INDEX 



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Natural selection and isola- 

 tion, parts played by 189 

 ,, due to mind . . 272 

 Nesonetta, loss of flight 



by . . . .148 

 Neuroptera, the first . 46 

 Neurosis . . . 240 



New Zealand, birds of . 177 

 Nitella, development of 90 

 Nuclear-plasm . . 89 

 Nucleus, structure of . 89 

 ,, development of 129 

 Olenellus fauna . . 14 

 Organic polarity . . 101 

 growth . . 109 

 ,, selection . . 138 

 ,, stability . . 175 

 Orthoptera, the first . 32 

 Osborn, Prof., on varia- 

 tion . . . .93 

 ,, on organic selection 



138 



Ostracodermi . . 28, 41 

 Palaeontology, imperfec- 

 tion of ... 69 

 Pantheism . 200, 204, 276 

 Paramitome . . .88 

 Periwinkle, shells of . 126 

 Personal selection . . 162 

 Petrels, characteristics of 



169 



Pigeons of Polynesia . 154 

 Pithecanthropus . . 60 

 Physical isolation, effects 



of . . . .189 

 Physiogenesis . .125 



Physiological experiments 



217 

 Physiological isolation . 182 



Plants, the first . . 31 

 ,, migrations of . 46 

 Plastidules . . .87 

 Polytheism . . . 199 

 Poulton, Prof. E. B., on 



organic selection . 139 



Pre-Cambrian life . . 11 



Pollen-tubes, growth of . 119- 



Preferential selection . 162 



Prepotency . . 122, 183 



Primates, the first . . 58 



Proto-hydrogen . . 4 



Protoplasm, structure of 88 



,, self-fission in 88 



,, rotation of 91 



Psychogenesis . . 129^ 



Psychological evolution 194 



,, not at its optimum 



265 

 Psychological evolution the 



last form of evolution 266 

 Psychoses . . . 240 

 Radiolaria, the first . 18 



,, permanency in type 



of ... 110, 152 



Reason .... 209 



Recognition marks . 162 



Reflex action . . . 216 



Reptiles, the first . . 47 



,, the age of . 49 



Retrograde development 147 



Rhynchocephalia . .47" 



Roux, Dr., on variation 106, 



112 



iRiolleston, Prof., on the 



origin of morality . 195 



Salmon in New Zealand 117 



Science, advance in . 201 



,, origin of . . 209* 



