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TIRGINIAN. 



INDEX. 



WEBB. 



336, ii. 187 ; of cattle and sheep, ii. 

 186. 



Virginian Islands, ponies of, i. 54. 



Vision, hereditary peculiarities of, i. 

 452, 453 ; in amphibious animals, ii. 

 208 ; varieties of, ii. 290 ; affections 

 of organs of, correlated with other 

 peculiarities, ii. 321. 



Vitis vinifera, i. 352-354, 399. 



Viverra, sterility of species of, in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 134. 



VOGEL, varieties of the date palm, ii. 

 243. 



VOGT, on the indications of stripes on 

 blacli kittens, ii. 30. 



Voice, ditferences of, in fowls, i. 272 ; 

 peculiarities of, in ducks, i. 296 ; in- 

 heritance of peculiarities of, i. 450. 



VOLZ, on the history of, the dog, i. 17 ; 

 ancient history of the fowl, i. 258 ; 

 domestic ducks unknown to Aristotle, 

 i. 292; Indian cattle sent to Mace- 

 donia by Alexander, ii. 186 ; mention 

 of mules in the Bible, ii. 186 ; 

 history of the increase of breeds, ii. 

 231. 



Von Berg, on Verbascum phosnicennij 

 ii. 295. 



VooRHELM, G., his knowledge of hya- 

 cinths, i. 395, ii. 238. 



Vrolik, Prof, on polydactylism, i. 

 457; influence of the shape of the 

 mother's pelvis on her child's head, 

 ii. 336. 



Wade, droopiug eyelids ti'ansmitted, 



i. 452. 

 Waders, behaviour of, in confinement, 



ii. 140. 

 Wagner, Moritz, oriental dogs, ii. 



222. 

 Wahlenborg, on the propagation of 



Alpine plants by buds, runners, bulbs, 



&c., ii. 154. 

 " Wahlverwandischaft " of Gartner, 



ii. 164. 

 Wales, white cattle of, in the tenth 



century, i. 89. 

 Walker, A., on intermarriage, i. 436; 



on the inheritance of polydactylism, 



i. 458. 

 Walker, D., advantage of change of 



soil to wheat, ii. 128. 



Walker, R., reversion in cattle, ii. 8. 



Wallace, A. R., on the multiple origin 

 of the dog, i. 27 ; on a striped 

 Javanese horse, i. 61 ; on the condi- 

 tions of life of feral animals, ii. 6 ; 

 artificial alteration of the plumage 

 of birds, ii. 269 ; on polymorphic 

 butterflies, ii. 394 ; on reversion, ii. 

 41 1 ; on the limits of change, ii. 412. 



WallvVCe, Dr., on the sterility of 

 Sphingidse hatched in autumn, ii. 

 141. 



Wallachian sheep, sexual peculiari- 

 ties in the horns of, i. 99. 



Wallflower, bud-variation in, i. 407. 



Wallich, Dr., on Thuja pendula or 

 filiformis, i. 386. 



Walnuts, i. 379, 380; thin-shelled, 

 attacked by tomtits, i. 379 ; ii. 216 ; 

 grafting of, ii. 247. 



Walsh, B. D., on attacks of insects, i. 

 371; on galls, ii. 272, 273; his 

 " Law of equable variability," ii. 

 344, 345. 



Walther, F. L., on the history of the 

 dog, i. 17; on the intercrossing of 

 the zebu and ordinary cattle, i. 87. 



Waring, Mr., on individual sterility, 

 ii. 146. 



Waterer, Mr., spontaneous produc- 

 tion of Cytisus alpino-laburnum, i. 

 416. 



Waterhouse, G. R., on the winter- 

 colouring oi Lepus vari ibilis, i. 115. 



Waterton, C, production of tailless 

 foals, i. 56 ; on taming wild ducks, 

 i. 292 ; on the wildness of half bred 

 wild ducks, ii. 20 ; assumption of male 

 characters by a hen, ii. 26. 



Watson, H. C, on British wild fruit- 

 trees, i. 329 ; on the non-variation of 

 weeds, i. 335 ; origin of the pluni, i. 

 366 ; variation in Pyrus malus, i. 

 370 ; on Viola amcena and tricolor, i. 

 392 ; on reversion in Scotch kail, ii. 

 35 ; fertility oi Draba sylvestris when 

 cultivated, ii. 147 ; on generally 

 distributed British plants, ii. 275. 



Wattles, rudimentary, in some fowls, 

 ii. 306. 



Watts, Miss, on Sultan fowls, i. 240. 



Webb, Jonas, interbreeding of sheep, 

 ii. 98. 



