees by the Batokas, i. 309;character of half-castes, ii.46;taming of animals among the Barotse, ii.160;selection practised in South Africa, ii.207,209.Livingstone, Mr., disuse a cause of drooping ears, ii.301.Lizards, reproduction of tail in, ii.294;with a double tail, ii.341.Llama, selection of, ii.208.Lloyd, Mr., taming of the wolf, i. 26;English dogs in northern Europe, i. 36;fertility of the goose increased by domestication, i. 288;number of eggs laid by the wild goose, ii.112;breeding of the capercailzie in captivity, ii.156.Loanda, domestic rabbits at, i. 112.Loasa, hybrid of two species of, ii.98.Lobelia, reversion in hybrids of, ii.392;contabescence in, ii.166.Lobelia fulgens,cardinalis, andsyphilitica, ii.136.Lockhart, Dr., on Chinese pigeons, i. 206.Locust-tree, ii.274.Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, originals of cultivated plants, i. 307;Mongolian varieties of wheat, i. 313;characters of the ear in wheat, i. 314;acclimatisation of exotic wheat in Europe, i. 315;effect of change of climate on wheat, i. 316;on the supposed necessity of the coincident variation of weeds and cultivated plants, i. 317;advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.146.Lolium temulentum, variable presence of barbs in, i. 314.Long-tailedsheep, i. 94, 95.Loochooislands, horses of, i. 53.Lord, J. K., on Canis latrans, i. 22."Lori rajah," how produced, ii.280.Lorius garrulus, ii.280."Lotan," tumbler pigeon, i. 150.Loudon, J. W., varieties of the carrot, i. 326;short duration of varieties of peas, i. 329;on the glands of peach-leaves, i. 343;presence of bloom on Russian apples, i. 349;origin of varieties of the apple, i. 350;varieties of the gooseberry, i. 354;on the nut tree, i. 357;varieties of the ash, i. 360;fastigate juniper (J. suecica), i. 361;onIlex aquifolium ferox, i. 362;varieties of the Scotch fir, i. 363;varieties of the hawthorn,ibid.;variation in the persistency of leaves on the elm and Turkish oak, i. 363;importance of cultivated varieties,ibid.;varieties ofRosa spinosissima, i. 367;variation of dahlias from the same seed, i. 370;production of Provence roses from seeds of the moss rose, i. 380;effect of grafting the purple-leaved upon the common hazel, i. 395;nearly evergreen Cornish variety of the elm, ii.310.Low, G., on the pigs of the Orkney islands, i. 70.Low, Prof., pedigrees of greyhounds, ii.3;origin of the dog, i. 10;burrowing instinct of a half-bred Dingo, i. 28;inheritance of qualities in horses, i. 51;comparative powers of English race-horses, Arabs, &c., i. 54;British breeds of cattle, i. 80;wild cattle of Chartley, i. 84;effect of abundance of food on the size of cattle, i. 91;effects of climate on the skin of cattle, i. 92, ii.326;on interbreeding, ii.116;selection in Hereford cattle, ii.214;formation of new breeds, ii.244;on "sheeted" cattle, ii.349.Lowe, Mr., on hive bees, i. 299.Lowe, Rev. Mr., on the range ofPyrus malusandP. acerba, i. 348."Lowtan" tumbler pigeon, i. 150.Loxia pyrrhula, ii.154.Lubbock, Sir J., developments of the Ephemeridæ, ii.366.Lucas, P., effects of cross-breeding on the female, i. 404;hereditary diseases, ii.7,78-79;hereditary affections of the eye, ii.9-10;inheritance of anomalies in the human eye and in that of the horse, ii.10,11;inheritance of polydactylism, ii.13;morbid uniformity in the same family, ii.17;inheritance of mutilations, ii.23;persistency of cross-reversion, ii.35;persistency of character in breeds of animals in wild countries, ii.64;prepotency of transmission, ii.65,68;supposed rules of transmission in crossing animals, ii.68;sexual limitations of transmission of peculiarities, ii.72-73;absorption of the minority in crossed races, ii.88;crosses without blending of certain characters, ii.92;on interbreeding, ii.116;variability dependent on reproduction, ii.250;period of action of variability, ii.260;inheritance of deafness in cats, ii.329;complexion and constitution, ii.335.Lucaze-Duthiers, structure and growth of galls, ii.282-284.Luizet, grafting of a peach-almond on a peach, i. 338.Lütke, cats of the Caroline Archipelago, i. 47.Luxuriance, of vegetative organs, a cause of sterility in plants, ii.168-171.Lyonnet, on the scission ofNais, ii.358.Lysimachia nummularia, sterility of, ii.170.Lythrum, trimorphic species of, ii.400.Lythrum salicaria, ii.183;contabescence in, ii.166.Lytta vesicatoria, affecting the kidneys, ii.380.Macacus, species of, bred in captivity, ii.153.Macaulay, Lord, improvement of the English horse, ii.213.McClelland, Dr., variability of fresh-water fishes in India, ii.259.McCoy, Prof., on the dingo, i. 26.Macfayden, influence of soil in producing sweet or bitter oranges from the same seed, i. 335.Macgillivray, domestication of the rock-dove, i. 185;feral pigeons in Scotland, i. 190;number of vertebræ in birds, i. 266;on wild geese, i. 287;number of eggs of wild and tame ducks, ii.112.Mackenzie, Sir G., peculiar variety of the potato, i. 330.Mackenzie, P., bud-variation in the currant, i. 376.Mackinnon, Mr., horses of the Falkland islands, i. 52;feral cattle of the Falkland islands, i. 86.MacKnight, C., on interbreeding cattle, ii.118.MacNab, Mr., on seedling weeping birches, ii.18;non-production of the weeping beech by seed, ii.19.Madagascar, cats of, i. 47.Madden, H., on interbreeding cattle, ii.118.Madeira, rock pigeon of, i. 184.Magnolia grandiflora, ii.308.Maize, its unity of origin, i. 320;antiquity of,ibid.;with husked grains said to grow wild,ibid.;variation of, i. 321;irregularities in the flowers of, i. 321;persistence of varieties,ibid.;adaptation of to climate, i. 322, ii.307;acclimatisation of, ii.313,347;crossing of, i. 400, ii.104-105;extinct Peruvian varieties of, ii.425.Malayfowl, i. 227.MalayArchipelago, horses of, i. 53;short-tailed cats of, i. 47;striped young wild pigs of, i. 76;ducks of, i. 280.Male, influence of, on the fecundated female, i. 397-406;supposed influence of, on offspring, ii.68.Maleflowers, appearance of, among female flowers in maize, i. 321.Malformations, hereditary, ii.79.Malva, fertilisation of, i. 402, ii.363.Mamestra suasa, ii.157.Mammæ, variable in number in the pig, i. 74;rudimentary, occasional full development of, in cows, i. 87, ii.317;four present in some sheep, i. 95;variable in number in rabbits, i. 106;latent functions of, in male animals, ii.52,317;supernumerary and inguinal, in women, ii.57.Mangles, Mr., annual varieties of the heartsease, ii.305.Mantell, Mr., taming of birds by the New Zealanders, ii.161.Manu, domestic fowl noticed in the Institutes of, i. 246.Manure, effect of, on the fertility of plants, ii.163.Manxcats, i. 46, ii.66.Marcelde Serres, fertility of the ostrich, ii.156.Marianneislands, varieties ofPandanusin, ii.256.Markham, Gervase, on rabbits, i. 104, ii.204.Markhor, probably one of the parents of the goat, i. 101.Marquand, cattle of the channel islands, i. 80.Marrimpoey, inheritance in the horse, ii.10.Marrow, vegetable, i. 357.Marryatt, Capt., breeding of asses in Kentucky, ii.237.Marsden, notice ofGallus giganteus, i. 235.Marshall, Mr., voluntary selection of pasture by sheep, i. 96;adaptation of wheats to soil and climate, i. 316;"Dutch-buttocked" cattle, ii.8;segregation of herds of sheep, ii.103;advantage of change of soil to wheat and potatoes, ii.146;fashionable change in the horns of cattle, ii.210;sheep in Yorkshire, ii.235.Marshall, Prof., growth of the brain in microcephalous idiots, ii.389.Martens, E. Von, onAchatinella, ii.53.Martin, W. C. L., origin of the dog, i. 16;Egyptian dogs, i. 18;barking of a Mackenzie River dog, i. 27;African hounds in the Tower menagerie, i. 32;on dun horses and dappled asses, i. 55;breeds of the horse, i. 49;wild horses, i. 51;Syrian breeds of asses, i. 62;asses without stripes, i. 63;effects of cross-breeding on the female in dogs, i. 404;striped legs of mules, ii.42.Martins, defective instincts of silkworms, i. 304.Martins, C., fruit trees of Stockholm, ii.307.Mason, W., bud-variation in the ash, i. 382.Masters, Dr., reversion in the spiral-leaved weeping willow, i. 383;on peloric flowers, ii.58;pelorism in a clover, ii.346;position as a cause of pelorism, ii.345,347.Masters, Mr., persistence of varieties of peas, i. 329;reproduction of colour in hyacinths, ii.20;on hollyhocks, ii.107;selection of peas for seed, ii.199-200;onOpuntia leucotricha, ii.286;reversion by the terminal pea in the pod, ii.347.Mastiff, sculptured on an Assyrian monument, i. 17, ii.429;Tibetan, i. 35-36, ii.278.Matthews, Patrick, on forest trees, ii.237.Matthiola annua, i. 399, ii.20.Matthiola incana, i. 381, 399.Mauchamp, merino sheep, i. 100.Mauduyt, crossing of wolves and dogs in the Pyrenees, i. 24.Maund, Mr. crossed varieties of wheat, ii.130.Maupertuis, axiom of "least action," i. 12.Mauritius, importation of goats into, i. 101.Maw, G., correlation of contracted leaves and flowers in pelargoniums, ii.330,331.Mawz, fertility ofBrassica rapa, ii.165.Maxillaria, self-fertilised capsules of, ii.134;number of seeds in, ii.379.Maxillaria atro-rubens, fertilisation of, byM. squalens, ii.133.Mayes, M., self-impotence inAmaryllis, ii.139.Meckel, on the number of digits, ii.13;correlation of abnormal muscles in the leg and arm, ii.322.Medusæ, development of, ii.368,384.Meehan, Mr., comparison of European and American trees, ii.281.Meleagris mexicana, i. 292.Meles taxus, ii.151.Melons, i. 359-360;mongrel, supposed to be produced from a twin-seed, i. 391;crossing of varieties of, i. 399, ii.108,129;inferiority of, in Roman times, ii.216;changes in, by culture and climate, ii.275;serpent, correlation of variations in, ii.330;analogous variations in, ii.349.Membranes, false, ii.294-295.Ménétries, on the stomach ofStrix grallaria, ii.302.Meningitis, tubercular, inherited, ii.78.Metagenesis, ii.366.Metamorphosis, ii.366.Metamorphosisand development, ii.388,389.Metzger, on the supposed species of wheat, i. 312-313;tendency of wheat to vary, i. 315;variation of maize, i. 321-322;cultivation of American maize in Europe, i. 322, ii.347;on cabbages, i. 323-325;acclimatisation of Spanish wheat in Germany, ii.26;advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.146;on rye, ii.254;cultivation of different kinds of wheat, ii.261.Mexico, dog from, with tan spots on the eyes, i. 29;colours of feral horses in, i. 61.Meyen, on sending of bananas, ii.168.Mice, grey and white, colours of, not blended by crossing, ii.92;rejection of bitter almonds by, ii.232;naked, ii.279.Michaux, F., roan-coloured feral horses of Mexico, i. 61;origin of domestic turkey, i. 292;on raising peaches from seed, i. 339.Michel, F., selection of horses in mediæval times, ii.203;horses preferred on account of slight characters, ii.209.Michely, effects of food on caterpillars, ii.280;onBombyx hesperus, ii.304.Microphthalmia, associated with defective teeth, ii.328.Middens, Danish, remains of dogs in, i. 18, ii.427.Mignonette, ii.237,311.Millet, i. 371.Mills, J., diminished fertility of mares when first turned out to grass, ii.161.Milne-Edwards, on the development of the crustacea, ii.368.Milne-Edwards, A., on a crustacean with a monstrous eye-peduncle, ii.391.Milvus niger, ii.154.Mimulus luteus, ii.128.Minor, W. C., gemmation and fission in the Annelida, ii.358.Mirabilis, fertilisation of, ii.363;hybrids of, ii.131,169,265.Mirabilis jalapa, i. 382, 393.Mirabilis longiflora, ii.88.Mirabilis vulgaris, ii.88.MisocampusandCecidomyia, i. 5.Mitchell, Dr., effects of the poison of the rattlesnake, ii.289.Mitford, Mr., notice of the breeding of horses by Erichthonius, ii.202.MoccasCourt, weeping oak at, ii.18.Mogford, horses poisoned by fool's parsley, ii.337.Möller, L., effects of food on insects, ii.281.Moquin-Tandon, original form of maize, i. 320;variety of the double columbine, i. 365;peloric flowers, ii.58-59,61;position as a cause of pelorism in flowers, ii.345;tendency of peloric flowers to become irregular, ii.70;on monstrosities, ii.254;correlation in the axis and appendages of plants, ii.321;fusion of homologous parts in plants, ii.339,341-342;on a bean with monstrous stipules and abortive leaflets, ii.343;conversion of parts of flowers, ii.392.Mole, white, ii.332.Molland Gayot, on cattle, i. 80, ii.96,210.Mollusca, change in shells of, ii.280.Monke, Lady, culture of the pansy by, i. 368.Monkeys, rarely fertile in captivity, ii.153.Monnier, identity of summer and winter wheat, i. 315.Monster, cyclopean, ii.341.Monsters, double, ii.339-340.Monstrosities, occurrence of, in domesticated animals and cultivated plants, i. 366, ii.254;due to persistence of embryonic conditions, ii.57;occurring by reversion, ii.57-60;a cause of sterility, ii.166-167;caused by injury to the embryo, ii.269.Montegazza, growth of a cock's-spur inserted into the eye of an ox, ii.369.Montgomery, E., formation of cells, ii.370.Moor, J. H., deterioration of the horse in Malasia, i. 53.Moorcroft, Mr., on Hasora wheat, i. 313;selection of white-tailed yaks, ii.206;melon of Kaschmir, ii.275;varieties of the apricot cultivated in Ladakh, i. 345;varieties of the walnut cultivated in Kaschmir, i. 356.Moore, Mr., on breeds of pigeons, i. 148, 156, 208, 209, 211.Mooruk, fertility of, in captivity, ii.156.Morlot, dogs of the Danish Middens, i. 18;sheep and horse of the bronze period, ii.427.Mormodes ignea, ii.53.Morocco, estimation of pigeons in, i. 205.Morren, C., on pelorism, ii.58;inCalceolaria, ii.346;non-coincidence of double flowers and variegated leaves, ii.167.Morris, Mr., breeding of the Kestrel in captivity, ii.154.Morton, Lord, effect of fecundation by a quagga on an Arab mare, i. 403-404.Morton, Dr., origin of the dog, i. 16;hybrid of zebra and mare, ii.42.Morus alba, i. 334.Moscow, rabbits of, i. 106, 120;effects of cold on pear-trees at, ii.307.Mosses, sterility in, ii.171;retrogressive metamorphosis in, ii.361.Moss-rose, probable origin of, fromRosa centifolia, i. 379;Provence roses produced from seeds of, i. 380.Mosto, Cada, on the introduction of rabbits into Porto Santo, i. 113.Mottlingof fruits and flowers, i. 400.Moufflon, i. 94.Mountain-ash, ii.230.Mouse, Barbary, ii.152."Möven-taube," i. 148.Mowbray, Mr., on the eggs of game fowls, i. 248;early pugnacity of game cocks, i. 251;diminished fecundity of the pheasant in captivity, ii.155.Mowbray, Mr., reciprocal fecundation ofPassiflora alataandracemosa, ii.137.Mulattos, character of, ii.46.Mulberry, i. 334, ii.256.Muleand hinny, differences in the, ii.67-68.Mules, striped colouring of, ii.42;obstinacy of, ii.45;production of, among the Romans, ii.110;noticed in the Bible, ii.202.Müller, Fritz, reproduction of orchids, ii.134-135;development of crustacea, ii.368;number of seeds in amaxillaria, ii.379.Müller, H., on the face and teeth in dogs, i. 34, 73, ii.345.Müller, J., production of imperfect nails after partial amputation of the fingers, ii.15;tendency to variation, ii.252;atrophy of the optic nerve consequent on destruction of the eye, ii.297;on Janus-like monsters, ii.340;on gemmation and fission, ii.358;identity of ovules and buds, ii.360;special affinities of the tissues, ii.380.Müller, Max, antiquity of agriculture, ii.243.Multiplicityof origin of pigeons, hypotheses of, discussed, i. 188-194.Muniz, F., on Niata cattle, i. 90.Munro, R., on the fertilisation of orchids, ii.133;reproduction ofPassiflora alata, ii.138."Murassa" pigeon, i. 144.Murphy, J. J., the structure of the eye not producible by selection, ii.222.Mus alexandrinus, ii.87-88.Musa sapientum,ChinensisandCavendishii, i. 377.Muscari comosum, ii.185,316.Muscles, effects of use on, ii.297.Muskduck, feral hybrid of, with the common duck, i. 190.Musmon, female, sometimes hornless, i. 95.Mutilations, inheritance or non-inheritance of, ii.22-24,397.Myatt, on a five-leaved variety of the strawberry, i. 353.Myopia, hereditary, ii.8.Myriapoda, regeneration of lost parts in, ii.15,294.
Jack, Mr., effect of foreign pollen on grapes, i. 400.Jackal, i. 24, 27, 30;hybrids of, with the dog, i. 32;prepotency of, over the dog, ii.67.Jacobinpigeon, i. 154, 208.Jacquemet-Bonnefort, on the mulberry, i. 334.Jaguar, with crooked legs, i. 17.Jamaica, feral dogs of, i. 28;feral pigs of, i. 77;feral rabbits of, i. 112.Japan, horses of, i. 53.Japanesepig (figured), i. 69.Jardine, Sir W., crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44.Jarves, J., silkworm in the Sandwich islands, i. 301.Java, Fantail pigeon in, i. 148.Javaneseponies, i. 53, 59.Jemmy Button, i. 309.Jenyns, L., whiteness of ganders, i. 288;sunfish-like variety of the goldfish, i. 297.Jerdon, J. C., number of eggs laid by the pea-hen, ii.112;origin of domestic fowl, i. 237.Jersey, arborescent cabbages of, i. 323.Jessamine, i. 394.Jeitteles, Hungarian sheep-dogs, i. 24;crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44.John, King, importation of stallions from Flanders by, ii.203.Johnson, D., occurrence of stripes on young wild pigs in India, i. 76.Jordan, A., on Vibert's experiments on the vine, i. 332;origin of varieties of the apple, i. 350;varieties of pears found wild in woods, ii.260.Jourdan, parthenogenesis in the silk moth, ii.364.Juan de Nova, wild dogs on, i. 27.Juan Fernandez, dumb dogs on, i. 27.Juglans regia, i. 356-357.Jukes, Prof., origin of the Newfoundland dog, i. 42.Julien, Stanislas, early domestication of pigs in China, i. 68;antiquity of the domestication of the silk-worm in China, i. 300.Jumpers, a breed of fowls, i. 230.Juniper, variations of the, i. 361, 364.Juniperus suecica, i. 361.Jussiæa grandiflora, ii.170.Jussieu, A. de, structure of the pappus inCarthamus, ii.316.
Jack, Mr., effect of foreign pollen on grapes, i. 400.
Jackal, i. 24, 27, 30;
hybrids of, with the dog, i. 32;
prepotency of, over the dog, ii.67.
Jacobinpigeon, i. 154, 208.
Jacquemet-Bonnefort, on the mulberry, i. 334.
Jaguar, with crooked legs, i. 17.
Jamaica, feral dogs of, i. 28;
feral pigs of, i. 77;
feral rabbits of, i. 112.
Japan, horses of, i. 53.
Japanesepig (figured), i. 69.
Jardine, Sir W., crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44.
Jarves, J., silkworm in the Sandwich islands, i. 301.
Java, Fantail pigeon in, i. 148.
Javaneseponies, i. 53, 59.
Jemmy Button, i. 309.
Jenyns, L., whiteness of ganders, i. 288;
sunfish-like variety of the goldfish, i. 297.
Jerdon, J. C., number of eggs laid by the pea-hen, ii.112;
origin of domestic fowl, i. 237.
Jersey, arborescent cabbages of, i. 323.
Jessamine, i. 394.
Jeitteles, Hungarian sheep-dogs, i. 24;
crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44.
John, King, importation of stallions from Flanders by, ii.203.
Johnson, D., occurrence of stripes on young wild pigs in India, i. 76.
Jordan, A., on Vibert's experiments on the vine, i. 332;
origin of varieties of the apple, i. 350;
varieties of pears found wild in woods, ii.260.
Jourdan, parthenogenesis in the silk moth, ii.364.
Juan de Nova, wild dogs on, i. 27.
Juan Fernandez, dumb dogs on, i. 27.
Juglans regia, i. 356-357.
Jukes, Prof., origin of the Newfoundland dog, i. 42.
Julien, Stanislas, early domestication of pigs in China, i. 68;
antiquity of the domestication of the silk-worm in China, i. 300.
Jumpers, a breed of fowls, i. 230.
Juniper, variations of the, i. 361, 364.
Juniperus suecica, i. 361.
Jussiæa grandiflora, ii.170.
Jussieu, A. de, structure of the pappus inCarthamus, ii.316.
Kail, Scotch, reversion in, ii.32."Kala-par" pigeon, i. 142.Kales, i. 323.Kalm, P., on maize, i. 322, ii.307;introduction of wheat into Canada, i. 315;sterility of trees growing in marshes and dense woods, ii.170."KalmiLotan," tumbler pigeon, i. 151.Kane, Dr., on Esquimaux dogs, i. 21.Karakoolsheep, i. 98.Karkeek, on inheritance in the horse, ii.10."KarmelitenTaube," i. 156.KarstenonPulex penetrans, ii.275.Kattywarhorses, i. 58.Keeley, R., pelorism inGaleobdolon luteum, ii.59.Kerneron the culture of Alpine plants, ii.163.Kestrel, breeding in captivity, ii.154."Khandési," i. 141.Khang-hi, selection of a variety of rice by, ii.205.Kiang, ii.43.Kidd, on the canary bird, i. 77, ii.275.KidneyBean, i. 371;varieties of, ii.256,275.Kidneys, compensatory development of the, ii.300;fusion of the, ii.341;shape of, in birds, influenced by the form of the pelvis, ii.344.King, Col., domestication of rock doves from the Orkneys, i. 184, 185.King, P. S., on the Dingo, i. 21, 28.Kirbyand Spence, on the growth of galls, ii.283.Kirghisiansheep, i. 98.Kite, breeding in captivity, ii.154.Kleine, variability of bees, i. 298.Knight, Andrew, on crossing horses of different breeds, i. 51;crossing varieties of peas, i. 326, ii.129;persistency of varieties of peas, i. 329;origin of the peach, i. 338;hybridisation of the morello by the Elton cherry, i. 347;on seedling cherries,ibid.;variety of the apple not attacked by coccus, i. 349;intercrossing of strawberries, i, 351, 352;broad variety of the cock's comb, i. 365;bud variation in the cherry and plum, i. 375;crossing of white and purple grapes, i. 393;experiments in crossing apples, i. 402, ii.129;hereditary disease in plants, ii.11;on interbreeding, ii.116;crossed varieties of wheat, ii.130;necessity of intercrossing in plants, ii.175;on variation, ii.256,257;effects of grafting, i. 387, ii.278;bud-variation in a plum, ii.289;compulsory flowering of early potatoes, ii.343;correlated variation of head and limbs, ii.323.Knox, Mr., breeding of the eagle owl in captivity, ii.154.Koch, degeneracy in the turnip, i. 325.Kohlrabi, i. 323.Kölreuter, reversion in hybrids, i. 392, ii.36;acquired sterility of crossed varieties of plants, i. 358, ii.101;absorption ofMirabilis vulgarisbyM. longiflora, ii.88;crosses of species ofVerbascum, ii.93,107;on the hollyhock, ii.107;crossing varieties of tobacco, ii.108;benefits of crossing plants, ii.130,131,175-176;self-impotence inVerbascum, ii.136,141;effects of conditions of growth upon fertility inMirabilis, ii.164;great development of tubers in hybrid plants, ii.172;inheritance of plasticity, ii.241;variability of hybrids ofMirabilis, ii.265;repeated crossing a cause of variation, ii.267-268;number of pollen-grains necessary for fertilization, ii.363."Krauseschwein," i. 67.Krohn, on the double reproduction of Medusæ, ii.384."Kropf-Tauben," i. 137.
Kail, Scotch, reversion in, ii.32.
"Kala-par" pigeon, i. 142.
Kales, i. 323.
Kalm, P., on maize, i. 322, ii.307;
introduction of wheat into Canada, i. 315;
sterility of trees growing in marshes and dense woods, ii.170.
"KalmiLotan," tumbler pigeon, i. 151.
Kane, Dr., on Esquimaux dogs, i. 21.
Karakoolsheep, i. 98.
Karkeek, on inheritance in the horse, ii.10.
"KarmelitenTaube," i. 156.
KarstenonPulex penetrans, ii.275.
Kattywarhorses, i. 58.
Keeley, R., pelorism inGaleobdolon luteum, ii.59.
Kerneron the culture of Alpine plants, ii.163.
Kestrel, breeding in captivity, ii.154.
"Khandési," i. 141.
Khang-hi, selection of a variety of rice by, ii.205.
Kiang, ii.43.
Kidd, on the canary bird, i. 77, ii.275.
KidneyBean, i. 371;
varieties of, ii.256,275.
Kidneys, compensatory development of the, ii.300;
fusion of the, ii.341;
shape of, in birds, influenced by the form of the pelvis, ii.344.
King, Col., domestication of rock doves from the Orkneys, i. 184, 185.
King, P. S., on the Dingo, i. 21, 28.
Kirbyand Spence, on the growth of galls, ii.283.
Kirghisiansheep, i. 98.
Kite, breeding in captivity, ii.154.
Kleine, variability of bees, i. 298.
Knight, Andrew, on crossing horses of different breeds, i. 51;
crossing varieties of peas, i. 326, ii.129;
persistency of varieties of peas, i. 329;
origin of the peach, i. 338;
hybridisation of the morello by the Elton cherry, i. 347;
on seedling cherries,ibid.;
variety of the apple not attacked by coccus, i. 349;
intercrossing of strawberries, i, 351, 352;
broad variety of the cock's comb, i. 365;
bud variation in the cherry and plum, i. 375;
crossing of white and purple grapes, i. 393;
experiments in crossing apples, i. 402, ii.129;
hereditary disease in plants, ii.11;
on interbreeding, ii.116;
crossed varieties of wheat, ii.130;
necessity of intercrossing in plants, ii.175;
on variation, ii.256,257;
effects of grafting, i. 387, ii.278;
bud-variation in a plum, ii.289;
compulsory flowering of early potatoes, ii.343;
correlated variation of head and limbs, ii.323.
Knox, Mr., breeding of the eagle owl in captivity, ii.154.
Koch, degeneracy in the turnip, i. 325.
Kohlrabi, i. 323.
Kölreuter, reversion in hybrids, i. 392, ii.36;
acquired sterility of crossed varieties of plants, i. 358, ii.101;
absorption ofMirabilis vulgarisbyM. longiflora, ii.88;
crosses of species ofVerbascum, ii.93,107;
on the hollyhock, ii.107;
crossing varieties of tobacco, ii.108;
benefits of crossing plants, ii.130,131,175-176;
self-impotence inVerbascum, ii.136,141;
effects of conditions of growth upon fertility inMirabilis, ii.164;
great development of tubers in hybrid plants, ii.172;
inheritance of plasticity, ii.241;
variability of hybrids ofMirabilis, ii.265;
repeated crossing a cause of variation, ii.267-268;
number of pollen-grains necessary for fertilization, ii.363.
"Krauseschwein," i. 67.
Krohn, on the double reproduction of Medusæ, ii.384.
"Kropf-Tauben," i. 137.
Labat, on the tusks of feral bears in the West Indies, i. 77;on French wheat grown in the West Indies, ii.307;on the culture of the vine in the West Indies, ii.308.Laburnum, Adam's, seeCytisus Adami;oak-leaved, reversion of, i. 382;pelorism in the, ii.346;Waterer's, i. 390.Lachmann, on gemmation and fission, ii.358.Lachnanthes tinctoria, ii.227,336.Lactation, imperfect, hereditary, ii.8;deficient, of wild animals in captivity, ii.158.Ladroneislands, cattle of, i. 86.Laing, Mr., resemblance of Norwegian and Devonshire cattle, i. 82.Lake-dwellings, sheep of, i. 94, ii.427;cattle of, ii.427;absence of the fowl in, i. 246;cultivated plants of, i. 309, ii.427,429;cereals of, i. 317-319;peas found in, i. 326;beans found in, i. 330.Lamare-Piquot, observations on half-bred North American wolves, i. 22.Lambert, A. B., onThuja pendulaorfiliformis, i. 362.Lambertfamily, ii.4,76.Lambertyeon strawberries, i. 351, 352;five-leaved variety ofFragaria collina, i. 353.Landt, L., on sheep in the Faroe islands, ii.103.La Plata, wild dogs of, i. 27;feral cat from, i. 47.Larch, ii.310.Larkspurs, insect agency necessary for the full fecundation of, ii.21.Larus argentatus, ii.157.Larus tridactylus, ii.302.Lasterye, merino sheep in different countries, i. 99.Latentcharacters, ii.51-56.Latham, on the fowl not breeding in the extreme north, ii.161.Lathyrus, ii.38.Lathyrus aphaca, ii.343.Lathyrus odoratus, ii.20,91,93,311,393.La Touche, J. D., on a Canadian apple with dimidiate fruit, i. 392-393."Latz-Taube," i. 154.Laugherpigeon, i. 155, 207.Laurus sassafras, ii.274.Lawrence, J., production of a new breed of fox-hounds, i. 40;occurrence of canines in mares, i. 50;on three-parts-bred horses, i. 54;on inheritance in the horse, ii.10-11.Lawson, Mr., varieties of the potato, i. 330.Laxton, Mr., bud-variation in the gooseberry, i. 376;crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397-398;double-flowered peas, ii.168.Layard, E. L., resemblance of a Caffre dog to the Esquimaux breed, i. 25, ii.286;crossing of the domestic cat withFelis Caffra, i. 44;feral pigeons in Ascension, i. 190;domestic pigeons of Ceylon, i. 206;onGallus Stanleyi, i. 234;on black-skinned Ceylonese fowls, i. 256.Le Comptefamily, blindness inherited in, ii.78.Lecoq, bud-variation inMirabilis jalapa, i. 382;hybrids ofMirabilis, i. 393, ii.169,265;crossing in plants, ii.127;fecundation ofPassiflora, ii.137;hybridGladiolus, ii.139;sterility ofRanunculus ficaria, ii.170;villosity in plants, ii.277;double asters, ii.316.Le Couteur, J., varieties of wheat, i. 313-315;acclimatisation of exotic wheat in Europe, i. 315;adaptation of wheat to soil and climate, i. 316;selection of seed-corn, i. 318;on change of soil, ii.147;selection of wheat, ii.200;natural selection in wheat, ii.233;cattle of Jersey, ii.234.Ledger, Mr., on the Llama and Alpaca, ii.208.Lee, Mr., his early culture of the pansy, i. 368.Leersia oryzoides, ii.91.Lefour, period of gestation in cattle, i. 87.Legs, of fowls, effects of disuse on, i. 270-272;characters and variations of, in ducks, i. 284-288;fusion of, ii.341.Leguat, cattle of the Cape of Good Hope, i. 88.Lehmann, occurrence of wild double-flowered plants near a hot spring, ii.168.Leighton, W. A., propagation of a weeping yew by seed, ii.19.Leitner, effects of the removal of anthers, ii.167.Lemming, ii.152.Lemoine, variegatedSymphytumandPhlox, i. 384.Lemon, i. 334, 335;orange fecundated by pollen of the, i. 399.Lemurs, hybrid, ii.153.Leporides, ii.98-99,152.Lepsius, figures of ancient Egyptian dogs, i. 17;domestication of pigeons in ancient Egypt, i. 204.Leptotes, ii.134.Lepus glacialis, i. 111.Lepus magellanicus, i. 112.Lepus nigripes, i. 108.Lepus tibetanus, i. 111.Lepus variabilis, i. 111.Lereboullet, double monsters of fishes, ii.340.Leslie, on Scotch wild cattle, i. 85.Lesson, onLepus magellanicus, i. 112.Leuckarton the larva of Cecidomyidæ, ii.360.Lewis, G., cattle of the West Indies, ii.229.Lherbetteand Quatrefages, on the horses of Circassia, ii.102,225.Liebig, differences in human blood, according to complexion, ii.276.Liebreich, occurrence of pigmentary retinitis in deaf-mutes, ii.328.Lichens, sterility in, ii.171.Lichtenstein, resemblance of Bosjesman's dogs toCanis mesomelas, i. 25;Newfoundland dog at the Cape of Good Hope, i. 36.Lilacs, ii.164.Liliaceæ, contabescence in, ii.165.Lilium candidum, ii.137.Limbs, regeneration of, ii.376-377.Limbsand head, correlated variation of, ii.323.Lime, effect of, upon shells of the mollusca, ii.280.Limetree, changes of by age, i. 364, 387.Limitation, sexual, ii.71-75.Limitation, supposed, of variation, ii.416.Linaria, pelorism in, ii.58,61,346;peloric, crossed with the normal form, ii.70;sterility of, ii.166.Linaria vulgarisandpurpurea, hybrids of, ii.94.Lindley, John, classification of varieties of cabbages, i. 324;origin of the peach, i. 338;influence of soil on peaches and nectarines, i. 340;varieties of the peach and nectarine, i. 343;on the New Town pippin, i. 349;freedom of the Winter Majetin apple from coccus, i. 349;production of monœcious Hautbois strawberries by bud-selection, i. 353;origin of the large tawny nectarine, i. 375;bud-variation in the gooseberry, i. 376;hereditary disease in plants, ii.11;on double flowers, ii.167;seeding of ordinarily seedless fruits, ii.168;sterility ofAcorus calamus, ii.170;resistance of individual plants to cold, ii.309.Linnæus, summer and winter wheat regarded as distinct species by, i. 315;on the single-leaved strawberry, i. 353;sterility of Alpine plants in gardens, ii.163;recognition of individual reindeer by the Laplanders, ii.251;growth of tobacco in Sweden, ii.307.Linnet, ii.158.Linota cannabina, ii.158.Linum, ii.165.Lion, fertility of, in captivity, ii.150,151.Lipari, feral rabbits of, i. 113.Livingstone, Dr., striped young pigs on the Zambesi, i. 77;domestic rabbits at Loanda, i. 112;use of grass-seeds as food in Africa, i. 308;planting of fruit-trees by the Batokas, i. 309;character of half-castes, ii.46;taming of animals among the Barotse, ii.160;selection practised in South Africa, ii.207,209.Livingstone, Mr., disuse a cause of drooping ears, ii.301.Lizards, reproduction of tail in, ii.294;with a double tail, ii.341.Llama, selection of, ii.208.Lloyd, Mr., taming of the wolf, i. 26;English dogs in northern Europe, i. 36;fertility of the goose increased by domestication, i. 288;number of eggs laid by the wild goose, ii.112;breeding of the capercailzie in captivity, ii.156.Loanda, domestic rabbits at, i. 112.Loasa, hybrid of two species of, ii.98.Lobelia, reversion in hybrids of, ii.392;contabescence in, ii.166.Lobelia fulgens,cardinalis, andsyphilitica, ii.136.Lockhart, Dr., on Chinese pigeons, i. 206.Locust-tree, ii.274.Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, originals of cultivated plants, i. 307;Mongolian varieties of wheat, i. 313;characters of the ear in wheat, i. 314;acclimatisation of exotic wheat in Europe, i. 315;effect of change of climate on wheat, i. 316;on the supposed necessity of the coincident variation of weeds and cultivated plants, i. 317;advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.146.Lolium temulentum, variable presence of barbs in, i. 314.Long-tailedsheep, i. 94, 95.Loochooislands, horses of, i. 53.Lord, J. K., on Canis latrans, i. 22."Lori rajah," how produced, ii.280.Lorius garrulus, ii.280."Lotan," tumbler pigeon, i. 150.Loudon, J. W., varieties of the carrot, i. 326;short duration of varieties of peas, i. 329;on the glands of peach-leaves, i. 343;presence of bloom on Russian apples, i. 349;origin of varieties of the apple, i. 350;varieties of the gooseberry, i. 354;on the nut tree, i. 357;varieties of the ash, i. 360;fastigate juniper (J. suecica), i. 361;onIlex aquifolium ferox, i. 362;varieties of the Scotch fir, i. 363;varieties of the hawthorn,ibid.;variation in the persistency of leaves on the elm and Turkish oak, i. 363;importance of cultivated varieties,ibid.;varieties ofRosa spinosissima, i. 367;variation of dahlias from the same seed, i. 370;production of Provence roses from seeds of the moss rose, i. 380;effect of grafting the purple-leaved upon the common hazel, i. 395;nearly evergreen Cornish variety of the elm, ii.310.Low, G., on the pigs of the Orkney islands, i. 70.Low, Prof., pedigrees of greyhounds, ii.3;origin of the dog, i. 10;burrowing instinct of a half-bred Dingo, i. 28;inheritance of qualities in horses, i. 51;comparative powers of English race-horses, Arabs, &c., i. 54;British breeds of cattle, i. 80;wild cattle of Chartley, i. 84;effect of abundance of food on the size of cattle, i. 91;effects of climate on the skin of cattle, i. 92, ii.326;on interbreeding, ii.116;selection in Hereford cattle, ii.214;formation of new breeds, ii.244;on "sheeted" cattle, ii.349.Lowe, Mr., on hive bees, i. 299.Lowe, Rev. Mr., on the range ofPyrus malusandP. acerba, i. 348."Lowtan" tumbler pigeon, i. 150.Loxia pyrrhula, ii.154.Lubbock, Sir J., developments of the Ephemeridæ, ii.366.Lucas, P., effects of cross-breeding on the female, i. 404;hereditary diseases, ii.7,78-79;hereditary affections of the eye, ii.9-10;inheritance of anomalies in the human eye and in that of the horse, ii.10,11;inheritance of polydactylism, ii.13;morbid uniformity in the same family, ii.17;inheritance of mutilations, ii.23;persistency of cross-reversion, ii.35;persistency of character in breeds of animals in wild countries, ii.64;prepotency of transmission, ii.65,68;supposed rules of transmission in crossing animals, ii.68;sexual limitations of transmission of peculiarities, ii.72-73;absorption of the minority in crossed races, ii.88;crosses without blending of certain characters, ii.92;on interbreeding, ii.116;variability dependent on reproduction, ii.250;period of action of variability, ii.260;inheritance of deafness in cats, ii.329;complexion and constitution, ii.335.Lucaze-Duthiers, structure and growth of galls, ii.282-284.Luizet, grafting of a peach-almond on a peach, i. 338.Lütke, cats of the Caroline Archipelago, i. 47.Luxuriance, of vegetative organs, a cause of sterility in plants, ii.168-171.Lyonnet, on the scission ofNais, ii.358.Lysimachia nummularia, sterility of, ii.170.Lythrum, trimorphic species of, ii.400.Lythrum salicaria, ii.183;contabescence in, ii.166.Lytta vesicatoria, affecting the kidneys, ii.380.
Labat, on the tusks of feral bears in the West Indies, i. 77;
on French wheat grown in the West Indies, ii.307;
on the culture of the vine in the West Indies, ii.308.
Laburnum, Adam's, seeCytisus Adami;
oak-leaved, reversion of, i. 382;
pelorism in the, ii.346;
Waterer's, i. 390.
Lachmann, on gemmation and fission, ii.358.
Lachnanthes tinctoria, ii.227,336.
Lactation, imperfect, hereditary, ii.8;
deficient, of wild animals in captivity, ii.158.
Ladroneislands, cattle of, i. 86.
Laing, Mr., resemblance of Norwegian and Devonshire cattle, i. 82.
Lake-dwellings, sheep of, i. 94, ii.427;
cattle of, ii.427;
absence of the fowl in, i. 246;
cultivated plants of, i. 309, ii.427,429;
cereals of, i. 317-319;
peas found in, i. 326;
beans found in, i. 330.
Lamare-Piquot, observations on half-bred North American wolves, i. 22.
Lambert, A. B., onThuja pendulaorfiliformis, i. 362.
Lambertfamily, ii.4,76.
Lambertyeon strawberries, i. 351, 352;
five-leaved variety ofFragaria collina, i. 353.
Landt, L., on sheep in the Faroe islands, ii.103.
La Plata, wild dogs of, i. 27;
feral cat from, i. 47.
Larch, ii.310.
Larkspurs, insect agency necessary for the full fecundation of, ii.21.
Larus argentatus, ii.157.
Larus tridactylus, ii.302.
Lasterye, merino sheep in different countries, i. 99.
Latentcharacters, ii.51-56.
Latham, on the fowl not breeding in the extreme north, ii.161.
Lathyrus, ii.38.
Lathyrus aphaca, ii.343.
Lathyrus odoratus, ii.20,91,93,311,393.
La Touche, J. D., on a Canadian apple with dimidiate fruit, i. 392-393.
"Latz-Taube," i. 154.
Laugherpigeon, i. 155, 207.
Laurus sassafras, ii.274.
Lawrence, J., production of a new breed of fox-hounds, i. 40;
occurrence of canines in mares, i. 50;
on three-parts-bred horses, i. 54;
on inheritance in the horse, ii.10-11.
Lawson, Mr., varieties of the potato, i. 330.
Laxton, Mr., bud-variation in the gooseberry, i. 376;
crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397-398;
double-flowered peas, ii.168.
Layard, E. L., resemblance of a Caffre dog to the Esquimaux breed, i. 25, ii.286;
crossing of the domestic cat withFelis Caffra, i. 44;
feral pigeons in Ascension, i. 190;
domestic pigeons of Ceylon, i. 206;
onGallus Stanleyi, i. 234;
on black-skinned Ceylonese fowls, i. 256.
Le Comptefamily, blindness inherited in, ii.78.
Lecoq, bud-variation inMirabilis jalapa, i. 382;
hybrids ofMirabilis, i. 393, ii.169,265;
crossing in plants, ii.127;
fecundation ofPassiflora, ii.137;
hybridGladiolus, ii.139;
sterility ofRanunculus ficaria, ii.170;
villosity in plants, ii.277;
double asters, ii.316.
Le Couteur, J., varieties of wheat, i. 313-315;
acclimatisation of exotic wheat in Europe, i. 315;
adaptation of wheat to soil and climate, i. 316;
selection of seed-corn, i. 318;
on change of soil, ii.147;
selection of wheat, ii.200;
natural selection in wheat, ii.233;
cattle of Jersey, ii.234.
Ledger, Mr., on the Llama and Alpaca, ii.208.
Lee, Mr., his early culture of the pansy, i. 368.
Leersia oryzoides, ii.91.
Lefour, period of gestation in cattle, i. 87.
Legs, of fowls, effects of disuse on, i. 270-272;
characters and variations of, in ducks, i. 284-288;
fusion of, ii.341.
Leguat, cattle of the Cape of Good Hope, i. 88.
Lehmann, occurrence of wild double-flowered plants near a hot spring, ii.168.
Leighton, W. A., propagation of a weeping yew by seed, ii.19.
Leitner, effects of the removal of anthers, ii.167.
Lemming, ii.152.
Lemoine, variegatedSymphytumandPhlox, i. 384.
Lemon, i. 334, 335;
orange fecundated by pollen of the, i. 399.
Lemurs, hybrid, ii.153.
Leporides, ii.98-99,152.
Lepsius, figures of ancient Egyptian dogs, i. 17;
domestication of pigeons in ancient Egypt, i. 204.
Leptotes, ii.134.
Lepus glacialis, i. 111.
Lepus magellanicus, i. 112.
Lepus nigripes, i. 108.
Lepus tibetanus, i. 111.
Lepus variabilis, i. 111.
Lereboullet, double monsters of fishes, ii.340.
Leslie, on Scotch wild cattle, i. 85.
Lesson, onLepus magellanicus, i. 112.
Leuckarton the larva of Cecidomyidæ, ii.360.
Lewis, G., cattle of the West Indies, ii.229.
Lherbetteand Quatrefages, on the horses of Circassia, ii.102,225.
Liebig, differences in human blood, according to complexion, ii.276.
Liebreich, occurrence of pigmentary retinitis in deaf-mutes, ii.328.
Lichens, sterility in, ii.171.
Lichtenstein, resemblance of Bosjesman's dogs toCanis mesomelas, i. 25;
Newfoundland dog at the Cape of Good Hope, i. 36.
Lilacs, ii.164.
Liliaceæ, contabescence in, ii.165.
Lilium candidum, ii.137.
Limbs, regeneration of, ii.376-377.
Limbsand head, correlated variation of, ii.323.
Lime, effect of, upon shells of the mollusca, ii.280.
Limetree, changes of by age, i. 364, 387.
Limitation, sexual, ii.71-75.
Limitation, supposed, of variation, ii.416.
Linaria, pelorism in, ii.58,61,346;
peloric, crossed with the normal form, ii.70;
sterility of, ii.166.
Linaria vulgarisandpurpurea, hybrids of, ii.94.
Lindley, John, classification of varieties of cabbages, i. 324;
origin of the peach, i. 338;
influence of soil on peaches and nectarines, i. 340;
varieties of the peach and nectarine, i. 343;
on the New Town pippin, i. 349;
freedom of the Winter Majetin apple from coccus, i. 349;
production of monœcious Hautbois strawberries by bud-selection, i. 353;
origin of the large tawny nectarine, i. 375;
bud-variation in the gooseberry, i. 376;
hereditary disease in plants, ii.11;
on double flowers, ii.167;
seeding of ordinarily seedless fruits, ii.168;
sterility ofAcorus calamus, ii.170;
resistance of individual plants to cold, ii.309.
Linnæus, summer and winter wheat regarded as distinct species by, i. 315;
on the single-leaved strawberry, i. 353;
sterility of Alpine plants in gardens, ii.163;
recognition of individual reindeer by the Laplanders, ii.251;
growth of tobacco in Sweden, ii.307.
Linnet, ii.158.
Linota cannabina, ii.158.
Linum, ii.165.
Lion, fertility of, in captivity, ii.150,151.
Lipari, feral rabbits of, i. 113.
Livingstone, Dr., striped young pigs on the Zambesi, i. 77;
domestic rabbits at Loanda, i. 112;
use of grass-seeds as food in Africa, i. 308;
planting of fruit-trees by the Batokas, i. 309;
character of half-castes, ii.46;
taming of animals among the Barotse, ii.160;
selection practised in South Africa, ii.207,209.
Livingstone, Mr., disuse a cause of drooping ears, ii.301.
Lizards, reproduction of tail in, ii.294;
with a double tail, ii.341.
Llama, selection of, ii.208.
Lloyd, Mr., taming of the wolf, i. 26;
English dogs in northern Europe, i. 36;
fertility of the goose increased by domestication, i. 288;
number of eggs laid by the wild goose, ii.112;
breeding of the capercailzie in captivity, ii.156.
Loanda, domestic rabbits at, i. 112.
Loasa, hybrid of two species of, ii.98.
Lobelia, reversion in hybrids of, ii.392;
contabescence in, ii.166.
Lobelia fulgens,cardinalis, andsyphilitica, ii.136.
Lockhart, Dr., on Chinese pigeons, i. 206.
Locust-tree, ii.274.
Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, originals of cultivated plants, i. 307;
Mongolian varieties of wheat, i. 313;
characters of the ear in wheat, i. 314;
acclimatisation of exotic wheat in Europe, i. 315;
effect of change of climate on wheat, i. 316;
on the supposed necessity of the coincident variation of weeds and cultivated plants, i. 317;
advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.146.
Lolium temulentum, variable presence of barbs in, i. 314.
Long-tailedsheep, i. 94, 95.
Loochooislands, horses of, i. 53.
Lord, J. K., on Canis latrans, i. 22.
"Lori rajah," how produced, ii.280.
Lorius garrulus, ii.280.
"Lotan," tumbler pigeon, i. 150.
Loudon, J. W., varieties of the carrot, i. 326;
short duration of varieties of peas, i. 329;
on the glands of peach-leaves, i. 343;
presence of bloom on Russian apples, i. 349;
origin of varieties of the apple, i. 350;
varieties of the gooseberry, i. 354;
on the nut tree, i. 357;
varieties of the ash, i. 360;
fastigate juniper (J. suecica), i. 361;
onIlex aquifolium ferox, i. 362;
varieties of the Scotch fir, i. 363;
varieties of the hawthorn,ibid.;
variation in the persistency of leaves on the elm and Turkish oak, i. 363;
importance of cultivated varieties,ibid.;
varieties ofRosa spinosissima, i. 367;
variation of dahlias from the same seed, i. 370;
production of Provence roses from seeds of the moss rose, i. 380;
effect of grafting the purple-leaved upon the common hazel, i. 395;
nearly evergreen Cornish variety of the elm, ii.310.
Low, G., on the pigs of the Orkney islands, i. 70.
Low, Prof., pedigrees of greyhounds, ii.3;
origin of the dog, i. 10;
burrowing instinct of a half-bred Dingo, i. 28;
inheritance of qualities in horses, i. 51;
comparative powers of English race-horses, Arabs, &c., i. 54;
British breeds of cattle, i. 80;
wild cattle of Chartley, i. 84;
effect of abundance of food on the size of cattle, i. 91;
effects of climate on the skin of cattle, i. 92, ii.326;
on interbreeding, ii.116;
selection in Hereford cattle, ii.214;
formation of new breeds, ii.244;
on "sheeted" cattle, ii.349.
Lowe, Mr., on hive bees, i. 299.
Lowe, Rev. Mr., on the range ofPyrus malusandP. acerba, i. 348.
"Lowtan" tumbler pigeon, i. 150.
Loxia pyrrhula, ii.154.
Lubbock, Sir J., developments of the Ephemeridæ, ii.366.
Lucas, P., effects of cross-breeding on the female, i. 404;
hereditary diseases, ii.7,78-79;
hereditary affections of the eye, ii.9-10;
inheritance of anomalies in the human eye and in that of the horse, ii.10,11;
inheritance of polydactylism, ii.13;
morbid uniformity in the same family, ii.17;
inheritance of mutilations, ii.23;
persistency of cross-reversion, ii.35;
persistency of character in breeds of animals in wild countries, ii.64;
prepotency of transmission, ii.65,68;
supposed rules of transmission in crossing animals, ii.68;
sexual limitations of transmission of peculiarities, ii.72-73;
absorption of the minority in crossed races, ii.88;
crosses without blending of certain characters, ii.92;
on interbreeding, ii.116;
variability dependent on reproduction, ii.250;
period of action of variability, ii.260;
inheritance of deafness in cats, ii.329;
complexion and constitution, ii.335.
Lucaze-Duthiers, structure and growth of galls, ii.282-284.
Luizet, grafting of a peach-almond on a peach, i. 338.
Lütke, cats of the Caroline Archipelago, i. 47.
Luxuriance, of vegetative organs, a cause of sterility in plants, ii.168-171.
Lyonnet, on the scission ofNais, ii.358.
Lysimachia nummularia, sterility of, ii.170.
Lythrum, trimorphic species of, ii.400.
Lythrum salicaria, ii.183;
contabescence in, ii.166.
Lytta vesicatoria, affecting the kidneys, ii.380.
Macacus, species of, bred in captivity, ii.153.Macaulay, Lord, improvement of the English horse, ii.213.McClelland, Dr., variability of fresh-water fishes in India, ii.259.McCoy, Prof., on the dingo, i. 26.Macfayden, influence of soil in producing sweet or bitter oranges from the same seed, i. 335.Macgillivray, domestication of the rock-dove, i. 185;feral pigeons in Scotland, i. 190;number of vertebræ in birds, i. 266;on wild geese, i. 287;number of eggs of wild and tame ducks, ii.112.Mackenzie, Sir G., peculiar variety of the potato, i. 330.Mackenzie, P., bud-variation in the currant, i. 376.Mackinnon, Mr., horses of the Falkland islands, i. 52;feral cattle of the Falkland islands, i. 86.MacKnight, C., on interbreeding cattle, ii.118.MacNab, Mr., on seedling weeping birches, ii.18;non-production of the weeping beech by seed, ii.19.Madagascar, cats of, i. 47.Madden, H., on interbreeding cattle, ii.118.Madeira, rock pigeon of, i. 184.Magnolia grandiflora, ii.308.Maize, its unity of origin, i. 320;antiquity of,ibid.;with husked grains said to grow wild,ibid.;variation of, i. 321;irregularities in the flowers of, i. 321;persistence of varieties,ibid.;adaptation of to climate, i. 322, ii.307;acclimatisation of, ii.313,347;crossing of, i. 400, ii.104-105;extinct Peruvian varieties of, ii.425.Malayfowl, i. 227.MalayArchipelago, horses of, i. 53;short-tailed cats of, i. 47;striped young wild pigs of, i. 76;ducks of, i. 280.Male, influence of, on the fecundated female, i. 397-406;supposed influence of, on offspring, ii.68.Maleflowers, appearance of, among female flowers in maize, i. 321.Malformations, hereditary, ii.79.Malva, fertilisation of, i. 402, ii.363.Mamestra suasa, ii.157.Mammæ, variable in number in the pig, i. 74;rudimentary, occasional full development of, in cows, i. 87, ii.317;four present in some sheep, i. 95;variable in number in rabbits, i. 106;latent functions of, in male animals, ii.52,317;supernumerary and inguinal, in women, ii.57.Mangles, Mr., annual varieties of the heartsease, ii.305.Mantell, Mr., taming of birds by the New Zealanders, ii.161.Manu, domestic fowl noticed in the Institutes of, i. 246.Manure, effect of, on the fertility of plants, ii.163.Manxcats, i. 46, ii.66.Marcelde Serres, fertility of the ostrich, ii.156.Marianneislands, varieties ofPandanusin, ii.256.Markham, Gervase, on rabbits, i. 104, ii.204.Markhor, probably one of the parents of the goat, i. 101.Marquand, cattle of the channel islands, i. 80.Marrimpoey, inheritance in the horse, ii.10.Marrow, vegetable, i. 357.Marryatt, Capt., breeding of asses in Kentucky, ii.237.Marsden, notice ofGallus giganteus, i. 235.Marshall, Mr., voluntary selection of pasture by sheep, i. 96;adaptation of wheats to soil and climate, i. 316;"Dutch-buttocked" cattle, ii.8;segregation of herds of sheep, ii.103;advantage of change of soil to wheat and potatoes, ii.146;fashionable change in the horns of cattle, ii.210;sheep in Yorkshire, ii.235.Marshall, Prof., growth of the brain in microcephalous idiots, ii.389.Martens, E. Von, onAchatinella, ii.53.Martin, W. C. L., origin of the dog, i. 16;Egyptian dogs, i. 18;barking of a Mackenzie River dog, i. 27;African hounds in the Tower menagerie, i. 32;on dun horses and dappled asses, i. 55;breeds of the horse, i. 49;wild horses, i. 51;Syrian breeds of asses, i. 62;asses without stripes, i. 63;effects of cross-breeding on the female in dogs, i. 404;striped legs of mules, ii.42.Martins, defective instincts of silkworms, i. 304.Martins, C., fruit trees of Stockholm, ii.307.Mason, W., bud-variation in the ash, i. 382.Masters, Dr., reversion in the spiral-leaved weeping willow, i. 383;on peloric flowers, ii.58;pelorism in a clover, ii.346;position as a cause of pelorism, ii.345,347.Masters, Mr., persistence of varieties of peas, i. 329;reproduction of colour in hyacinths, ii.20;on hollyhocks, ii.107;selection of peas for seed, ii.199-200;onOpuntia leucotricha, ii.286;reversion by the terminal pea in the pod, ii.347.Mastiff, sculptured on an Assyrian monument, i. 17, ii.429;Tibetan, i. 35-36, ii.278.Matthews, Patrick, on forest trees, ii.237.Matthiola annua, i. 399, ii.20.Matthiola incana, i. 381, 399.Mauchamp, merino sheep, i. 100.Mauduyt, crossing of wolves and dogs in the Pyrenees, i. 24.Maund, Mr. crossed varieties of wheat, ii.130.Maupertuis, axiom of "least action," i. 12.Mauritius, importation of goats into, i. 101.Maw, G., correlation of contracted leaves and flowers in pelargoniums, ii.330,331.Mawz, fertility ofBrassica rapa, ii.165.Maxillaria, self-fertilised capsules of, ii.134;number of seeds in, ii.379.Maxillaria atro-rubens, fertilisation of, byM. squalens, ii.133.Mayes, M., self-impotence inAmaryllis, ii.139.Meckel, on the number of digits, ii.13;correlation of abnormal muscles in the leg and arm, ii.322.Medusæ, development of, ii.368,384.Meehan, Mr., comparison of European and American trees, ii.281.Meleagris mexicana, i. 292.Meles taxus, ii.151.Melons, i. 359-360;mongrel, supposed to be produced from a twin-seed, i. 391;crossing of varieties of, i. 399, ii.108,129;inferiority of, in Roman times, ii.216;changes in, by culture and climate, ii.275;serpent, correlation of variations in, ii.330;analogous variations in, ii.349.Membranes, false, ii.294-295.Ménétries, on the stomach ofStrix grallaria, ii.302.Meningitis, tubercular, inherited, ii.78.Metagenesis, ii.366.Metamorphosis, ii.366.Metamorphosisand development, ii.388,389.Metzger, on the supposed species of wheat, i. 312-313;tendency of wheat to vary, i. 315;variation of maize, i. 321-322;cultivation of American maize in Europe, i. 322, ii.347;on cabbages, i. 323-325;acclimatisation of Spanish wheat in Germany, ii.26;advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.146;on rye, ii.254;cultivation of different kinds of wheat, ii.261.Mexico, dog from, with tan spots on the eyes, i. 29;colours of feral horses in, i. 61.Meyen, on sending of bananas, ii.168.Mice, grey and white, colours of, not blended by crossing, ii.92;rejection of bitter almonds by, ii.232;naked, ii.279.Michaux, F., roan-coloured feral horses of Mexico, i. 61;origin of domestic turkey, i. 292;on raising peaches from seed, i. 339.Michel, F., selection of horses in mediæval times, ii.203;horses preferred on account of slight characters, ii.209.Michely, effects of food on caterpillars, ii.280;onBombyx hesperus, ii.304.Microphthalmia, associated with defective teeth, ii.328.Middens, Danish, remains of dogs in, i. 18, ii.427.Mignonette, ii.237,311.Millet, i. 371.Mills, J., diminished fertility of mares when first turned out to grass, ii.161.Milne-Edwards, on the development of the crustacea, ii.368.Milne-Edwards, A., on a crustacean with a monstrous eye-peduncle, ii.391.Milvus niger, ii.154.Mimulus luteus, ii.128.Minor, W. C., gemmation and fission in the Annelida, ii.358.Mirabilis, fertilisation of, ii.363;hybrids of, ii.131,169,265.Mirabilis jalapa, i. 382, 393.Mirabilis longiflora, ii.88.Mirabilis vulgaris, ii.88.MisocampusandCecidomyia, i. 5.Mitchell, Dr., effects of the poison of the rattlesnake, ii.289.Mitford, Mr., notice of the breeding of horses by Erichthonius, ii.202.MoccasCourt, weeping oak at, ii.18.Mogford, horses poisoned by fool's parsley, ii.337.Möller, L., effects of food on insects, ii.281.Moquin-Tandon, original form of maize, i. 320;variety of the double columbine, i. 365;peloric flowers, ii.58-59,61;position as a cause of pelorism in flowers, ii.345;tendency of peloric flowers to become irregular, ii.70;on monstrosities, ii.254;correlation in the axis and appendages of plants, ii.321;fusion of homologous parts in plants, ii.339,341-342;on a bean with monstrous stipules and abortive leaflets, ii.343;conversion of parts of flowers, ii.392.Mole, white, ii.332.Molland Gayot, on cattle, i. 80, ii.96,210.Mollusca, change in shells of, ii.280.Monke, Lady, culture of the pansy by, i. 368.Monkeys, rarely fertile in captivity, ii.153.Monnier, identity of summer and winter wheat, i. 315.Monster, cyclopean, ii.341.Monsters, double, ii.339-340.Monstrosities, occurrence of, in domesticated animals and cultivated plants, i. 366, ii.254;due to persistence of embryonic conditions, ii.57;occurring by reversion, ii.57-60;a cause of sterility, ii.166-167;caused by injury to the embryo, ii.269.Montegazza, growth of a cock's-spur inserted into the eye of an ox, ii.369.Montgomery, E., formation of cells, ii.370.Moor, J. H., deterioration of the horse in Malasia, i. 53.Moorcroft, Mr., on Hasora wheat, i. 313;selection of white-tailed yaks, ii.206;melon of Kaschmir, ii.275;varieties of the apricot cultivated in Ladakh, i. 345;varieties of the walnut cultivated in Kaschmir, i. 356.Moore, Mr., on breeds of pigeons, i. 148, 156, 208, 209, 211.Mooruk, fertility of, in captivity, ii.156.Morlot, dogs of the Danish Middens, i. 18;sheep and horse of the bronze period, ii.427.Mormodes ignea, ii.53.Morocco, estimation of pigeons in, i. 205.Morren, C., on pelorism, ii.58;inCalceolaria, ii.346;non-coincidence of double flowers and variegated leaves, ii.167.Morris, Mr., breeding of the Kestrel in captivity, ii.154.Morton, Lord, effect of fecundation by a quagga on an Arab mare, i. 403-404.Morton, Dr., origin of the dog, i. 16;hybrid of zebra and mare, ii.42.Morus alba, i. 334.Moscow, rabbits of, i. 106, 120;effects of cold on pear-trees at, ii.307.Mosses, sterility in, ii.171;retrogressive metamorphosis in, ii.361.Moss-rose, probable origin of, fromRosa centifolia, i. 379;Provence roses produced from seeds of, i. 380.Mosto, Cada, on the introduction of rabbits into Porto Santo, i. 113.Mottlingof fruits and flowers, i. 400.Moufflon, i. 94.Mountain-ash, ii.230.Mouse, Barbary, ii.152."Möven-taube," i. 148.Mowbray, Mr., on the eggs of game fowls, i. 248;early pugnacity of game cocks, i. 251;diminished fecundity of the pheasant in captivity, ii.155.Mowbray, Mr., reciprocal fecundation ofPassiflora alataandracemosa, ii.137.Mulattos, character of, ii.46.Mulberry, i. 334, ii.256.Muleand hinny, differences in the, ii.67-68.Mules, striped colouring of, ii.42;obstinacy of, ii.45;production of, among the Romans, ii.110;noticed in the Bible, ii.202.Müller, Fritz, reproduction of orchids, ii.134-135;development of crustacea, ii.368;number of seeds in amaxillaria, ii.379.Müller, H., on the face and teeth in dogs, i. 34, 73, ii.345.Müller, J., production of imperfect nails after partial amputation of the fingers, ii.15;tendency to variation, ii.252;atrophy of the optic nerve consequent on destruction of the eye, ii.297;on Janus-like monsters, ii.340;on gemmation and fission, ii.358;identity of ovules and buds, ii.360;special affinities of the tissues, ii.380.Müller, Max, antiquity of agriculture, ii.243.Multiplicityof origin of pigeons, hypotheses of, discussed, i. 188-194.Muniz, F., on Niata cattle, i. 90.Munro, R., on the fertilisation of orchids, ii.133;reproduction ofPassiflora alata, ii.138."Murassa" pigeon, i. 144.Murphy, J. J., the structure of the eye not producible by selection, ii.222.Mus alexandrinus, ii.87-88.Musa sapientum,ChinensisandCavendishii, i. 377.Muscari comosum, ii.185,316.Muscles, effects of use on, ii.297.Muskduck, feral hybrid of, with the common duck, i. 190.Musmon, female, sometimes hornless, i. 95.Mutilations, inheritance or non-inheritance of, ii.22-24,397.Myatt, on a five-leaved variety of the strawberry, i. 353.Myopia, hereditary, ii.8.Myriapoda, regeneration of lost parts in, ii.15,294.
Macacus, species of, bred in captivity, ii.153.
Macaulay, Lord, improvement of the English horse, ii.213.
McClelland, Dr., variability of fresh-water fishes in India, ii.259.
McCoy, Prof., on the dingo, i. 26.
Macfayden, influence of soil in producing sweet or bitter oranges from the same seed, i. 335.
Macgillivray, domestication of the rock-dove, i. 185;
feral pigeons in Scotland, i. 190;
number of vertebræ in birds, i. 266;
on wild geese, i. 287;
number of eggs of wild and tame ducks, ii.112.
Mackenzie, Sir G., peculiar variety of the potato, i. 330.
Mackenzie, P., bud-variation in the currant, i. 376.
Mackinnon, Mr., horses of the Falkland islands, i. 52;
feral cattle of the Falkland islands, i. 86.
MacKnight, C., on interbreeding cattle, ii.118.
MacNab, Mr., on seedling weeping birches, ii.18;
non-production of the weeping beech by seed, ii.19.
Madagascar, cats of, i. 47.
Madden, H., on interbreeding cattle, ii.118.
Madeira, rock pigeon of, i. 184.
Magnolia grandiflora, ii.308.
Maize, its unity of origin, i. 320;
antiquity of,ibid.;
with husked grains said to grow wild,ibid.;
variation of, i. 321;
irregularities in the flowers of, i. 321;
persistence of varieties,ibid.;
adaptation of to climate, i. 322, ii.307;
acclimatisation of, ii.313,347;
crossing of, i. 400, ii.104-105;
extinct Peruvian varieties of, ii.425.
Malayfowl, i. 227.
MalayArchipelago, horses of, i. 53;
short-tailed cats of, i. 47;
striped young wild pigs of, i. 76;
ducks of, i. 280.
Male, influence of, on the fecundated female, i. 397-406;
supposed influence of, on offspring, ii.68.
Maleflowers, appearance of, among female flowers in maize, i. 321.
Malformations, hereditary, ii.79.
Malva, fertilisation of, i. 402, ii.363.
Mamestra suasa, ii.157.
Mammæ, variable in number in the pig, i. 74;
rudimentary, occasional full development of, in cows, i. 87, ii.317;
four present in some sheep, i. 95;
variable in number in rabbits, i. 106;
latent functions of, in male animals, ii.52,317;
supernumerary and inguinal, in women, ii.57.
Mangles, Mr., annual varieties of the heartsease, ii.305.
Mantell, Mr., taming of birds by the New Zealanders, ii.161.
Manu, domestic fowl noticed in the Institutes of, i. 246.
Manure, effect of, on the fertility of plants, ii.163.
Manxcats, i. 46, ii.66.
Marcelde Serres, fertility of the ostrich, ii.156.
Marianneislands, varieties ofPandanusin, ii.256.
Markham, Gervase, on rabbits, i. 104, ii.204.
Markhor, probably one of the parents of the goat, i. 101.
Marquand, cattle of the channel islands, i. 80.
Marrimpoey, inheritance in the horse, ii.10.
Marrow, vegetable, i. 357.
Marryatt, Capt., breeding of asses in Kentucky, ii.237.
Marsden, notice ofGallus giganteus, i. 235.
Marshall, Mr., voluntary selection of pasture by sheep, i. 96;
adaptation of wheats to soil and climate, i. 316;
"Dutch-buttocked" cattle, ii.8;
segregation of herds of sheep, ii.103;
advantage of change of soil to wheat and potatoes, ii.146;
fashionable change in the horns of cattle, ii.210;
sheep in Yorkshire, ii.235.
Marshall, Prof., growth of the brain in microcephalous idiots, ii.389.
Martens, E. Von, onAchatinella, ii.53.
Martin, W. C. L., origin of the dog, i. 16;
Egyptian dogs, i. 18;
barking of a Mackenzie River dog, i. 27;
African hounds in the Tower menagerie, i. 32;
on dun horses and dappled asses, i. 55;
breeds of the horse, i. 49;
wild horses, i. 51;
Syrian breeds of asses, i. 62;
asses without stripes, i. 63;
effects of cross-breeding on the female in dogs, i. 404;
striped legs of mules, ii.42.
Martins, defective instincts of silkworms, i. 304.
Martins, C., fruit trees of Stockholm, ii.307.
Mason, W., bud-variation in the ash, i. 382.
Masters, Dr., reversion in the spiral-leaved weeping willow, i. 383;
on peloric flowers, ii.58;
pelorism in a clover, ii.346;
position as a cause of pelorism, ii.345,347.
Masters, Mr., persistence of varieties of peas, i. 329;
reproduction of colour in hyacinths, ii.20;
on hollyhocks, ii.107;
selection of peas for seed, ii.199-200;
onOpuntia leucotricha, ii.286;
reversion by the terminal pea in the pod, ii.347.
Mastiff, sculptured on an Assyrian monument, i. 17, ii.429;
Tibetan, i. 35-36, ii.278.
Matthews, Patrick, on forest trees, ii.237.
Matthiola annua, i. 399, ii.20.
Matthiola incana, i. 381, 399.
Mauchamp, merino sheep, i. 100.
Mauduyt, crossing of wolves and dogs in the Pyrenees, i. 24.
Maund, Mr. crossed varieties of wheat, ii.130.
Maupertuis, axiom of "least action," i. 12.
Mauritius, importation of goats into, i. 101.
Maw, G., correlation of contracted leaves and flowers in pelargoniums, ii.330,331.
Mawz, fertility ofBrassica rapa, ii.165.
Maxillaria, self-fertilised capsules of, ii.134;
number of seeds in, ii.379.
Maxillaria atro-rubens, fertilisation of, byM. squalens, ii.133.
Mayes, M., self-impotence inAmaryllis, ii.139.
Meckel, on the number of digits, ii.13;
correlation of abnormal muscles in the leg and arm, ii.322.
Medusæ, development of, ii.368,384.
Meehan, Mr., comparison of European and American trees, ii.281.
Meleagris mexicana, i. 292.
Meles taxus, ii.151.
Melons, i. 359-360;
mongrel, supposed to be produced from a twin-seed, i. 391;
crossing of varieties of, i. 399, ii.108,129;
inferiority of, in Roman times, ii.216;
changes in, by culture and climate, ii.275;
serpent, correlation of variations in, ii.330;
analogous variations in, ii.349.
Membranes, false, ii.294-295.
Ménétries, on the stomach ofStrix grallaria, ii.302.
Meningitis, tubercular, inherited, ii.78.
Metagenesis, ii.366.
Metamorphosis, ii.366.
Metamorphosisand development, ii.388,389.
Metzger, on the supposed species of wheat, i. 312-313;
tendency of wheat to vary, i. 315;
variation of maize, i. 321-322;
cultivation of American maize in Europe, i. 322, ii.347;
on cabbages, i. 323-325;
acclimatisation of Spanish wheat in Germany, ii.26;
advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.146;
on rye, ii.254;
cultivation of different kinds of wheat, ii.261.
Mexico, dog from, with tan spots on the eyes, i. 29;
colours of feral horses in, i. 61.
Meyen, on sending of bananas, ii.168.
Mice, grey and white, colours of, not blended by crossing, ii.92;
rejection of bitter almonds by, ii.232;
naked, ii.279.
Michaux, F., roan-coloured feral horses of Mexico, i. 61;
origin of domestic turkey, i. 292;
on raising peaches from seed, i. 339.
Michel, F., selection of horses in mediæval times, ii.203;
horses preferred on account of slight characters, ii.209.
Michely, effects of food on caterpillars, ii.280;
onBombyx hesperus, ii.304.
Microphthalmia, associated with defective teeth, ii.328.
Middens, Danish, remains of dogs in, i. 18, ii.427.
Mignonette, ii.237,311.
Millet, i. 371.
Mills, J., diminished fertility of mares when first turned out to grass, ii.161.
Milne-Edwards, on the development of the crustacea, ii.368.
Milne-Edwards, A., on a crustacean with a monstrous eye-peduncle, ii.391.
Milvus niger, ii.154.
Mimulus luteus, ii.128.
Minor, W. C., gemmation and fission in the Annelida, ii.358.
Mirabilis, fertilisation of, ii.363;
hybrids of, ii.131,169,265.
Mirabilis jalapa, i. 382, 393.
Mirabilis longiflora, ii.88.
Mirabilis vulgaris, ii.88.
MisocampusandCecidomyia, i. 5.
Mitchell, Dr., effects of the poison of the rattlesnake, ii.289.
Mitford, Mr., notice of the breeding of horses by Erichthonius, ii.202.
MoccasCourt, weeping oak at, ii.18.
Mogford, horses poisoned by fool's parsley, ii.337.
Möller, L., effects of food on insects, ii.281.
Moquin-Tandon, original form of maize, i. 320;
variety of the double columbine, i. 365;
peloric flowers, ii.58-59,61;
position as a cause of pelorism in flowers, ii.345;
tendency of peloric flowers to become irregular, ii.70;
on monstrosities, ii.254;
correlation in the axis and appendages of plants, ii.321;
fusion of homologous parts in plants, ii.339,341-342;
on a bean with monstrous stipules and abortive leaflets, ii.343;
conversion of parts of flowers, ii.392.
Mole, white, ii.332.
Molland Gayot, on cattle, i. 80, ii.96,210.
Mollusca, change in shells of, ii.280.
Monke, Lady, culture of the pansy by, i. 368.
Monkeys, rarely fertile in captivity, ii.153.
Monnier, identity of summer and winter wheat, i. 315.
Monster, cyclopean, ii.341.
Monsters, double, ii.339-340.
Monstrosities, occurrence of, in domesticated animals and cultivated plants, i. 366, ii.254;
due to persistence of embryonic conditions, ii.57;
occurring by reversion, ii.57-60;
a cause of sterility, ii.166-167;
caused by injury to the embryo, ii.269.
Montegazza, growth of a cock's-spur inserted into the eye of an ox, ii.369.
Montgomery, E., formation of cells, ii.370.
Moor, J. H., deterioration of the horse in Malasia, i. 53.
Moorcroft, Mr., on Hasora wheat, i. 313;
selection of white-tailed yaks, ii.206;
melon of Kaschmir, ii.275;
varieties of the apricot cultivated in Ladakh, i. 345;
varieties of the walnut cultivated in Kaschmir, i. 356.
Moore, Mr., on breeds of pigeons, i. 148, 156, 208, 209, 211.
Mooruk, fertility of, in captivity, ii.156.
Morlot, dogs of the Danish Middens, i. 18;
sheep and horse of the bronze period, ii.427.
Mormodes ignea, ii.53.
Morocco, estimation of pigeons in, i. 205.
Morren, C., on pelorism, ii.58;
inCalceolaria, ii.346;
non-coincidence of double flowers and variegated leaves, ii.167.
Morris, Mr., breeding of the Kestrel in captivity, ii.154.
Morton, Lord, effect of fecundation by a quagga on an Arab mare, i. 403-404.
Morton, Dr., origin of the dog, i. 16;
hybrid of zebra and mare, ii.42.
Morus alba, i. 334.
Moscow, rabbits of, i. 106, 120;
effects of cold on pear-trees at, ii.307.
Mosses, sterility in, ii.171;
retrogressive metamorphosis in, ii.361.
Moss-rose, probable origin of, fromRosa centifolia, i. 379;
Provence roses produced from seeds of, i. 380.
Mosto, Cada, on the introduction of rabbits into Porto Santo, i. 113.
Mottlingof fruits and flowers, i. 400.
Moufflon, i. 94.
Mountain-ash, ii.230.
Mouse, Barbary, ii.152.
"Möven-taube," i. 148.
Mowbray, Mr., on the eggs of game fowls, i. 248;
early pugnacity of game cocks, i. 251;
diminished fecundity of the pheasant in captivity, ii.155.
Mowbray, Mr., reciprocal fecundation ofPassiflora alataandracemosa, ii.137.
Mulattos, character of, ii.46.
Mulberry, i. 334, ii.256.
Muleand hinny, differences in the, ii.67-68.
Mules, striped colouring of, ii.42;
obstinacy of, ii.45;
production of, among the Romans, ii.110;
noticed in the Bible, ii.202.
Müller, Fritz, reproduction of orchids, ii.134-135;
development of crustacea, ii.368;
number of seeds in amaxillaria, ii.379.
Müller, H., on the face and teeth in dogs, i. 34, 73, ii.345.
Müller, J., production of imperfect nails after partial amputation of the fingers, ii.15;
tendency to variation, ii.252;
atrophy of the optic nerve consequent on destruction of the eye, ii.297;
on Janus-like monsters, ii.340;
on gemmation and fission, ii.358;
identity of ovules and buds, ii.360;
special affinities of the tissues, ii.380.
Müller, Max, antiquity of agriculture, ii.243.
Multiplicityof origin of pigeons, hypotheses of, discussed, i. 188-194.
Muniz, F., on Niata cattle, i. 90.
Munro, R., on the fertilisation of orchids, ii.133;
reproduction ofPassiflora alata, ii.138.
"Murassa" pigeon, i. 144.
Murphy, J. J., the structure of the eye not producible by selection, ii.222.
Mus alexandrinus, ii.87-88.
Musa sapientum,ChinensisandCavendishii, i. 377.
Muscari comosum, ii.185,316.
Muscles, effects of use on, ii.297.
Muskduck, feral hybrid of, with the common duck, i. 190.
Musmon, female, sometimes hornless, i. 95.
Mutilations, inheritance or non-inheritance of, ii.22-24,397.
Myatt, on a five-leaved variety of the strawberry, i. 353.
Myopia, hereditary, ii.8.
Myriapoda, regeneration of lost parts in, ii.15,294.