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FRAGAKIA. 



INDEX. 



GAHNETT. 



Fragaria virginiana, i. 373, 



Fraxinus excehior, i. 384, 408, 462, 



Fra.rinus lentiscifoUa, i, 462. 



Friesland cattle, probably descended 

 from Bos primigenms, i. 84, 



Frillback pigeon, i. 163 ; Indian, i. 

 161. 



Fringilla ciris, ii. 1''7. 



Fringilla s/wns, ii, 137. 



Frizzled fowls, i. 241 ; horses, i, 56, 



Frog, polydactylism in the, i. 458. 



Fruit, seedless, ii. 152, 



Fruit-trees, varieties of, occurring 

 wild, i, 327, 



Fry, Mr., on fertile hybrid cats, i. 46 ; 

 on feral fowls in Ascension, i. 249. 



{"UCHSIAS, origin of, i. 388 ; bud-varia- 

 tion in, i. 407. 



Fuchsia coccinea and fu^gens, twin seed 

 produced by crossing, i. 426. 



FUEGIANS, their supers^iticn about 

 killing young water-fowl, i. 327 ; 

 selection of dogs by the, ii. 191; 

 their comparative estimation of dogs 

 and old women, ii. 199 ; their power 

 of distant vision, ii. 208. 



Fungi, parasitic, ii. 274, 275. 



FiJRBRiNGER, Dr., ou nails of Saurians, 

 ii. 386. 



FURCULUM, characters and variations of 

 the, in pigeons, i. 176 ; alteration of, 

 by disuse, in pigeons, i. 185; cha- 

 racters of, in fowls, i. 282. 



Fusion of homologous parts, ii. 387. 



Gait, inheritance of peculiarities of, i. 



450. 

 Galapagos Archipelago, its peculiar 



fauna and flora, i. 9. 

 Galcobdolon luteuin, pelorism in, ii. 33, 



337. 

 Gali^, ii. 272-274. 

 Gall-gnats, ii, 273, 

 Gall-like excrescences not inherited, 



ii. 23. 

 Gallinaceous birds, restrict^^d range 



of large, i, 249 ; general fertility of, 



in captivity, ii. 139, 

 Gallinula chloropus, ii. 140. 

 Gallinula nesiotis, i. 302. 

 Gallesio, species of oranges, i, 355- 



357 ; hybridisation of oranges, i, 357 ; 



persistency of races in the peach, i, 



360 ; supposed specific distinctions of 



peach and nectarine, i, 361; bizzarria 

 orange, i. 417 ; crossing of red and 

 white carnations, i, 426 ; crossing of 

 the orange and lemon, i. 430, ii. 360 ; 

 eft'ect of foreign pollen on maize, i, 

 130 ; spontaneous crossing of oranges, 

 ii. 68; monstrosities a cause of steri- 

 lity in plants, ii, 150; seeding of 

 ordinarily seedless friiits, ii, 152 ; ste- 

 rility of the sugar-cane, ii, 153; ten- 

 dency of male flowers to become 

 double, ii, 155; effects of selection iu 

 enlarging fruit, &c,, ii, 202 ; varia- 

 tion of the orange-tree in North 

 Italy, ii. 243 ; naturalisation of the 

 orange in Italy, ii, 298, 



Galtus ceneus, a hvbrid of G. varius and 

 the domestic fowl, i. 246. 



Gallus hankiva, probable original of do- 

 mestic fowls, i. 245, 247-251,257; 

 game-fowl, nearest to, i. 237 : crossed 

 with G. sonneratii, i. 246 ; its cha- 

 racter and habits, i. 246, ii. 88 ; dif- 

 ferences of various breeds of fowls 

 from, i. 272 ; occipital foramen of, 

 figured, i. 274; skull of, figured, i. 

 275 ; cervical vertebra of, figured, i. 

 281 ; furculura of, figured, i, 282 ; re- 

 version to, in crossed fowls, ii. 13, 14 ; 

 hybrid of, with G. varius, i. 246, ii. 

 14; number of eggs of, ii. 90. 



Gallus ferrugineus, i. 237. 



Gallus furcatu^s, i. 246. 



Gallus giganteus, i. 246. 



Gallus sonneratii, characters and habits 

 of, i. 245 ; hybrids of, i. 245, ii. 20 



Gallus stanleyi, hybrids of, i. 246. 



Gallus tetnminckii, probably a hybrid, 

 i. 246. 



Gallus varius, characters and habits of, 

 i. 246 ; hybrids and probable hybrids 

 of, i. 246, 



Galton, Mr., fondness of savages for 

 taming animals, i, 20, ii, 144 ; cattle 

 of Benguela, i. 91 ; on hereditary 

 talent, i. 451 ; on Pangenesis, ii. 350. 



Gambier, Lord, his early cultivation of 

 the pansy, 1. 392. 



Game-fowl, i. 237, 263-265. 



GAPiS, ii. 213. 



Garcilazo de la Vega, annual hunts ^f 

 the Peruvian Incas, ii. 192. 



Garnett, Mr., migratory propensities 

 of hvbrid ducks, ii. 20. 



