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INDEX 



Marriage, Darwin on, i. 375 '■> Galton's 

 proposal to issue health-certificates 

 for, ii. 5° 



Marshall. W., on Elorfea, i. 149 



Marsupialia, compared with placentata, 

 i. 415 ; Darwin on nature of, i. 86 ; 

 evidence of antiquity, i. 117; abund- 

 ance in Secondary period, i. 453 



Martens, see Martins, also see Errata 



Martha ( = Posoqueria), F. Midler's 

 paper on, ii. 350, 354 



Martin, H. N., Darwin's opinion of 

 Elementary Biology by Huxley and, 

 i. 362 



Martins, experiments on immersion of 

 seeds in sea by, ii. 5 



Maruia cotula of N. America, i, 432 



Masdevallia, Darwin's work on, ii. 289 



Massart, on regeneration after injury, 

 ii. 427 



Masters, M., letters to, 1. 147, 148 ; 11. 

 2 5°-7) 334, 335 ; lecture at R. Insti- 

 tution, ii. 257 ; Vegetable Teratology, 

 ii. 256 



Mastodon, Australian, i. 211 ; extinc- 

 tion of, i. 129; Falconer on, i. 168, 

 227, 228 ; in Timor, i. 228 ; ii. 16 ; 

 migration into S. America, ii. 18 ; 

 skeleton found by Darwin, ii. 361 ; 

 M. andium, Falconer on intermediate 

 character of, i. 227 



Materialism of the Present Day, Janet's, 

 i. 267 



Matteucci on electric fishes, i. 307 



Matthew, P., on forest trees in Scot- 

 land, i. 187 ; quoted by Darwin as 

 having enunciated principle of 

 Natural Selection before Origin, i. 

 187 ; ii. 377 



Maurienne, note on earthquake in 

 province of, ii. 114 



Mauritius, ii. 24 ; craters of, ii. 124, 

 127 ; elevation of, ii. 116 ; extinction 

 of snakes of, ii. 10 ; oceanic character 

 of, ii. 15 



Maury's map, as illustrating continen- 

 tal extension, i. 427 



Maxillaria, ii. 350 



Maypu River, Darwin visits, i. 18 



Mays, J. A., publishes lectures by 

 Huxley, i. 229 



Medals, (Copley), Darwin, i. 247, 248, 

 252-6, 25S ; Lyell, i. 80, 113, 114 ; 

 (Royal), i. 79-81, 88, 113 ; ii. 230, 

 231 ; (Wollaston), Darwin, i. 255 



Medical Department of Army, statistics 

 from Director-General of, ii. 33 



Meditation, expression of eyes in, ii. 

 104 



Mediterranean Islands, flora of, i. 410 



Medusae, i. 13 ; Romanes' work on, i. 



359- 364, 368 



Meehan, T., letter to, i. 354, 355 



Megalonyx, i. 11 



Megatherium, i. n, 12, 457; ii. 233; 

 Darwin collects bones of, i. 17, 19 ; 

 Sir A. Carlisle on, ii. 219 



Melastoma, Darwin on, i. 222 ; ii. 294 



Melastomacese, ii. 292-302 ; Darwin 

 on, i. 229 ; ii. 284, 297, 367 ; crossing 

 in, ii. 300 ; two kinds of stamens in, 

 ii. 294, 295 



Meldola, Prof. R., address to Entomo- 

 logical Soc, i. 175 ; letters to, i. 

 350, 381, 397 ; translation of Weis- 

 mann's Studies in Descent by, i. 350, 

 397 ; on Weismann and Darwin, i. 

 3S1 ; mentioned, i. 378; ii. 363 



Melipona, i. 121, 123, 153 



Meloe, Lord Avebury on, i. 233 ; ii. 12 



Melrose, seeds from sandpit near, ii. 244 



Memorial to the Chancellor of the 

 Exchequer, i. HO 



Mendel, G., W. Bateson on his Prin- 

 ciples of Heredity, ii. 340 ; Darwin 

 ignorant of work of, ii. 340 ; Laxton 

 and, ii. 340 



Mendoza, Darwin visits, i. 20, 25 



Mental Evolution in Animals, Ro- 

 manes', ii. 51 



Mentha, of N. America, i. 444 ; M. 

 borealis, variety in N. America, i. 429 



Menura superba, colour and nests of, ii. 

 60 



Menzies and Cumming, visit Galapagos 

 Islands, i. 401 



Merctirialis, ii. 320 



Mertensia, Darwin's experiments on. 

 ii. 414 



Mesctnbryanthemum, ii. 401 



Mesotherium, Falconer on. i. 240 



Metamorphic schists, ii. 203, 207 



Metamorphism, Darwin on, ii. 203, 205, 

 209 ; heat and, ii. 132 ; Sorby on, ii. 

 210 



Metamorphosis, Lord Avebury on in- 

 sects and, i. 232, 331 ; F. Muller on, 

 i. 264, 312 ; Quatrefages on, i. 246 



Meteorites, Lord Kelvin suggests their 

 agency in introduction of plants, ii. 

 423 



Methods of Study, Agassiz' book on, i. 

 258 



Mexicans, explanation of natural 

 affinities of Chinese and, i. 467 



Meyen, on insectivorous plants, ii. 266 



Meyer, Dr., translator of Wallace's 

 Malay Archipelago, ii. 358 



Meyer and Doege, on plants of Cape of 

 Good Hope, ii. 251 



