INI) i : X 



483 



M'Donnell, Darwin on work of, i. 178 



Macgillivray, reference to his Histot 

 British Bit , 1 



pugnax, polygamy of, ii. 69 



Mackintosh, D., biographical note, ii. 

 167 ; on boulders of Ashley II 

 ii. 168 ; letters to, ii. 166, 167, 170, 

 171 ; on Moel Tryfan, ii. 166; on 

 sources of erratic blocks in. England, 

 ii. 168 



McNab, Prof., J. Scott and, i. 217 ; 

 ii. 319 ; mentioned, ii. 308 



Macrauchenia, skull of, i. 460 



Madagascar, existence of insects capa- 

 ble of fertilising . /win, i. 252 ; 

 fossil Hippopotamus of, i. 454 ; Owen 

 on fauna of, i. 242, 243; plants of, 

 i. 489 ; ii. 25, 27 ; former extension 

 cf, ii. 19 ; as a geographical region, 

 ii. 13 ; / '■ \'a of, ii. 25 



Madeira, birds of, i. 484, 4SS ; British 

 plants compared with those of, 

 i. 492 ; Canary Islands formerly 

 connected with, \ 480; flora of. i. 92, 

 [43, 407, 410, 480. 482, 4S5 ; in- 

 sects of, i. 167, 483, 485 ; ii. 11, 67 ; 

 land-extension, of, i. 427 , ii. 135 ; 

 land-shells of, i. 92, 483 ; Lowe on, 

 i. 100 ; Tertiary plants of, i. 445, 482 : 

 elevation of, ii. 136 



Maer, the home of the Wedgwoods, 

 i. 28, 29 



Magellan Straits, H.M.S. Beagle in, 

 i. 16, 17 



Magnus, review by Krause of his work 

 on colour, ii. 47 



Magpies, pairing of, ii. 65. 74 



Mahon, Lord, compliment to Darwin, 

 ii. 229 



Mahonia, natural crossing of, ii. 383 



Maillet, evolutionary views of, i. 2 



Maize, hybrids of, i. 2S5; ii. 314: see 

 also Zea 



Malaxese, and Epidendrese, ii. 2S1 



course of vessels in flower, 

 ii. 275 ; fertilisation of, ii 272 



Mala phytic 1 



1111m, i. 474 



Malay archipelago, Darwin on Wal- 

 lace's book on, i. 271 ; ii. 142-4 ; 

 translation by Meyer of Wallace's 

 book, ii. 358 



Malay region, glacial epoch and the, 

 i. 116; Wallace on butterflies and 

 pigeons of, i. 263, 265 ; ii 



Malpighiacese, degraded flowers of, 

 i. 77: Erythroxylon included in, 

 i. 83 ; ii. 28 



Malta, Forbes on geology of. i. 41 1 



Malthus, Darwin derives help from 



ling, i. 118; Haughton <■■ 

 . 153 ; misunderstood, i. 271 

 I ' ' 



Mammae, as rudimentary organs in 

 n, ii. 3S 



Mammals, alteration in skulls of, i. 

 343; Australian cave-, i. 132, 133; 

 birds compared with, i. 168 ; Dai 

 claa a, i. 236 ; distribul 



i. 439, 461 ; las indices of climatic 

 changes, i. 457 ; as proof of union 

 between England and Continent 

 since Glacial period, i. 482 ; Water- 

 house's Natural History of, i. .: 

 Glacial period and extinction of, ii. 

 13 ; origin and migration, ii. 14 



Mammoth (Hog), i. 207 



Mammoth, Darwin's eagerness to col- 

 lect bones of, i. 15; Falconer on the, 

 i. 205 



Man, ii. 30-112; antiquity of (see 

 Antiquity of Man, and Lyell, SirC); 

 and apes, i. 237, 334 ; brain of, 

 i- 337 5 criticism of Lyell's chapter 

 on, i. 272 ; Huxley's book on, i. 216, 

 237, 238. 242, 274 ; McClennan on 

 primitive, i. 315 ; and Natural Selec- 

 tion, i. 277 ; origin of, i. 238, 239 : 

 races of. i. 16S, 2S4 ; selection by 

 Nature contrasted with selection by, 

 i. 268 ; slow progress of, i. 260, 261 : 

 Darwin on Wallace's paper on, 

 ii. ^ ; descent of, ii. 30-55 ; ears of, 

 ii. 53, 107 ; geological age of. ii. 36, 

 37 ; and geological classification, 

 ii. 220 ; hairiness of, ii. 39 ; intro- 

 duction of, ii. 220, 221 ; rank in 

 classification, ii. 33, 36 ; Turner on 

 evolution of, ii. 105 ; Wallace on 

 evolution of, ii. 31, 34-9 



Mankind, descent from single pair, i. 

 377. 378: early history of, 1. 2 

 progress of, ii. 30 



Mantell, Owen's attack on, i, 65 



Man* ientific /• 



i. 59, 60, 64 ; ii. 



Manx cats, ii 



. sleep-movements of, ii. 

 564 



Marble, MacCulloch on metamorphism 

 of, ii. 206 



Marianne Islands, subsidence of, ii. 

 195, 226 ; want of knowledge ot 



Mari 



by S and, i. 392 



Mav. ait, C. L., on Cicada, ii. S9 



Marquesas Islands, subsidence of, i: 

 Marr, J. EL, on the rocks of Bohemia, 

 i. 81 ; mentioned, ii. 241 



