INDEX 



Neo-Mendelism, 43, 44, 45, 413-32 

 Nest-making instincts, as adaptations, 



197 



Nettleship, E., 400, 461 

 Newman, Colonel, 211 

 Newton, Sir F., 7, 276, 277, 280, 283 

 New Zealand, fauna of, no, in 

 Nictitating membranes of vertebrates, 



146, 147 



Nilsson-Ehle, H., 424-28 

 Nitsche, Dr., 155 



Nudeolus: chroma tin, 290; true, 290 

 Nutritive chains, 208 

 Nuttall, G. H. F., 124, 125 

 Nutting, C. C., 258-62 



Oceanic islands, fauna of, 101-10 



Octopus, eye of, 13 5 



Oenothera, 35; O. albida, 355; 0. 



biennis, 349; O. brevistylis, 349 ff.; 



O. ettiptica, 355; O. gigas, 353 ff.; 



O. lata, 355; O. laevifolia, 349 ff.; 



O. lamarckiana, 37, 346-60; O. 



leptocarpa, 358; 0. nannetta, 3498.; 



O. rubrinervis, 353 ff.; 0. scinttilans, 



355', O. spatulata, 358 

 Oglivie, Dr., 326 

 Oken, 1 2, 16 

 Onagra biennis, 362 

 Ontogenetic selection, 268 

 Oocyte, 300 

 Oogenesis, 299, 300 

 Oogonium, 300 

 Organic selection, 268, 269 

 Origin of Species, The, 4, 5, 7, 24, 27, 



61, 62, 67 



Ornithorhynchus, 236 

 Orohippus, 72, 73 

 Orr, H. B., 465 



Orthogenesis, 33, 34, 35, 3<5, 273 

 Orthoplasy, 268 

 Osborn, H. F., 8, 10, n, 13, 20, 21, 45, 



86, 87, 89, 94, 95, 192-95, 273, 274-83 

 Overspecializations, 31 

 Ovum, 164 

 Owen, R., 121, 150, 240 



Pagurus bernhardus, 139 

 Palaeomastodon, 76, 77, 78 

 Palaeontology, evidences from, 60; 



opinions as to the adequacy of, 62, 63; 



strength and weakness of, 61, 62 



Palingenetic, 174 



Pan velus, 88 



Pangenesis, 28, 30 



Panmixia, 31, 263, 264 



Panniculus carnosis, 148, 149 



Papilio machaon, 315 



Paramecium, 377 



Parasitism, as adaptation, 197, 198 



Parthenogenesis : as a method of 

 asexual development, 164; sex deter- 

 mination in connection with, 451, 452 



Pearl, R., 440 



Pearson, K., 39, 365, 371, 373, 484, 489, 

 491, 493 



Pedigree: of brachydactylism, 460; 

 of cataract, 461; of Charles the 

 Great of Sweden, 471; of feeble- 

 mindedness, 463, 464; of Ferdinand 

 and Isabella, 468; of Hohenzollems 

 of Prussia, 470; of insanity, epilepsy, 

 etc., 465; of Romanoffs of Russia, 

 467 



Peneus potimirium, 170, 171 



Phaseolus, 376 



Phenotype, 377~79, 39, 43* 



Phenotypic, 377~79, 39<>, 43* 



Phillips, J. C., 333 



Phocochaerus, 324, 325 



Physiological units, 28 



Pisum quadratum, 381; P. saccharatum, 

 381; P. sativum, 393; P . umbellatum, 

 381 



Pithecanthropus erectus, 86, 87, 88, 90, 93 



Planetesimal hypothesis, 57 



Plate, L., 264, 265, 371 



Pliny, 14 



Pliohippus, 72 



Ploetz, A., 489, 490, 491 



Podocoryne, 246 



Poebrotherium, 74, 75 



Polar bodies, 299, 300, 301 



Popenoe, P., 484-96 



Post-Aristotelians, 14 



Poulton, E. B., 257 



Preformation doctrine, 176 



Prenatal influences, 13, 14 



Presence and absence hypothesis, 413- 

 15 



Primates: geologic record of, 82; origin 

 of, 81, 82; place of origin; stock of, 

 81; time of origin, 81 



