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CArLIF'LOWER. 



INDEX. 



CHINA. 



Columbia, ii. 189 ; crossed with wild 

 banteng in Java, ii. 191 ; with re- 

 versed hair in Band a Oriental, ii. 

 190; selection of trifling characters 

 in, ii. 193; fashion in, ii. 195; simi- 

 larity of best races of, ii. 227 ; uncon- 

 scious selection in, ii. 198 ; effects of 

 natural selection on anomalous breeds 

 of, ii. 211, 212 ; light-coloured, at- 

 tacked by flies, ii. 214, 330; Jersey, 

 rapid improvement of, ii. 220 ; effects 

 of disuse of parts in, ii. 289 ; rudi- 

 mentary horns in, ii, 306 ; supposed 

 influence of humidity on the hair of, 

 ii. 318 ; white spots of, liable to 

 disease, ii. 331 ; supposed analogous 

 variation in, ii. 341 ; displacement 

 of long- horned by short-horned, ii. 

 421. 



Cauliflower, i. 341 ; free-seeding of, 

 in India, ii. 301 ; rudimentary flowers 

 in, ii. 306. 



Cavalier pigeon, ii. 75. 



Cavia aperea, ii. 134. 



Cay (Cebus azarce), sterility of, in con- 

 finement, ii. 136. 



Cebiis azarce, ii. 136. 



Cecidomyia, larval development of, ii. 

 273, 353, 363 ; and Misocimpus, i. 5. 



Cedars of Lebanon and Atlas, i. 387. 



Celery, turnip-rooted, i. 344 ; run wild, 

 ii. 7. 



Cell-theory, ii. 366. 



Celosia cristata, i. 389. 



Celsus, on the selection of seed-corn, i. 

 336, ii. 187. 



Celts, early cultivation of the cabbage 

 by the, i. 342 ; selection of cattle and 

 horses by the, ii. 187. 



Cenchrus, seeds of a, used as food, i. 

 326. 



Centaurea cyan'is, bud-vaj'iation in, i. 

 404. 



Cephalopoda, spermatophores of, ii. 

 379. 



Cerasus padus, yellow-fruited, i. 462. 



Cercokptes, sterility of, in captivity, ii. 

 134. 



Cercopithecus, breeding of a species of, 

 in captivity, ii. 136. 



Cereals, i. 329, 330 ; of the Neolithic 

 period in Switzerland, i. 335 ; adapta- 

 tion of, to soils, ii. 295. 



Cereus, ii. 11. 



Cereus spcciosissimus and phyllanthus, re- 

 version in hybrids of, i. 425. 



Cerviis canadensis, ii. 141. 



Cerv'is dama, ii. 99. 



Cetacea, correlation of dermal system 

 and teeth in the, ii. 321. 



Ceylon, cats of, i. 48 ; pigeon-fancying 

 in, i. 216. 



Chamisso, on seeding bread-fruit, ii. 

 152. 



Channel Islands, breeds of cattle in, i. 

 83. 



Chapman, Professor, peach-trees pro- 

 ducing nectarines, i. 362. 



Chapuis, F., sexual peculiarities in 

 pigeons, i. 170 ; effect produced by 

 first male upon the subsequent pro- 

 geny of the female, i. 437 ; sterility 

 of the union of some pigeons, ii. 146. 



Characters, fixity of, ii. 225 ; latent, 

 ii. 25-31, 393, 394; continued di- 

 vergence of, ii. 227 ; antagonistic, ii. 

 395. 



Chardin, abundance of pigeons in Per- 

 sia, i. 215. 



Charlemagne, orders as to the selection 

 of stallions, ii. 187. 



Chartley, wild cattle of, i. 88. 



Chate, reversion of the upper seeds in 

 the pods of stocks, ii. 340. 



Chaundy, Mr., crossed varieties of cab- 

 bage, ii. 110. 



Cheetah, general sterility of, in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 133. 



Cheiranthus cheiri, i. 407. 



Cherries, i. 368, 369 ; bud-variation in, 

 i. 399; white Tartarian, ii. 215; 

 variety of, with curled petals, ii. 218 ; 

 period of vegetation of, changed by 

 forcing, ii. 301. 



Chevreul, on crossing fruit-trees, ii. 

 110. 



Chickens, differences in characters of, i. 

 261, 262; white, liable to gapes, ii. 

 213, 330. 



Chigoe, ii. 265. 



Chile, sheep of, i. 99. 



Chillingham cattle, identical with Bos 

 primigenius, i. 84 ; characters of, i. 87. 



Chiloe, half-castes of, ii. 21. 



China, cats of, with drooping ears, i. 

 49; horses of, i. 56; striped ponies 

 of, i 62; asses of, i. 66; notice of 

 rabbits in, by Confucius, i. 107 j breeds 



