Index. 



457 



relation to the formation of galls, 



Nature, organic, 1 7 ; inorganic, i , 



17, 18. 



A'auplius, 138. 

 Neumayr, 19. 

 New Zealand, fauna of, 68, 204, 



205 ; thriving of exotic species 



in, 286. 



Newman, on the Illative Sense, 6. 

 Newton, his idea of scientific 



method, 6. 



Nictitating membrane, 74, 75. 

 Notochord, 146. 

 Novum Organon, the, on scientific 



method, 2. 



Nucleus, 105, 112-134. 

 Nucleus-spindle, 129. 

 Nut-hatch, Syrian, ornamented 



nests of, 381. 



O. 



Objective methods, 6. 

 Oceanic islands, see Islands. 

 Octopus, eye of, 57, 58, 348-350. 

 CEdicnemus crepitans, 320. 

 Ontogeny, as recapitulation of 



phylogeny, 98-104. 

 Orang Outang, see Apes. 

 Oredon Culbertsoni, 167. 

 Origin of Species, the, influence 



exercised by, on ideas of method, 



1-9. 



Orohippus, 189. 

 Otaria, eye of, 75. 

 Ovum, 113-142; human, 120-123; 



amoeboid movements of young, 



121-123; segmentation of, 134, 



Owen, on ear of whale, 65 ; on 

 natural selection, 333, 334. 



Owl, eye of, 75. 



P. 



Paddle, see Whale, and Baptanodon 

 discus. 



Pagurus bernhardus, 64. 



Pain, in relation to the theory of 

 evolution, 417. 



Palaeontology, 159-203; general 

 testimony of, 156-165; testimony 

 of, in particular cases, 165-203 ; 



consideration of objections to 

 theory of evolution founded on 

 grounds of, 156-165, and Ap- 

 pendix. 



Palceotheritim, 190, 191. 



Paley, on natural theology, 98, 41 2. 



Paludina, successive forms of, 19. 



Panama, Isthmus of, 219. 



Panniculus carnosis, 77. 



Papilio merope, 330. 



Parasites, of animals, devoid of 

 beauty, 408. 



Parsimony, law of, 272. 



Parthenogenesis, 119. 



Partridges, 319. 



Peacock, tail of, 378 ; courtship of, 



383- 



Peckham, Mr. and Mrs., on court- 

 ship of spiders, 388-390. 

 Perissodactyls, 182-192. 

 Petromyzon marinus, 148. 

 Phenacodus pri mcevus, 184, 185. 

 Phylogeny, see Ontogeny. 

 Physiological selection, 376. 

 Pig, embryology of, 153 ; feet of, 



176, 187 ; portraits of wild and 



domesticated, 312. 

 Pigeons, portraits of, 298, 299 ; 



feather-footed, 359. 

 Pilot fish, 289. 

 Planorbis, transmutations of, 200, 



201. 

 Pleasure and pain, in relation to 



the theory of evolution, 417. 

 Plica semilunaris, 75. 

 Pliohippus, 189. 

 Polar bear, skeleton of, 1 74 ; feet 



of, 178. 



Polar bodies, 125, 126. 

 Polar star, 129. 

 Polyps, 114. 

 Porpoises, 24, 25, 50. 

 Poulton, E. B., on warning colours, 



325, 326; on mimicry, 331, 332 ; 



sexual selection, 400, 401, 449, 



450. 



Poultry, portraits of, 300-302. 

 Pronucleus, 126-128. 

 Prophetic types, 272, 351-362. 

 Prophysema primordiale, 140. 

 Protective colouring, 317-323. 

 Protohippus, 189. 



