ELEMENTS. 



INDEX. 



FALCONER. 



449 



the dog, i, 16 ; dogs of Lower Egypt, 

 i. 25 ; mummies of Felis maniculata, 

 i. 45. 



Elemknts of the body, functional inde- 

 pendence of the, ii. .'^64-366. 



Elephant, its sterility in captivity, ii. 

 132. 



Elk, Irish, correlations in the, ii. 327, 

 328. 



Elliot, Sir Walter, on cats in India, i. 

 46; on striped horses, i. 61 ; Indian 

 domestic and wild swine, i. 70 ; 

 pigeons from Cairo and Constanti- 

 nople, i. 138; fantail pigeons, i. 153; 

 Lotan tumbler pigeons, i. 158 ; a 

 pigeon uttering the sound Yahu, i. 

 163 ; Gallus bankiva in Pegu, i. 248. 



Ellis, Mr., varieties of cultivated plants 

 in Tahiti, ii. 243. 



Elm, nearly evergreen Cornish variety 

 of the, i. 386, ii. 301 ; folia^;e-varieties 

 ofthe, i. 385. 



Elm, weeping, i. 385 ; not reproduced 

 by seed, i. 462. 



Emhcriza passerina, ii. 141. 



Embryos, similarity of,' i. 12 ; fusion of, 

 ii. 333. 



Engel, on Laurus sassafras, ii. 264. 



England, domestication of Bos longi- 

 frons in, i. 85 ; selection of horses in, 

 in mediaeval times, ii. 187 ; laws 

 against the early slaughter of rams 

 in, ii. 188. 



Ephemerid.i:, development of the, ii. 

 361. 



Epidendrum cinnabarinum, i. 431 ; and 

 E. zebra, ii. 115. 



Epilepsy, hereditary, i. 451, ii. 55. 



Equus burchellii, i. 67. 



Equus c/ua /ga, i 67. 



Equ(S indicus, ii. 17, 22. 



Equus teniopus, i. 65, 66, ii. 16. 



Erdt, disease of the white parts of cattle, 

 ii. 331. 



Ericace^, frequency of contabescence 

 in the, ii. 149. 



Erichthonius, an improver of horses 

 by selection, ii. 186. 



Erman, on the fat-tailed Kirghisian 

 sheep, i. 102, ii. 269 ; on the dogs of 

 the Ostyaks, ii. 191. 



Erodlum, ii. 33. 



Er_ythri7ia crista-gnlli and E. herbacea, 

 hybrids of, ii. 253. 



Eschscholtzia californica, self-sterile in 



England, ii. 118. 

 Esquilant, INIr., on the naked young of 



dun-coloured pigeons, i. 180. 

 Esquimaux dogs, their resemblance to 



wolves, i. 22 ; selection of, ii. 191. 

 EsQUiROL, onherelitary insanity, i. 55. 

 Eudes-Deslongchamps, on appendages 



under the jaw of pigs, i. 78. 

 Euoiiymus japonkus i. 4(j7. 

 Euphorbi c micu at t, ii. 275. 

 European cultivated plants, still wild 



in Europe, i. 324. 

 Evans, Mr., on the Lotan tumbler 



pigeon, i. 158. 

 Evelyn, pansies grown in his garden, 



1. 6 



91. 



Everest, R., on the Newfoundland dog 

 in India, i. 37, ii. 295 ; degeneration 

 of setters in India, i. 39 ; Indian wild 

 boars, i. 69. 



Ewes, hornless, ii. 343. 



Extinction of domestic races, i. 232. 



Eyes, hereditary peculiarities of the, i. 

 452—454; loss of, causing microph- 

 thalmia in children, i. 469 ; modirica- 

 tion of the structure of, by natural 

 selection, ii. 207, 2o8. 



Eyebrows, hereditary elongation of 

 hairs in, i. 452. 



Eyelids, inherited peculiarities of the, 

 i. 452. 



Eyton, Mr., on gestation in the dog, i. 

 31 ; variability in number of vertebrae 

 in the pig, i. 77 ; individual sterility, 

 ii. 146." 



Faba vulgaris, i. 349. 



Fabre, observations on ^gilops triti' 



coides, i. 330. 

 Fagus si/lvatica, i. 462. 

 Fairweather, ]\Ir., production of 



double flowers from old seed, ii. 151. 

 Faivre, on the Frimula sinensis, i. 394, 



ii. 324. 

 Fa/co albidus, resumption of young plu- 

 mage by, in captivity, ii. 141. 

 Falco ossifragus, ii. 215. 

 Fa/co subbuteo, copulating \n captivity, 



ii. 137. 

 Fa/co tlnnunculus, breeding in captivity, 



ii. 137. 

 Falconer, Dr., sterUity of English 



bulldogs in India, i. 39 ; resemblanc* 



