SUBJECT INDEX 



Abortion, 563 ; in in- breeding, 218 ; and 

 ovariotomy, 366 ; and corpus luteum, 

 366 sq. ; and iron, 548 ; puerperium 

 after, 584 sq. caused by male parent, 

 637 ; frequency of, in man, 650 sq. ; 

 frequency of, in sheep, 651, 656 ; 

 frequency of, in cattle, 651 ; frequency 

 of, in horses, 652 ; by ergot, ib. ; by 

 oil of juniper, ib. ; by yew, ib. ; by 

 turpentine, ib. ; by camphor, ib. ; 

 by cantharides, ib. ; by aloes, ib. ; by 

 Callicarpa, 652 ; by mechanical means, 

 ib. ; causes of, in man, ib. sq. ; time of, 

 in horses, 653 sq. ; causes of, in cow, 

 654 ; by superpurgation, ib. ; epizootic 

 abortion, 654 sq. ; causes of, in sheep, 

 655 



Abraxas grossulariata, sex-linked char- 

 acteristics in, 676 



Abraxas lacticolor, sex-linked character- 

 istics in, 676 



Absorption spectrum of luteins, 274 



Abutilon, self-sterility of, 215 



Accessory reproductive organs of the 

 male, Chapter VII., passim 



Acetone bodies, in pregnancy, 535 sq. ; 

 excretion of, 544 ; in urine of preg- 

 nancy, 544 



Acetonuria during pregnancy, 545 



Achrosome, 166 



Acid-base equilibrium during pregnancy, 

 536, 545 sqq. 



Acidosis of pregnancy, 545 sqq. 



Acmcea, parthenogenesis in, 234 



Acomys caharinus, yolk-sac in, 423 



Actinia mesembryanthemum, breeding 

 season in, 8 ; longevity in, 721 



Adenine, 307, 309 



" After-pains " of parturition, 579 



Age, effect of, on fertility, 626 sq. ; influ- 

 ence of, on sex determination, 684, see 

 also Longevity 



Ageniaspis fuscicollis, polyembryony in, 

 679 



Alanine, 288, 304 



Albatross, mating habits of, 25 



Albinism, 203 , 



Albumen, 286 sq. ; composition of, in egg, 

 288 ; metabolism of, in placenta, 506 ; 

 in colostrum, 595, 619 



Albuminaria, 544 ; in pregnancy, 536 ; 

 in puerperium, 583 



Alcoholism, effect of, on germ cells, 209 ; 

 sterility due to, in rats, 647 



Alcyonium digitatum, breeding season in, 8 



Allantoidean trophoblast of hedgehog, 

 480 



Allantoidean trophspongia of hedgehog, 

 481 



Allantoin, 309 



Allantois, of Dasyurus, 417 ; of dog, 421 ; 

 of mouse, 470 ; of primates, 490 ; 

 origin of, 411 ; 413 sq. 



Allelomorphism, 201 



Allopterotism in aves, 341 sqq. 



Aloes, abortion by, 652 



Alveoli of mammary gland, 589 



Alytes, effects of castration in, 338 



Amenorrhcsa, 69, 133 n. ; ovarian treat- 

 ment of, 355 



Amia, breeding season of, 16 



" Ammonia index," 532 



Ammonia coefficient, 532 sq. 



Ammonia excretion during pregnancy, 546 



Amnion, 412, 414; formation of, 413; 

 of rabbit, ib. ; of bat, 490 ??. ; of 

 Murinus, ib. 



Amphibia, breeding season in, 18 sqq. ; 

 formation of corpus luteum in, 145 ; 

 fertilisation in, 182 ; polyspermy in, 

 185 ; sex-determination in, 663 



Amphimixis, 210 



Amphioxus lanceolatus, breeding season 

 in, 15 ; maturation of ova in, 129 



Ampulla of Henle, 240 ; in horse, ib. ; 

 in sheep, ib. 



Amylase in placenta, 465 



Amyloid bodies, 300 



Anasa tristis, dimorphism of spermatozoa 

 in, 672 ; sex-determination in, ib. 



Anemone, breeding season in, 8 



Anguis, formation of corpus luteum in, 

 145 



Angioplasmode, 445 sq., 456 ; of dog, 446 



Annelida, breeding season in, 9 ; matura- 

 tion of ova in, 128 sq. 



Ancestrum, 32 sq. ; in carnivora, 92 



Anopheles, egg-formation in, 12 



Antilocapra americana, phenomena as- 

 sociated with breeding in, 25 ; effects 

 of castration in, 322, see also Prong- 

 buck 



Aphidae, parthenogenesis in, 230 



Aphis, breeding season in, 10 



Aphrodiasias, 638 sq. 



Arbacia, movements of spermatozoa in, 

 172 ; water content of ovum of, 185 ; 

 sperm-agglutination in, 186 ; oxidation 

 process in ovum of, 187 sq. ; life cycle 

 in, 227 ; parthenogenesis in, 231 sq., 314 



