Quagga, effect of fecundation by, on the subsequent progeny of a mare, i. 403-404.Quatrefages, A. de, on the burrowing of a bitch to litter, i. 77;selection in the silkworm, i. 301;development of the wings in the silkmoth, i. 303, ii.298;on varieties of the mulberry, i. 334;special raising of eggs of the silkmoth, ii.197;on disease of the silkworm, ii.228;on monstrosities in insects, ii.269,391;on the Anglo-Saxon race in America, ii.276;on a change in the breeding season of the Egyptian goose, ii.304;fertilisation of theTeredo, ii.363;tendency to similarity in the best races, ii.241;on his "tourbillon vital," ii.61;on the independent existence of the sexual elements, ii.360.Quercus cerris, i. 363.Quercus roburandpedunculata, hybrids of, ii.130.Quince, pears grafted on the, ii.259.Rabbits, domestic, their origin, i. 103-105;of Mount Sinai and Algeria, i. 105;breeds of, i. 105-111;Himalayan, Chinese, Polish, or Russian, i. 108-111, ii.97;feral, i. 111-115;of Jamaica, i. 112;of the Falkland islands, i. 112;of Porto Santo, i. 112-115, ii.103,279;osteological characters of, i. 115-129;discussion of modifications in, i. 129-130;one-eared, transmission of peculiarity of, ii.12;reversion in feral, ii.33;in the Himalayan, ii.41;crossing of white and coloured Angora, ii.92;comparative fertility of wild and tame, ii.111;high-bred, often bad breeders, ii.121;selection of, ii.204;white, liable to destruction, ii.230;effects of disuse of parts in, ii.298;skull of, affected by drooping ears, ii.301;length of intestines in, ii.303;correlation of ears and skull in, ii.324-325;variations in skull of, ii.350;periosteum of a dog producing bone in, ii.369.Race-horse, origin of, i. 54.Races, modification and formation of, by crossing, ii.95-99;natural and artificial, ii.245;Pouchet's views on plurality of, i. 2;of pigeons, i. 207-212.Radishes, i. 326; crossing of, ii.90;varieties of, ii.217-218.Radclyffe, W. F., effect of climate and soil on strawberries, i. 354;constitutional differences in roses, i. 367.Radlkofer, retrogressive metamorphosis in mosses and algæ, ii.361.Raffles, Sir Stamford, on the crossing of Javanese cattle withBos sondaicus, ii.206.Ram, goat-like, from the Cape of Good Hope, ii.66.Ranchin, heredity of diseases, ii.7.Rangeof gallinaceous birds on the Himalaya, i. 237.Ranunculus ficaria, ii.170.Ranunculus repens, ii.168.Rape, i. 325.Raphanus sativus, ii.343.Raspberry, yellow-fruited, ii.230.Rattlesnake, experiments with poison of the, ii.289.Raven, stomach of, affected by vegetable diet, ii.302.Rawson, A., self-impotence in hybrids ofGladiolus, ii.139-140.Ré, Le Compte, on the assumption of a yellow colour by all varieties of maize, i. 321.Réaumur, effect of confinement upon the cock, ii.52;fertility of fowls in most climates, ii.161.Reed, Mr., atrophy of the limbs of rabbits, consequent on the destruction of their nerves, ii.297.Regenerationof amputated parts in man, ii.14;in the human embryo, ii.15;in the lower vertebrata, insects, and myriapoda,ibid.Reindeer, individuals recognised by the Laplanders, ii.251.Regnier, early cultivation of the cabbage by the Celts, i. 324.Reissek, experiments in crossingCytisus purpureusandlaburnum, i. 389;modification of aThesiumbyŒcidium, ii.284.Relations, characters of, reproduced in children, ii.34.Rengger, occurrence of jaguars with crooked legs in Paraguay, i. 17;naked dogs of Paraguay, i. 23, 31, ii.93,102;feral dogs of La Plata, i. 27;on the aguara, i. 26;cats of Paraguay, i. 46, ii.86,151;dogs of Paraguay, ii.87;feral pigs of Buenos Ayres, i. 77;on the refusal of wild animals to breed in captivity, ii.149;onDicotyles labiatus, ii.150;sterility of plantigrade carnivora in captivity, ii.152;onCavia aperea, ii.152;sterility ofCebus azaræin captivity, ii.153;abortions produced by wild animals in captivity, ii.158.Reproduction, sexual and asexual, contrasted, ii.361;unity of forms of, ii.383;antagonism of, to growth, ii.384.Reseda odorata, ii.237.Retinitis, pigmentary, in deaf-mutes, ii.328.Reversion, ii.28-29,372-373,396,398-402;in pigeons, ii.29;in cattle, ii.29-30;in sheep, ii.30;in fowls, ii.31;in the heartsease,ibid.;in vegetables,ibid.;in feral animals and plants, ii.32-34;to characters derived from a previous cross in man, dogs, pigeons, pigs, and fowls, ii.34-35;in hybrids, ii.36;by bud-propagation in plants, ii.36-38;by age in fowls, cattle, &c., ii.38-39;caused by crossing, ii.39-51;explained by latent characters, ii.51-56;producing monstrosities, ii.57;producing peloric flowers, ii.58-60;of feral pigs to the wild type, i. 77-78;of supposed feral rabbits to the wild type, i. 104, 111, 115;of pigeons, in coloration, when crossed, i. 197-202;in fowls, i. 239-246;in the silkworm, i. 302;in the pansy, i. 369;in a pelargonium, i. 378;in Chrysanthemums, i. 379;of varieties of the China rose in St. Domingo, i. 380;by buds in pinks and carnations, i. 381;of laciniated varieties of trees to the normal form, i. 382;in variegated leaves of plants, i. 383-384;in tulips, i. 386;of suckers of the seedless barberry to the common form, i. 384;by buds in hybrids ofTropæolum, i. 392;in plants, i. 409;of crossed peloric snapdragons, ii.71;analogous variations due to, ii.349-351.Reynier, selection practised by the Celts, ii.202-203.Rhinoceros, breeding in captivity in India, ii.150.Rhododendron, hybrid, ii.265.Rhododendron ciliatum, ii.277.Rhododendron Dalhousiæ, effect of pollen ofR. Nuttalliiupon, i. 400.Rhubarb, not medicinal when grown in England, ii.274.Ribes grossularia, i. 354-356, 376.Ribes rubrum, i. 376.Ribs, number and characters of, in fowls, i. 267;characters of, in ducks, i. 283-284.Rice, Imperial, of China, ii.205;Indian varieties of, ii.256;variety of, not requiring water, ii.305.Richardson, H. D., on jaw-appendages in Irish pigs, i. 76;management of pigs in China, i. 68;occurrence of striped young in Westphalian pigs, i. 76;on crossing pigs, ii.95;on interbreeding pigs, ii.122;on selection in pigs, ii.194.Richardson, Sir John, observations on the resemblance between North American dogs and wolves, i. 21-22;on the burrowing of wolves, i. 27;on the broad feet of dogs, wolves, and foxes in North America, i. 40;on North American horses scraping away the snow, i. 53.Ricinus, annual in England, ii.305.Riedel, on the "Bagadotte" pigeon, i. 141;on the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154;fertility of hybrid pigeons, i. 192.Rinderpest, ii.378.Risso, on varieties of the orange, i. 336, ii.308,331.Rivers, Lord, on the selection of greyhounds, ii.235.Rivers, Mr., persistency of characters in seedling potatoes, i. 331;on the peach, i. 338, 339;persistency of races in the peach and nectarine, i. 339, 340;connexion between the peach and the nectarine, i. 340;persistency of character in seedling apricots, i. 344;origin of the plum, i. 345;seedling varieties of the plum, i. 346;persistency of character in seedling plums, i. 347;bud-variation in the plum, i. 375;plum, attacked by bullfinches, ii.232;seedling apples with surface-roots, i. 349;variety of the apple found in a wood, ii.260;on roses, i. 366-367;bud-variation in roses, i. 379-381;production of Provence roses from seeds of the moss-rose, i. 380;effect produced by grafting on the stock in jessamine, i. 394;in the ash, i. 394;on grafted hazels, i. 395;hybridisation of a weeping thorn, ii.18;experiments with the seed of the weeping elm and ash, ii.19;variety of the cherry with curled petals, ii.232.Rivière, reproduction ofOncidium Cavendishianum, ii.133.Roberts, Mr., on inheritance in the horse, ii.10.Robertson, Mr., on glandular-leaved peaches, i. 343.Robinet, on the silkworm, i. 301-304, ii.197.Robinia, ii.274.Robson, Mr., deficiencies of half-bred horses, ii.11.Robson, Mr., on the advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.146-147;on the growth of the verbena, ii.273;on broccoli, ii.310.Rockpigeon, measurements of the, i. 134;figured, i. 135.Rodents, sterility of, in captivity, ii.152.Rodriguezia, ii.134,135.Rodwell, J., poisoning of horses by mildewed tares, ii.337.Rohilcund, feral humped cattle in, i. 79.Rolle, F., on the history of the peach, ii.308.Roller-pigeons, Dutch, i. 151.Rolleston, Prof., incisor teeth affected in form in cases of pulmonary tubercle, ii.332.Romans, estimation of pigeons by, i. 205;breeds of fowls possessed by, i. 231, 247.Rooks, pied, ii.77.Rosa, cultivated species of, i. 366.Rosa devoniensis, graft-hybrid produced by, on the white Banksian rose, i. 396.Rosa indicaandcentifolia, fertile hybrids of, i. 366.Rosa spinosissima, history of the culture of, i. 367.Rosellini, on Egyptian dogs, i. 17.Roses, i. 366-367;origin of, i. 364;bud-variation in, i. 379-381;Scotch, doubled by selection, ii.200;continuous variation of, ii.241;effect of seasonal conditions on, ii.273;noisette, ii.308;galls of, ii.284.Rouennaisrabbit, i. 105.Roulin, on the dogs of Juan Fernandez, i. 27;on South American cats, i. 46;striped young pigs, i. 77;feral pigs in South America, i. 78, ii.33;on Columbian cattle, i. 88, ii.205,226;effects of heat on the hides of cattle in South America, i. 92;fleece of sheep in the hot valleys of the Cordilleras, i. 98;diminished fertility of these sheep, ii.161;on black-boned South American fowls, i. 258;variation of the guinea-fowl in tropical America, i. 294;frequency of striped legs in mules, ii.42;geese in Bogota, ii.161;sterility of fowls introduced into Bolivia, ii.162.Roy, M., on a variety ofMagnolia grandiflora, ii.308.Royle, Dr., Indian varieties of the mulberry, i. 334;onAgave vivipara, ii.169;variety of rice not requiring irrigation, ii.305;sheep from the Cape in India, ii.306.Rubus, pollen of, ii.268.Rudimentaryorgans, i. 12, ii.315-318.Rufzde Lavison, extinction of breeds of dogs in France, ii.425.Ruminants, general fertility of, in captivity, ii.150.Rumplessfowls, i. 230.Runts, i. 142-144;history of, i. 210;lower jaws and skull figured, i. 164-165.Russianor Himalayan rabbit, i. 108.Rütimeyer, Prof., dogs of the Neolithic period, i. 19;horses of Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 49;diversity of early domesticated horses i. 51;pigs of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 65, 67-68;on humped cattle, i. 80;parentage of European breeds of cattle, i. 80, 81, ii.427;on "Niata" cattle, i. 89;sheep of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 94, ii.427;goats of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 101;absence of fowls in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 246;on crossing cattle, ii.98;differences in the bones of wild and domesticated animals, ii.279;decrease in size of wild European animals, ii.427.Rye, wild, De Candolle's observations on, i. 313;found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 319;common, preferred by hares and rabbits, ii.232;less variable than other cultivated plants, ii.254.
Quagga, effect of fecundation by, on the subsequent progeny of a mare, i. 403-404.Quatrefages, A. de, on the burrowing of a bitch to litter, i. 77;selection in the silkworm, i. 301;development of the wings in the silkmoth, i. 303, ii.298;on varieties of the mulberry, i. 334;special raising of eggs of the silkmoth, ii.197;on disease of the silkworm, ii.228;on monstrosities in insects, ii.269,391;on the Anglo-Saxon race in America, ii.276;on a change in the breeding season of the Egyptian goose, ii.304;fertilisation of theTeredo, ii.363;tendency to similarity in the best races, ii.241;on his "tourbillon vital," ii.61;on the independent existence of the sexual elements, ii.360.Quercus cerris, i. 363.Quercus roburandpedunculata, hybrids of, ii.130.Quince, pears grafted on the, ii.259.
Quagga, effect of fecundation by, on the subsequent progeny of a mare, i. 403-404.
Quatrefages, A. de, on the burrowing of a bitch to litter, i. 77;
selection in the silkworm, i. 301;
development of the wings in the silkmoth, i. 303, ii.298;
on varieties of the mulberry, i. 334;
special raising of eggs of the silkmoth, ii.197;
on disease of the silkworm, ii.228;
on monstrosities in insects, ii.269,391;
on the Anglo-Saxon race in America, ii.276;
on a change in the breeding season of the Egyptian goose, ii.304;
fertilisation of theTeredo, ii.363;
tendency to similarity in the best races, ii.241;
on his "tourbillon vital," ii.61;
on the independent existence of the sexual elements, ii.360.
Quercus cerris, i. 363.
Quercus roburandpedunculata, hybrids of, ii.130.
Quince, pears grafted on the, ii.259.
Rabbits, domestic, their origin, i. 103-105;of Mount Sinai and Algeria, i. 105;breeds of, i. 105-111;Himalayan, Chinese, Polish, or Russian, i. 108-111, ii.97;feral, i. 111-115;of Jamaica, i. 112;of the Falkland islands, i. 112;of Porto Santo, i. 112-115, ii.103,279;osteological characters of, i. 115-129;discussion of modifications in, i. 129-130;one-eared, transmission of peculiarity of, ii.12;reversion in feral, ii.33;in the Himalayan, ii.41;crossing of white and coloured Angora, ii.92;comparative fertility of wild and tame, ii.111;high-bred, often bad breeders, ii.121;selection of, ii.204;white, liable to destruction, ii.230;effects of disuse of parts in, ii.298;skull of, affected by drooping ears, ii.301;length of intestines in, ii.303;correlation of ears and skull in, ii.324-325;variations in skull of, ii.350;periosteum of a dog producing bone in, ii.369.Race-horse, origin of, i. 54.Races, modification and formation of, by crossing, ii.95-99;natural and artificial, ii.245;Pouchet's views on plurality of, i. 2;of pigeons, i. 207-212.Radishes, i. 326; crossing of, ii.90;varieties of, ii.217-218.Radclyffe, W. F., effect of climate and soil on strawberries, i. 354;constitutional differences in roses, i. 367.Radlkofer, retrogressive metamorphosis in mosses and algæ, ii.361.Raffles, Sir Stamford, on the crossing of Javanese cattle withBos sondaicus, ii.206.Ram, goat-like, from the Cape of Good Hope, ii.66.Ranchin, heredity of diseases, ii.7.Rangeof gallinaceous birds on the Himalaya, i. 237.Ranunculus ficaria, ii.170.Ranunculus repens, ii.168.Rape, i. 325.Raphanus sativus, ii.343.Raspberry, yellow-fruited, ii.230.Rattlesnake, experiments with poison of the, ii.289.Raven, stomach of, affected by vegetable diet, ii.302.Rawson, A., self-impotence in hybrids ofGladiolus, ii.139-140.Ré, Le Compte, on the assumption of a yellow colour by all varieties of maize, i. 321.Réaumur, effect of confinement upon the cock, ii.52;fertility of fowls in most climates, ii.161.Reed, Mr., atrophy of the limbs of rabbits, consequent on the destruction of their nerves, ii.297.Regenerationof amputated parts in man, ii.14;in the human embryo, ii.15;in the lower vertebrata, insects, and myriapoda,ibid.Reindeer, individuals recognised by the Laplanders, ii.251.Regnier, early cultivation of the cabbage by the Celts, i. 324.Reissek, experiments in crossingCytisus purpureusandlaburnum, i. 389;modification of aThesiumbyŒcidium, ii.284.Relations, characters of, reproduced in children, ii.34.Rengger, occurrence of jaguars with crooked legs in Paraguay, i. 17;naked dogs of Paraguay, i. 23, 31, ii.93,102;feral dogs of La Plata, i. 27;on the aguara, i. 26;cats of Paraguay, i. 46, ii.86,151;dogs of Paraguay, ii.87;feral pigs of Buenos Ayres, i. 77;on the refusal of wild animals to breed in captivity, ii.149;onDicotyles labiatus, ii.150;sterility of plantigrade carnivora in captivity, ii.152;onCavia aperea, ii.152;sterility ofCebus azaræin captivity, ii.153;abortions produced by wild animals in captivity, ii.158.Reproduction, sexual and asexual, contrasted, ii.361;unity of forms of, ii.383;antagonism of, to growth, ii.384.Reseda odorata, ii.237.Retinitis, pigmentary, in deaf-mutes, ii.328.Reversion, ii.28-29,372-373,396,398-402;in pigeons, ii.29;in cattle, ii.29-30;in sheep, ii.30;in fowls, ii.31;in the heartsease,ibid.;in vegetables,ibid.;in feral animals and plants, ii.32-34;to characters derived from a previous cross in man, dogs, pigeons, pigs, and fowls, ii.34-35;in hybrids, ii.36;by bud-propagation in plants, ii.36-38;by age in fowls, cattle, &c., ii.38-39;caused by crossing, ii.39-51;explained by latent characters, ii.51-56;producing monstrosities, ii.57;producing peloric flowers, ii.58-60;of feral pigs to the wild type, i. 77-78;of supposed feral rabbits to the wild type, i. 104, 111, 115;of pigeons, in coloration, when crossed, i. 197-202;in fowls, i. 239-246;in the silkworm, i. 302;in the pansy, i. 369;in a pelargonium, i. 378;in Chrysanthemums, i. 379;of varieties of the China rose in St. Domingo, i. 380;by buds in pinks and carnations, i. 381;of laciniated varieties of trees to the normal form, i. 382;in variegated leaves of plants, i. 383-384;in tulips, i. 386;of suckers of the seedless barberry to the common form, i. 384;by buds in hybrids ofTropæolum, i. 392;in plants, i. 409;of crossed peloric snapdragons, ii.71;analogous variations due to, ii.349-351.Reynier, selection practised by the Celts, ii.202-203.Rhinoceros, breeding in captivity in India, ii.150.Rhododendron, hybrid, ii.265.Rhododendron ciliatum, ii.277.Rhododendron Dalhousiæ, effect of pollen ofR. Nuttalliiupon, i. 400.Rhubarb, not medicinal when grown in England, ii.274.Ribes grossularia, i. 354-356, 376.Ribes rubrum, i. 376.Ribs, number and characters of, in fowls, i. 267;characters of, in ducks, i. 283-284.Rice, Imperial, of China, ii.205;Indian varieties of, ii.256;variety of, not requiring water, ii.305.Richardson, H. D., on jaw-appendages in Irish pigs, i. 76;management of pigs in China, i. 68;occurrence of striped young in Westphalian pigs, i. 76;on crossing pigs, ii.95;on interbreeding pigs, ii.122;on selection in pigs, ii.194.Richardson, Sir John, observations on the resemblance between North American dogs and wolves, i. 21-22;on the burrowing of wolves, i. 27;on the broad feet of dogs, wolves, and foxes in North America, i. 40;on North American horses scraping away the snow, i. 53.Ricinus, annual in England, ii.305.Riedel, on the "Bagadotte" pigeon, i. 141;on the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154;fertility of hybrid pigeons, i. 192.Rinderpest, ii.378.Risso, on varieties of the orange, i. 336, ii.308,331.Rivers, Lord, on the selection of greyhounds, ii.235.Rivers, Mr., persistency of characters in seedling potatoes, i. 331;on the peach, i. 338, 339;persistency of races in the peach and nectarine, i. 339, 340;connexion between the peach and the nectarine, i. 340;persistency of character in seedling apricots, i. 344;origin of the plum, i. 345;seedling varieties of the plum, i. 346;persistency of character in seedling plums, i. 347;bud-variation in the plum, i. 375;plum, attacked by bullfinches, ii.232;seedling apples with surface-roots, i. 349;variety of the apple found in a wood, ii.260;on roses, i. 366-367;bud-variation in roses, i. 379-381;production of Provence roses from seeds of the moss-rose, i. 380;effect produced by grafting on the stock in jessamine, i. 394;in the ash, i. 394;on grafted hazels, i. 395;hybridisation of a weeping thorn, ii.18;experiments with the seed of the weeping elm and ash, ii.19;variety of the cherry with curled petals, ii.232.Rivière, reproduction ofOncidium Cavendishianum, ii.133.Roberts, Mr., on inheritance in the horse, ii.10.Robertson, Mr., on glandular-leaved peaches, i. 343.Robinet, on the silkworm, i. 301-304, ii.197.Robinia, ii.274.Robson, Mr., deficiencies of half-bred horses, ii.11.Robson, Mr., on the advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.146-147;on the growth of the verbena, ii.273;on broccoli, ii.310.Rockpigeon, measurements of the, i. 134;figured, i. 135.Rodents, sterility of, in captivity, ii.152.Rodriguezia, ii.134,135.Rodwell, J., poisoning of horses by mildewed tares, ii.337.Rohilcund, feral humped cattle in, i. 79.Rolle, F., on the history of the peach, ii.308.Roller-pigeons, Dutch, i. 151.Rolleston, Prof., incisor teeth affected in form in cases of pulmonary tubercle, ii.332.Romans, estimation of pigeons by, i. 205;breeds of fowls possessed by, i. 231, 247.Rooks, pied, ii.77.Rosa, cultivated species of, i. 366.Rosa devoniensis, graft-hybrid produced by, on the white Banksian rose, i. 396.Rosa indicaandcentifolia, fertile hybrids of, i. 366.Rosa spinosissima, history of the culture of, i. 367.Rosellini, on Egyptian dogs, i. 17.Roses, i. 366-367;origin of, i. 364;bud-variation in, i. 379-381;Scotch, doubled by selection, ii.200;continuous variation of, ii.241;effect of seasonal conditions on, ii.273;noisette, ii.308;galls of, ii.284.Rouennaisrabbit, i. 105.Roulin, on the dogs of Juan Fernandez, i. 27;on South American cats, i. 46;striped young pigs, i. 77;feral pigs in South America, i. 78, ii.33;on Columbian cattle, i. 88, ii.205,226;effects of heat on the hides of cattle in South America, i. 92;fleece of sheep in the hot valleys of the Cordilleras, i. 98;diminished fertility of these sheep, ii.161;on black-boned South American fowls, i. 258;variation of the guinea-fowl in tropical America, i. 294;frequency of striped legs in mules, ii.42;geese in Bogota, ii.161;sterility of fowls introduced into Bolivia, ii.162.Roy, M., on a variety ofMagnolia grandiflora, ii.308.Royle, Dr., Indian varieties of the mulberry, i. 334;onAgave vivipara, ii.169;variety of rice not requiring irrigation, ii.305;sheep from the Cape in India, ii.306.Rubus, pollen of, ii.268.Rudimentaryorgans, i. 12, ii.315-318.Rufzde Lavison, extinction of breeds of dogs in France, ii.425.Ruminants, general fertility of, in captivity, ii.150.Rumplessfowls, i. 230.Runts, i. 142-144;history of, i. 210;lower jaws and skull figured, i. 164-165.Russianor Himalayan rabbit, i. 108.Rütimeyer, Prof., dogs of the Neolithic period, i. 19;horses of Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 49;diversity of early domesticated horses i. 51;pigs of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 65, 67-68;on humped cattle, i. 80;parentage of European breeds of cattle, i. 80, 81, ii.427;on "Niata" cattle, i. 89;sheep of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 94, ii.427;goats of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 101;absence of fowls in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 246;on crossing cattle, ii.98;differences in the bones of wild and domesticated animals, ii.279;decrease in size of wild European animals, ii.427.Rye, wild, De Candolle's observations on, i. 313;found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 319;common, preferred by hares and rabbits, ii.232;less variable than other cultivated plants, ii.254.
Rabbits, domestic, their origin, i. 103-105;
of Mount Sinai and Algeria, i. 105;
breeds of, i. 105-111;
Himalayan, Chinese, Polish, or Russian, i. 108-111, ii.97;
feral, i. 111-115;
of Jamaica, i. 112;
of the Falkland islands, i. 112;
of Porto Santo, i. 112-115, ii.103,279;
osteological characters of, i. 115-129;
discussion of modifications in, i. 129-130;
one-eared, transmission of peculiarity of, ii.12;
reversion in feral, ii.33;
in the Himalayan, ii.41;
crossing of white and coloured Angora, ii.92;
comparative fertility of wild and tame, ii.111;
high-bred, often bad breeders, ii.121;
selection of, ii.204;
white, liable to destruction, ii.230;
effects of disuse of parts in, ii.298;
skull of, affected by drooping ears, ii.301;
length of intestines in, ii.303;
correlation of ears and skull in, ii.324-325;
variations in skull of, ii.350;
periosteum of a dog producing bone in, ii.369.
Race-horse, origin of, i. 54.
Races, modification and formation of, by crossing, ii.95-99;
natural and artificial, ii.245;
Pouchet's views on plurality of, i. 2;
of pigeons, i. 207-212.
Radishes, i. 326; crossing of, ii.90;
varieties of, ii.217-218.
Radclyffe, W. F., effect of climate and soil on strawberries, i. 354;
constitutional differences in roses, i. 367.
Radlkofer, retrogressive metamorphosis in mosses and algæ, ii.361.
Raffles, Sir Stamford, on the crossing of Javanese cattle withBos sondaicus, ii.206.
Ram, goat-like, from the Cape of Good Hope, ii.66.
Ranchin, heredity of diseases, ii.7.
Rangeof gallinaceous birds on the Himalaya, i. 237.
Ranunculus ficaria, ii.170.
Ranunculus repens, ii.168.
Rape, i. 325.
Raphanus sativus, ii.343.
Raspberry, yellow-fruited, ii.230.
Rattlesnake, experiments with poison of the, ii.289.
Raven, stomach of, affected by vegetable diet, ii.302.
Rawson, A., self-impotence in hybrids ofGladiolus, ii.139-140.
Ré, Le Compte, on the assumption of a yellow colour by all varieties of maize, i. 321.
Réaumur, effect of confinement upon the cock, ii.52;
fertility of fowls in most climates, ii.161.
Reed, Mr., atrophy of the limbs of rabbits, consequent on the destruction of their nerves, ii.297.
Regenerationof amputated parts in man, ii.14;
in the human embryo, ii.15;
in the lower vertebrata, insects, and myriapoda,ibid.
Reindeer, individuals recognised by the Laplanders, ii.251.
Regnier, early cultivation of the cabbage by the Celts, i. 324.
Reissek, experiments in crossingCytisus purpureusandlaburnum, i. 389;
modification of aThesiumbyŒcidium, ii.284.
Relations, characters of, reproduced in children, ii.34.
Rengger, occurrence of jaguars with crooked legs in Paraguay, i. 17;
naked dogs of Paraguay, i. 23, 31, ii.93,102;
feral dogs of La Plata, i. 27;
on the aguara, i. 26;
cats of Paraguay, i. 46, ii.86,151;
dogs of Paraguay, ii.87;
feral pigs of Buenos Ayres, i. 77;
on the refusal of wild animals to breed in captivity, ii.149;
onDicotyles labiatus, ii.150;
sterility of plantigrade carnivora in captivity, ii.152;
onCavia aperea, ii.152;
sterility ofCebus azaræin captivity, ii.153;
abortions produced by wild animals in captivity, ii.158.
Reproduction, sexual and asexual, contrasted, ii.361;
unity of forms of, ii.383;
antagonism of, to growth, ii.384.
Reseda odorata, ii.237.
Retinitis, pigmentary, in deaf-mutes, ii.328.
Reversion, ii.28-29,372-373,396,398-402;
in pigeons, ii.29;
in cattle, ii.29-30;
in sheep, ii.30;
in fowls, ii.31;
in the heartsease,ibid.;
in vegetables,ibid.;
in feral animals and plants, ii.32-34;
to characters derived from a previous cross in man, dogs, pigeons, pigs, and fowls, ii.34-35;
in hybrids, ii.36;
by bud-propagation in plants, ii.36-38;
by age in fowls, cattle, &c., ii.38-39;
caused by crossing, ii.39-51;
explained by latent characters, ii.51-56;
producing monstrosities, ii.57;
producing peloric flowers, ii.58-60;
of feral pigs to the wild type, i. 77-78;
of supposed feral rabbits to the wild type, i. 104, 111, 115;
of pigeons, in coloration, when crossed, i. 197-202;
in fowls, i. 239-246;
in the silkworm, i. 302;
in the pansy, i. 369;
in a pelargonium, i. 378;
in Chrysanthemums, i. 379;
of varieties of the China rose in St. Domingo, i. 380;
by buds in pinks and carnations, i. 381;
of laciniated varieties of trees to the normal form, i. 382;
in variegated leaves of plants, i. 383-384;
in tulips, i. 386;
of suckers of the seedless barberry to the common form, i. 384;
by buds in hybrids ofTropæolum, i. 392;
in plants, i. 409;
of crossed peloric snapdragons, ii.71;
analogous variations due to, ii.349-351.
Reynier, selection practised by the Celts, ii.202-203.
Rhinoceros, breeding in captivity in India, ii.150.
Rhododendron, hybrid, ii.265.
Rhododendron ciliatum, ii.277.
Rhododendron Dalhousiæ, effect of pollen ofR. Nuttalliiupon, i. 400.
Rhubarb, not medicinal when grown in England, ii.274.
Ribes grossularia, i. 354-356, 376.
Ribes rubrum, i. 376.
Ribs, number and characters of, in fowls, i. 267;
characters of, in ducks, i. 283-284.
Rice, Imperial, of China, ii.205;
Indian varieties of, ii.256;
variety of, not requiring water, ii.305.
Richardson, H. D., on jaw-appendages in Irish pigs, i. 76;
management of pigs in China, i. 68;
occurrence of striped young in Westphalian pigs, i. 76;
on crossing pigs, ii.95;
on interbreeding pigs, ii.122;
on selection in pigs, ii.194.
Richardson, Sir John, observations on the resemblance between North American dogs and wolves, i. 21-22;
on the burrowing of wolves, i. 27;
on the broad feet of dogs, wolves, and foxes in North America, i. 40;
on North American horses scraping away the snow, i. 53.
Ricinus, annual in England, ii.305.
Riedel, on the "Bagadotte" pigeon, i. 141;
on the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154;
fertility of hybrid pigeons, i. 192.
Rinderpest, ii.378.
Risso, on varieties of the orange, i. 336, ii.308,331.
Rivers, Lord, on the selection of greyhounds, ii.235.
Rivers, Mr., persistency of characters in seedling potatoes, i. 331;
on the peach, i. 338, 339;
persistency of races in the peach and nectarine, i. 339, 340;
connexion between the peach and the nectarine, i. 340;
persistency of character in seedling apricots, i. 344;
origin of the plum, i. 345;
seedling varieties of the plum, i. 346;
persistency of character in seedling plums, i. 347;
bud-variation in the plum, i. 375;
plum, attacked by bullfinches, ii.232;
seedling apples with surface-roots, i. 349;
variety of the apple found in a wood, ii.260;
on roses, i. 366-367;
bud-variation in roses, i. 379-381;
production of Provence roses from seeds of the moss-rose, i. 380;
effect produced by grafting on the stock in jessamine, i. 394;
in the ash, i. 394;
on grafted hazels, i. 395;
hybridisation of a weeping thorn, ii.18;
experiments with the seed of the weeping elm and ash, ii.19;
variety of the cherry with curled petals, ii.232.
Rivière, reproduction ofOncidium Cavendishianum, ii.133.
Roberts, Mr., on inheritance in the horse, ii.10.
Robertson, Mr., on glandular-leaved peaches, i. 343.
Robinet, on the silkworm, i. 301-304, ii.197.
Robinia, ii.274.
Robson, Mr., deficiencies of half-bred horses, ii.11.
Robson, Mr., on the advantage of change of soil to plants, ii.146-147;
on the growth of the verbena, ii.273;
on broccoli, ii.310.
Rockpigeon, measurements of the, i. 134;
figured, i. 135.
Rodents, sterility of, in captivity, ii.152.
Rodriguezia, ii.134,135.
Rodwell, J., poisoning of horses by mildewed tares, ii.337.
Rohilcund, feral humped cattle in, i. 79.
Rolle, F., on the history of the peach, ii.308.
Roller-pigeons, Dutch, i. 151.
Rolleston, Prof., incisor teeth affected in form in cases of pulmonary tubercle, ii.332.
Romans, estimation of pigeons by, i. 205;
breeds of fowls possessed by, i. 231, 247.
Rooks, pied, ii.77.
Rosa, cultivated species of, i. 366.
Rosa devoniensis, graft-hybrid produced by, on the white Banksian rose, i. 396.
Rosa indicaandcentifolia, fertile hybrids of, i. 366.
Rosa spinosissima, history of the culture of, i. 367.
Rosellini, on Egyptian dogs, i. 17.
Roses, i. 366-367;
origin of, i. 364;
bud-variation in, i. 379-381;
Scotch, doubled by selection, ii.200;
continuous variation of, ii.241;
effect of seasonal conditions on, ii.273;
noisette, ii.308;
galls of, ii.284.
Rouennaisrabbit, i. 105.
Roulin, on the dogs of Juan Fernandez, i. 27;
on South American cats, i. 46;
striped young pigs, i. 77;
feral pigs in South America, i. 78, ii.33;
on Columbian cattle, i. 88, ii.205,226;
effects of heat on the hides of cattle in South America, i. 92;
fleece of sheep in the hot valleys of the Cordilleras, i. 98;
diminished fertility of these sheep, ii.161;
on black-boned South American fowls, i. 258;
variation of the guinea-fowl in tropical America, i. 294;
frequency of striped legs in mules, ii.42;
geese in Bogota, ii.161;
sterility of fowls introduced into Bolivia, ii.162.
Roy, M., on a variety ofMagnolia grandiflora, ii.308.
Royle, Dr., Indian varieties of the mulberry, i. 334;
onAgave vivipara, ii.169;
variety of rice not requiring irrigation, ii.305;
sheep from the Cape in India, ii.306.
Rubus, pollen of, ii.268.
Rudimentaryorgans, i. 12, ii.315-318.
Rufzde Lavison, extinction of breeds of dogs in France, ii.425.
Ruminants, general fertility of, in captivity, ii.150.
Rumplessfowls, i. 230.
Runts, i. 142-144;
history of, i. 210;
lower jaws and skull figured, i. 164-165.
Russianor Himalayan rabbit, i. 108.
Rütimeyer, Prof., dogs of the Neolithic period, i. 19;
horses of Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 49;
diversity of early domesticated horses i. 51;
pigs of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 65, 67-68;
on humped cattle, i. 80;
parentage of European breeds of cattle, i. 80, 81, ii.427;
on "Niata" cattle, i. 89;
sheep of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 94, ii.427;
goats of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 101;
absence of fowls in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 246;
on crossing cattle, ii.98;
differences in the bones of wild and domesticated animals, ii.279;
decrease in size of wild European animals, ii.427.
Rye, wild, De Candolle's observations on, i. 313;
found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 319;
common, preferred by hares and rabbits, ii.232;
less variable than other cultivated plants, ii.254.