Index. 197 



Pigeon, the domestic, four or five races of, as enumerated by 

 Sanson, 67, 68 



, the study of, offers no particular support to the hypo- 

 thesis of evolution, 67 



, the chequered wild, 59 



, the fantail, conjectures as to the origin of, 115 



Placentals and marsupials, their genetic relations a puzzle to 

 evolutionists, 148, 149 



Pointer (dog), conjectures as to the origin of the, 30 



Porto Santo rabbit, 55 



, account of its origin given by Darwin probably legen- 

 dary, its real origin entirely unknown, 56, et seq. 



, legends of the, 115 



Prepotence in intermixture among rabbits, 55 



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Rabbit, origin of the domestic, unknown, 53 



, wild and grey domestic, not identical, 53 



, feral, 54, 55 



, the Porto Santo, its origin, 56, et seq. 



Races of man, I 



, growing doubts as to their unity of origin after time of 



Linnseus, 2 



, fair and dark, of Europe permanent, 2 



of animals when wild called distinct species, when domestic 



only varieties, 7 



, local, 1 1 n, 75 



, natural, not necessarily all modifiable in the same 



degree, 17 



, two sets of, in nature, 21 



, origin of existing, unknown, 23 



of duck, 28 



of pig, 36, et seq. 



of cattle, 41, et seq. 



of sheep, 49 



of goat, 53 



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