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ORGANS. 



INDEX. 



PAMPAS. 



Organs, rudimentary and aborted, ii. 

 306-309; multiplication of abnormal, 

 ii. 385. 



Oriole, assumptions of hen-plnmage 

 by a male in confinement, ii. 141. 



Orkney Islands, pigs of, i. 74 ; pigeons 

 of, i. 193. 



Orthoptera, regeneration of hind legs 

 in the, ii. 284. 



Orthosis munda, ii. 141. 



Orton, R., on the effects of cross- 

 breeding on the female, i. 436 ; on 

 the Manx cat, ii. 41 ; on mongrels 

 from the silk-fowl, ii. 42 ; infertility 

 of geese in Quito, ii. 145. 



Osborne, Dr., inherited mottling of 

 the iris, i. 454. 



OsPREY, preying on black fowls, ii, 

 215. 



Osten-Sacken, Baron, on American 

 oak-galls, ii. 272. 



OSTEOLOGICAL characters of pigs, i. 69, 

 70, 74, 77 ; of rabbits, i. 120-134; of 

 pigeons, i. 171-177 ; of ducks, i. 296- 

 298. 



Ostrich, diminished fertility of the, in 

 captivity, ii. 140. 



Ostvaks, selection of dogs by the, ii. 

 191. 



Otter, ii. 134. 



"Otter" sheep of Massachusetts, i. 

 104. 



OuDE, feral humped cattle in, i. 83. 



OuisriTi, breed in Europe, ii. 135. 



Ovary, variation of, in Cticurbita mos- 

 chata, i. 382 ; development of, inde- 

 pendently of pollen, i. 433. 



Ovis tnontana, i. 103. 



Ovules and buds, identity of nature of, 

 ii. 353. 



OwEDT, Capt., on stiff-haired cats at 

 Mombas, i. 48. 



Owen, Prof. R.,palaeontological evidence 

 as to the origin of dogs, i. 15; on 

 the skull of the " Niata" cattle, i. 

 93 ; on fossil remains of rabbits, i. 

 108; on the significance of the brain, 

 i. 130 ; on metagenesis, ii. 362 ; 

 theory of reproduction and partheno- 

 genesis, ii. 370. 



Owl, eagle, breeding in captivity, ii. 

 137. 



Owl pigeon, i. 156; African, figured i. 

 157 ;^ known in 1735, i. 218. 



Oxalis, trimorphic species of, ii. 394. 



Oxalis rosea, ii. 113. 



OxLEY, Mr., on the nutmeg-tree, ii, 



223. 

 Oysters, differences in the shells of, ii. 



270. 



Paca, sterility of the, in confinement, 

 ii. 135. 



Pacific Islands, pigs of the, i. 73. 



Padua, earliest known flower-garden 

 at, ii. 202. 



Paduan fowl of Aldrovandi, i. 259. 



Pceonia moutin, ii. 189. 



PiEONY-TREE, ancient cultivation of, in 

 China, ii. 189. 



Paget, on the Hungarian sheep-dog, i. 

 24. 



Paget, Sir J., inheritance of cancer, i. 

 451 ; hereditary elongation of hairs 

 in the eyebrow, i. 452 ; re-growth of 

 extra digits, i. 459 ; circumcision, i. 

 467 ; period of inheritance of cancer, 

 ii. 56 ; on Hydra, ii. 283 ; on the 

 healing of wounds, ii. 284 ; on the re- 

 paration of bones, Vjid. ; growth of hair 

 near inflamed surfaces or fractures, 

 ii. 285; on false membranes, ibid.; 

 compensatory development of the 

 kidney, ii. 290 ; bronzed skin in disease 

 of supra-renal capsules, ii. 325 ; unity 

 of growth and gemmation, ii. 352 ; 

 independence of the elements of the 

 body, ii. 365 ; affinity of the tissues 

 for special organic substances, ii. 374. 



Pallas, on the influence of domestica- 

 tion upon the sterility of intercrossed 

 species, i. 32, 86, 202, ii. 88 ; hypo- 

 thesis that variability is wholly due 

 to crossing, i. 197, 398, ii. 237, 252 ; 

 on the origin of the dog, i. 16; varia- 

 tion in dogs, i. 34 ; crossing of dog 

 and jackal, i. 25 ; origin of domestic 

 cats, i. 46 ; origin of Angora cat, i. 

 47 ; on wild horses, i. 55, 63 ; on 

 Persian sheep, i. 98 ; on Siberian fat- 

 tailed sheep, ii. 269 ; on Chinese 

 sheep, ii. 306 ; on Crimean varieties 

 of the vine, i. 353 ; on a grape with 

 rudimentary seeds, li. 306 ; on feral 

 musk-ducks, ii. 20 ; sterility of Al- 

 pine plants in gardens, ii. 147 ; selec- 

 tion of white-tailed yaks, ii. 190. 



Pampas, feral cattle on the, i. 89. 



