INDEX 



521 



Neo-Mendelism, 43, 44, 45, 4*3-3 2 

 Nest-making instincts, as adaptations, 



197 



Nettleship, E., 400, 461 

 Newman, Colonel, 211 

 Newton, Sir F., 7, 276, 277, 280, 283 

 New Zealand, fauna of, no, in 

 Nictitating membranes of vertebrates, 



146, 147 



Nilsson-Ehle, H. ; 424-28 

 Nitsche, Dr., 155 



Nucleolus: chromatin, 290; true, 290 

 Nutritive chains, 208 

 Nuttall, G. H. F., 124, 125 

 Nutting, C. C., 258-62 



Oceanic islands, fauna of, 101-10 



Octopus, eye of, 135 



Oenothera, 35; O. albida, 355; 0. 

 bietmis, 349; 0. brevistylis, 349ff-5 

 O. elliptica, 355; 0. gigas, 353^-5 

 0. lata, 355; O. laevifolia, 349^-5 

 0. lamarckiana, 37, 346-60; 0. 

 leptocarpa, 358; 0. nannella^ 349 ff.; 

 O. rubrinervis, 353 ff.; O. scintillans, 

 355; O. spatulata, 358 



Oglivie, Dr., 326 



Oken, 12, 16 



Onagra biennis, 362 



Ontogenetic selection, 268 



Oocyte, 300 



Oogenesis, 299, 300 



Oogonium, 300 



Organic selection, 268, 269 



Origin of Species, The, 4, 5, 7, 24, 27, 

 61, 62, 67 



Ornithorhynchus, 236 



Orohippus, 72, 73 



Orr, H. B., 465 



Orthogenesis, 33, 34, 35. 3^, 273 



Orthoplasy, 268 



Osborn, H. F., 8, 10, n, 13, 20, 21, 45, 

 86, 87, 89, 94, 95, 192-95, 273, 274-83 



Overspecializations, 31 



Ovum, 164 



Owen, R., 121, 150, 240 



Pagnrus bernhardus, 139 

 Palaeomastodon, 76, 77, 78 

 Palaeontology, evidences from, 60; 



opinions as to the adequacy of, 62, 63; 



strength and weakness of, 61, 62 



Palingenetic, 174 



Pan vetus, 88 



Pangenesis, 28, 30 



Panmixia, 31, 263, 264 



Panniculus carnosis, 148, 149 



Papilio machaon, 315 



Paramecium, 377 



Parasitism, as adaptation, 197, 198 



Parthenogenesis: as a method oi 

 asexual development, 164; sex deter- 

 mination in connection with, 451,452 



Pearl, R., 440 



Pearson, K., 39, 365, 371, 373, 484, 489, 

 491, 493 



Pedigree: of brachydactylism, 460; 

 of cataract, 461; of Charles the 

 Great of Sweden, 471; of feeble- 

 mindedness, 463, 464; of Ferdinand 

 and Isabella, 468; of Hohenzollerns 

 of Prussia, 470; of insanity, epilepsy, 

 etc., 465; of Romanoffs of Russia, 

 467 



Pencils potimirium, 170, 171 



Phaseolus, 376 



Phenotype, 377-79, 39, 43* 



Phenotypic, 377-79, 39Q, 43 1 



Phillips, J. C., 333 



Phocochaerus, 324, 325 



Physiological units, 28 



Pisum quadratum, 381; P. saccharatum, 



381; P. satimim, 393 ; P. umbellatum, 



381 



Pithecanthropus erectus, 86, 87, 88, 90, 93 

 Planetesimal hypothesis, 57 

 Plate, L., 264, 265, 371 

 Pliny, 14 

 Pliohippus, 72 

 Ploetz, A., 489, 490, 491 

 Podocoryne, 246 

 Poebrotherium, 74, 75 

 Polar bodies, 299, 300, 301 

 Popenoe, P., 484-96 

 Post-Aristotelians, 14 

 Poulton, E. B., 257 

 Preformation doctrine, 176 

 Prenatal influences, 13, 14 

 Presence and absence hypothesis, 413- 



15 

 Primates: geologic record of, 82; origin 



of, 81, 82; place of origin; stock of, 



81; time of origin, 81 



