INDEX. 



Abnormal characters, heredity of, 49. 



Acquired characters, heredity of, 40. 



Adaptation of animals to locality, 10, 386. 



Allen, L. F., observations on period of 

 gestation, 404. 



Alternation of generations in heredity of 

 disease, 32, 71 ; of generations in he- 

 redity of qualities, 73. 



Ambidextrous family, 45. 



Ancon sheep, 55. 



Animals as machines, 4. 



Antagonistic characters not incompati- 

 ble, 91. 



Antagonism, of acquired and natural 

 traits, 48; of functions, 90; of milk 

 and meat production, 891 ; of nutritive 

 and reproductive functions, 111 ; of 

 reproductive functions and fatty di- 

 athesis, 117. 



Arrest of development, 292. 



Art based on practice, 8. 



Artificial characters of improved breeds, 

 104,155; unstable, 104. 



Art of breeding, 1 ; in advance of the sci- 

 ence, 8 ; object of, 7. 



Atavism, 66; color in Short- Horns, 69; 

 compared with memory, 80; developed 

 by cross-breeding, 206, 208; Dr. Chad- 

 bourne's case of, 69; Dr. Struther's 

 case of extra digits, 68 ; George III., 

 case of insanity, 68 ; in Buff Cochins, 

 from cross of families, 206 ; horns in 

 polled breeds, 68 ; in Essex swine, 68 ; 

 in Malay fowls, 67 ; in polled cattle in 

 Maine, 67 ; in Kumpless fowls, 67 ; not 

 always reversion, 73; pointer bitch 

 Sappho, 67; sexual limitation of, 71, 



223 ; Siebold's case of, 69 ; tan-colored 



marks on merinos, 70 ; without limit, 



80. 



Athletes, families of, 14. 

 Ayrshires, form of recorded pedigrees, 



415. 



Bach family, musicians, 15. 



Bakewell, Kobert, 2. 



Balance of the organization, 95. 



Bantams, Sebright, fecundity of, 89. 



Barrenness, causes of, 116-121 ; from fat- 

 ty degeneration, 121 ; from plethoric 

 condition, 116. 



Barre, Victorie, 51. 



Basque settlements, intermarriages in, 

 187. 



Bat, correlated characters of, 86. 



Bates's Short-Horns, pedigree of, 144. 



Bee, determination of sex in, 331. 



Beef and milk, 90, 891. 



Bemis, Dr., report on marriages of con- 

 sanguinity, 182. 



Bilateral symmetry of tumors, 81. 



Birth-rate, increase of, increases propor- 

 tion of females, 820 ; influence of wars 

 and epidemics on, 818 ; of males in ex- 

 cess of females, 815. 



Births, cases of plural, 130 ; relative num- 

 ber in old and new countries, 125 ; to 

 a marriage in Paris, 124. 



Bitch with three legs, 57. 



Black dogs, tan -colored marks on, 88. 



Blending of characters not a law of he- 

 redity, 76-78. 



Blindness, heredity of, 29. 



Blind persons, sense of touch in, 87. 



