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FALCONS. 



INDEX. 



FITTEST. 



between Sivatherium and Niata cattle, 

 i. 93 ; selection ot the silkworm in 

 India, i. 317 ; fastigate apple-trees in 

 Calcutta, 1. 385 ; reproduction of a 

 supernumerary thumb after amputa- 

 tion, i. 459 ; fertility of the dhole in 

 captivity, ii. 134; fertility of English 

 dogs m India, ii. 144; sterility of the 

 tiger in captivity, ii. 133 : turkeys at 

 Delhi, ii. 145 ; on Indian cultivated 

 plants, ii. 148 ; Thibet mastitf aid 

 goat, ii. 268. 



Falcons, sterility of, in captivity, ii. 

 137. 



Falkland Islands, horses of the, i. 55, 

 64 ; feral pigs of the, i. 80 ; feral cattle 

 of the, i. 86, 90 ; feral rabbits of the 

 i. 116. 



Fallow deer, ii. 81, 99. 



Fantail pigeons, i. 153-155, ii. 219', 

 figured, i. 156 ; furculum of. figured, 

 i. 176; history of, i. 218; absence of 

 oil-gland in, ii. 336. 



Farok Islands, pigeons of the, i. 192. 



Fashion, influence of, in breeding, ii. 

 226. 



Fastigate trees, ii. 266, 340. 



Faunas, geographical difterences of, i. 

 10. 



" Favourite " bull, ii. 40, 96. 



Feathers, homologous variation in, ii. 

 317. 



Feet, of pigeons, individual differences 

 of, i. 168; cori'elations of external 

 characters in, i. 180. 



Feet and beak, correlation of, in pigeons, 

 i. 180-184. 



Felid^, fertility of, in captivity, ii. 

 133. 



Felts bubastes, i. 45. 



Ft lis C'ffra, i. 46. 



Felis cal>gul tta, i. 45. 



Felis chaus, i. 45-47. 



Felis jub'ita, ii. 133. 



Felts lybict, i. 46. 



Felis m miculata, i. 45. 



Felis martul, i. 47. 



F&lis ornat ', i. 47. 



Fcis syliestris, i. 46. 



Falls torqti tta, i. 47. 



Female, affected by male element, ii. 

 361, 382. 



Female flov.rers, in male panicle of 

 maize, i. 339. 



Fenn, Mr., grafting potatoes, i. 421. 



Fennel, Italian variety of, i. 344. 



Feral cats, i. 49 ; cattb, i. 89 ; rabbits, 

 i. 116, 119; Guinea fowl, i. 310; ani- 

 mals and plants, reversion in, ii. 5, 6, 

 22. 



Ferguson, Mr., supposed plurality of 

 oriojin of domestic fowls, i. 243 ; 

 chickens of black game-fowls, i. 257 ; 

 relative size of eggs of fowls, i. 260 ; 

 yolk of eggs of game-fowls, i. 262 ; 

 early pugnacity of game-cocks, i. 

 263 ; voice of the Malay fowl, i. 272 ; 

 effects of interbreeding on fowls, iu 

 105; selection in Cochin-China fowls, 

 ii. 180; on fashion in poultry, ii. 226. 



Fernandez, on Mexican dogs, i. 23. 



Ferns, reproduction of abnormal forms 

 of, by spores, i. 408 ; non-ditiusion of 

 cellgemmules in, ii. 373. 



Ferrets, ii. 90, 134, 190. 



Fertilisation, artificial, of the St. 

 Valery apple, i. 371, 372. 



Fertility", various degrees of, in sheep, 

 i. 101 ; unlimited mutual, of breeds 

 of pigeons, i. 201-203; comparative, 

 of mongrels and hybrids, ii. 78, 79, 

 162-165 ; influence of nourishment 

 on, ii. 89 ; diminished by close inter- 

 breeding, ii. 96, 159; reduced, of 

 Chillingham wild cattle, ii. 97 ; of 

 domesticated varieties when crossed, 

 ii. 173. 



Festuca, species of, propagated by bulb- 

 lets, ii, 154. 



P'ilberts, spared by tomtits, ii. 216. 



KiLiPPi, on the breeding of brauchiferous 

 tritons, ii. 379. 



Finches, general sterility of, in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 137. 



FiNNiKiN (pigeon), i. 164. 



FiNOCCHio, i. 344. 



Fir, Scotch, acclimatisation of, ii. 300. 



Fish, Mr., advantage of change of soil 

 to plants, ii. 129. 



Fishes, regeneration of portions of fins 

 of, ii. 15; variability of", when kept in 

 tanks, ii. 246 ; marine, living in fresh 

 water, ii. 294 ; double monsters of, ii. 

 333. 



Fission and gemmation, ii. 351. 



F'lTCH, Mr., persistency of a variety of 

 the pea, i. 349. 



Fittest, survival of the, i. 6. 



