INDEX 



487 



Mliller, Prof. Max, Lectures on the 



Science of Language, i. 468, 470 ; 



letter to, ii. 45 

 Miiller, Rosa, observations on circum- 



nutation, 345, 346 

 Mummy wheat, i. 151 

 Mundane cold period, Darwin on 



supposed, i. 95, 438, 463, 464 

 Mundane genera, distribution of, i. 



402, 403 



Munro, Col., on Bermuda, i. 489 

 Munro, on eyes of parrots, ii. 104, 105 

 Murchison, Sir R. I., apotheosis of, i. 



323 ; Darwin's conversations with i. 



140; ii. 150, 151; letter to, i. 109, 



1 10 ; address to Geological Society, 



ii. 37 ; on structure of Alps, ii. 229 ; 



Lyell's criticism of, ii. 229 

 Murder, expression of man arrested for, 



ii. 102, 103 



Murdoch, G. B., letter to , ii. 93-4 

 Murray, A., address to Botanical 



Society of Edinburgh, i. 138 ; 



criticism of Wallace's theory of nests, 



i. 304 ; Darwin criticised by, i. 176 ; 



ii. 30 ; Darwin's criticism of work of, 



ii. 3, 12, 155, 156 ; on geological 



distribution of mammals, ii. 3, 7, 8, 



155, ; on leaves and CO.,, ii. 412 ; 



review of Origin by, ii. 30 ; 



mentioned, ii. 4, 7 

 Murray, Sir J., Darwin on his theory of 



coral reefs, ii. 197, 198 

 Murray, J., Darwin's agreement with, 



i. 214, 215 ; Journal of Researches 



published by, i. 50 ; MS. of Origin 



sent to. i. 1 18; sale of Origin, i. 123 ; 



publication of Filr Darwin, ii. 92 

 Mus, range of, i. 403 

 Musca vomitoria, Lowne on, ii. 94 

 Muscles, contraction in evacuation and 



in labour pains, ii. 99 in man and 



apes, ii. 38 

 Museum (British), i. 109 ; inquiry as to 



disposal of Natural History Collec- 

 tions by Trustees of, i. 112 

 Music, birds and production of, ii. 82 ; 



insects, and ii. 68, 82 ; origin of taste 



for, ii. 51 



Musk-duck, hatchirg of eggs, i. 155 

 Musk-orchids, pollinia of, ii. 337 

 Musk ox, as index of climate, i. 457 ; 



found in gravel at Down, ii. 165 

 Mussels, seize hold of fishing hooks, ii. 



29 

 Mutability of species, i. 42, 43 ; Lyell 



on i. 96 



Mutation, use of term, i. 50 

 Mutisia, a tendril-climber, compared 



with Mikania, ii. 348 



MyantJnts barbatus, hermaphrodite form 



of Catasetun tridentatum, ii. 280 

 Mylodon, i. 457 ; ii. 233 

 Myosotis, in N. America, i. 444 

 Myosurus, range of i. 426 

 Rlytilus, as fossil in the Andes, i. 26 



NAGELI, C. W. von, biographical 

 note, i. 272, 273 ; Darwin on his 

 work, i. 273 ; essay on Natural 

 Selection, i. T t i2',onHieracium\. 348; 

 Ueber Entstehung und Begriff der 

 naturhistorischen Art i. 286 ; ii. 

 375-7 ; Weismann on work of, i. 

 311 ; on arrangement of leaves, ii. 

 376; criticism of Darwin, ii. 380 ; on 

 innate principle of development, ii. 

 375 ; on physiological nature of useful 

 adaptations in plants, ii. 375, 387 



Napier, Rt. Hon. J. R.. speech at Brit. 

 Assoc. (1861) on Darwin's work, i. 



T 

 Naraveha, ii. 341 



Narborough, Sir J., description of W. 

 coast of S. America by, i. 17 



Nascent organs, rudimentary and, i. 162; 

 wing of Apteryx as, i. 171 



Natural classification, i. 104, 282, 284, 

 306 



Natural Conditions of Existence, 

 Samper's, i. 391, 392 



Natural History, Darwin's taste for, 

 i. '4, 85, 216 ; Darwin's contribu- 

 tions to, i. 254, 255 ; accuracy the 

 soul of, ii. 323 ; Darwin urges F. 

 Miiller to write book on, ii. 352 



Natural History Collections, inquiry 

 as to disposal by British Museum 

 Trustees of, i. 109-13 



Natural History Review, Lord Ave- 

 bury on Walsh's paper on dimor- 

 phism, i. 259 ; Bentharn in the, 

 i. 184 ; Darwin's opinion of, i. 177, 

 304 ; Darwin reviews Bates in, i. 232 ; 

 Falconer in the, i. 206, 207, 226, 227, 

 232 ; founding of, i. 157, 177, 460 ; 

 Huxley and, i. 167, 177, 460 



Natural Inheritance, Galton's, i. 199 



Natural preservation, as substitute for 

 Natural Selection, i. 161, 171 



Natural Science, A. S. Woodward on 

 Neomylodon in, ii. 361 



Natural Selection, i. 150 ; accumula- 

 tion of varieties by, i. 294 ; and 

 adaptation in orchids, i. 156; Ailer- 

 on slowness of action, i. 384 ; An- 

 grcccum in relation to, i. 282 ; Ansted 

 on, i. 175 ; applied to politics, i. 298 ; 

 and artificial, i. 128, 208, 267 ; Bates' 

 belief in, i. 199; Bronn on, i. 139, 



