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BENNETT. 



INDEX. 



BLYTH. 



Islands, i. 73, ii. 64; dogs of the 

 Pacific Islands, ibid.; varieties of cul- 

 tivated plants in Tahiti, ii. 243. 



Bennett, Mr., on the fallow deer, ii. 

 81. 



Bentham, G., nmnber and origin of 

 cultivated plants, i. 323 ; on Phaseo- 

 lus, i. 350 ; cereals all cultivated 

 varieties, i. 330 ; species of the 

 orange group, i. 355 ; distinctions 

 of almond and peach, i. 358 ; Bri- 

 tish species of Rosa, i. 390 ; identity 

 of Viola lutea and tricolor, i. 392. 



Berlieris vulgaris, i. 410, i. 462. 



Bcrheris wallichii, indifference of, to cli- 

 mate, ii. 148^ 



Berjeau, on the history of the dog, i. 

 17, 18. 



Berkeley, G. F., production of hen- 

 cocks in a strain of game-fowls, i. 

 2i^5. 



Berkeley, M. J., crossing of varieties 

 of the pea, i. 428 ; effect of foreign 

 pollen on grapes, i. 430 ; on hybrid 

 plants, ii. 112; analogy between 

 pollen of highly-cultivated plants 

 and hybrids, ii. 256 ; on Hungarian 

 kidney^beans, ii. 265 ; failure of In- 

 dian wheat in England, ii. 297. 



Bernard, inheritance of disease in the 

 horse, i. 455. 



Bernard, C, independence of the or- 

 gans of the body, ii. 364 ; special 

 affinities of the tissues, ii. 375. 



Bernhardi, varieties of plants with 

 laciniated leaves, ii. 341. 



Bernicla antarctica, i. 303. 



Bertero, on feral pigeons in Juan Fer- 

 nandez, i. 200. 



Betula alba, i. 461. 



Bewick, on the British wild cattle, i. 

 87. 



BiANCONi, Prof., on the skulls of dogs, 

 i. 35. 



Bible, reference to breeding studs of 

 horses in, i. 57 ; references to domes- 

 tic pigeons in the, i. 214 ; indications 

 of selection of sheep in the, ii. 186 ; 

 notice of mules in the, ibid. 



Bidwell, Mr., on self-impotence in 

 Amaryllis, ii, 120. 



Bignonia, self-sterility of, ii. 117. 



Birch, weeping, i. 413, 461. 



Birch, Dr. S., on the ancient domesti- 



cation of the pigeon in Egypt, i. 

 214; notice of bantam fowls in a 

 Japanese encyclopfedia, i. 241, 259. 



Birch, Wyuley, on silver-grey rabbits, 

 i. 113, 114. 



Birds, sterility caused in, by change of 

 conditions, ii. 136-141. 



Bladder-nut, tendency of the, to be- 

 come double, ii. 152. 



Blaine, Mr., on wry-legged terriers, 

 ii. 232. 



Blainville, origin and history of the 

 dog, i. 15-17 ; variations in the 

 number of teeth in dogs, i. 36 ; 

 variations in the number of toes in 

 dogs, i. 37 ; on mummies of cats, i. 

 45 ; on the osteology of solid-hoofed 

 pigs, i. 78 ; on feral Patagonian and 

 N. American pigs, i. 80. 



" Blass-Taube," i. 163. 



Bleeding, hereditary, i. 452 ; sexual 

 limitation of excessive, ii. 48. 



Blending of crossed races, time occu- 

 pied by the, ii. 64. 



Blindness, hereditary, i. 454; at a 

 certain age, ii. 54 ; associated with 

 colour of hair, ii. 322. 



Bloodhounds, degeneration of, caused 

 by interbreeding, ii. 100. 



Blumenbach, on the protuberance of 

 the skull in Polish fowls, i. 269 ; on 

 the effect of circumcision, i. 467 ; 

 inheritance of a crooked finger, i. 

 469 ; on badger-dogs and other 

 varieties of the dog, ii. 205 ; on 

 Hydra, ii. 283 ; on the " nisus forma- 

 tivus," ii. 284. 



Blyth, E., on the pariah dog, i. 25; 

 hybrids of dog and jackal, i. 33 ; 

 earlv domestication of cats in India, 

 i. 45 ; origin of domestic cat, i. 46 ; 

 crossing of domestic and wild cats, 

 ibid.; on Indian cats resemblmg Felis 

 chaus, i. 47 ; on striped Burmese 

 ponies, i. 61; on the stripes of the 

 ass, i. 65 : on Indian wild pigs, i. 69 ; 

 on humped cattle, i. 83 ; occurrence 

 of Bos frontosus in Irish crannoges, 

 i. 85 ; fertile crossing of zebus and 

 common cattle, i. 86 ; on the species 

 of sheep, i. 97 ; on the fat-tailed Indian 

 sheep, i. 99 ; origin of the goat, i 

 105 ; on rabbits breeding in India, i. 

 116 ; number of tail-feathers in fan* 



