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TABLE OF PRINCIPAL ADDITIONS AND 



CORRECTIONS. 



Dr. Burt Wilcler's observations on the brains of 



different breeds of the Dog. 

 Degeneracy of Dogs imported into Guinea. 

 Difference in the number of the lumbar vertebrae in 



the races or species of the Horse. 

 Hairy appendages to the throats of Goats. 

 Sexual differences in colour in the domestic Pigeon. 

 Movements like those of the Tumbler-pigeon, 



caused by injury to the brain. 

 Additional facts with respect to the Black-shouldered 



Peacock. 

 Ancient selection of Gold-fish in China. 

 Major Hallett's ' Pedigree Wheat.' 

 The common radish descended from Bapha?ias raph- 



anistrum. 

 Several additional cases of bud- variation given. 

 An abstract of all the cases recently published of 



graft-hybrids in the potato, together with a gene- 

 ral summary on graft-hybridisation. 

 An erroneous statement with respect to the pollen 



of the date-palm affecting the fruit of the Cham- 



aerops omitted. 

 New cases of the direct action of pollen on the 



mother-plant. 

 Additional and remarkable instances of the action 



of the male parent on the future progeny of the 



female. 

 An erroneous statement corrected, with respect to 



the regrowth of supernumerary digits after am- 

 putation. 



