INDEX 



547 



M 



Mackay, on analogical characters, 

 462. 



Macrauchenia, 378. 



M'Donnell, Dr., on electric organs, 

 198. 



Madeira, plants of, 118. 



, beetles of, wingless, 148. 



, fossil land-shells of, 389. 



, birds of, 433- 



Magpie tame in Norway, 266. 



Males fighting, 102. 



Maize, crossed, 325. 



Malav Archipelago compared with 

 Europe, 352. 



, mammals of, 437. 



Malm, on flat-fish, 241. 



Malpighiacea;, small imperfect flow- 

 ers of, 225. 



• 455- 



Mammae, their development, 244. 



, rudimentary, 490. 



Mammals, lossil, in secondary for- 

 mation, 356. 



, insular, 435. 



Man, origin of, 527. 



Manatee, rudimentary nails of, 494. 



Marsupials of Australia, 126. 



, structure of their feet, 473. 



, fossil species of, 388. 



Martens, M., experiment on seeds, 

 406. 



Martin, Mr. W. C, on striped mules. 



Masters, Dr.. on Saponana, 227. 

 Matteucci, on the electric organs of 



rays, 198. 

 Matthiola, reciprocal crosses of, 308. 

 Maurandia, 253. 

 Means of dispersal, 403. 

 Melipona domestica, 280. 

 Merrell, Dr., on the American 



cuckoo, 270. 

 Metamorphism of oldest rocks, 360. 

 • Mice destroying bees, 88. 



, acclimatisation of, 153. 



, tails of, 244. 



Miller, Prof., on the cells of bees, 



281, 285. 

 Mirabilis, crosses of, 308. 

 Missel-thrush, 90. 



Mistletoe, complex relations of, 22. 

 Mivart, Mr., on the relation of hair 



and teeth, 156. 

 , on the eyes of cephalopods, 



200. 

 , various objections to Natural 



Selection, 229. 

 , on abrupt modifications, 258, 



259- 



-, on the resemblance of the 

 mouse and antechinus, 462. 

 Mocking-thrush of the Galapagos, 



443. 

 Modification of species not abrupt, 



523. 



Moles, blind, 151. 



Molothrus, habits of, 273. 



Mongrels, fertility ana sterility of, 

 322. 



and hybrids compared, 327. 



Monkeys, fossil, 356. 



Monachanthus, 461. 



Mons, Van, on the origin of fruit- 

 trees, 44. 



Monstrosities, 58. 



Moquin-Tandon, on sea-side plants, 

 146. 



Morphology, 472. 



Morren, on the leaves of Oxalis, 254. 



Moths, hybrid, 304. 



Mozart, musical powers of, 263. 



Mud, seeds in, 429. 



Mules, striped, 173. 



Miiller, Adolf, on the instincts of 

 the cuckco, 271. 



Miiller, Dr. Ferdinand, on Alpine 

 Australian plants, 420. 



Miiller, Fritz, on dimorphic crus- 

 taceans, 61, 295. 



, on the lancelet, 137. 



, on air-breathing crustaceans. 



, on climbing plants, 253. 



- — •, on the self-sterility of orchids, 



302. 

 , on embryology in relation to 



classification, 456. 

 -, on the metamorphoses of crus- 



taceans, 482, 488. 

 -, on terrestrial and fresh-water 



organisms not undergoing any 

 metamorphosis, 486. 



Multiplication of species not indefi- 

 nite, 140. 



Murchison, Sir R., on the forma- 

 tions of Russia, 342. 



— , on azoic formations, 360. 



J on extinction, 368. 



Murie, Dr., on the modification of 

 the skull in old age, 197. 



Murray, Mr. A., on cave-insects, 

 152. 



Mustela vision, 184. 



Myanthus, 461. 



Myrmecocystus, 292. 



Myrmica, eyes of, 294. 



N 



Nageli, on morphological characters, 



222, 

 Nails, rudimentary, 494. 

 Nathusius, Von, on pigs, 209. 

 Natural history, future progress of, 



525. 



selection, 93. 



system, 452. 



Naturalisation of forms distinct 



from the indigenous species, 125. 

 Naturalisation in New Zealand, 213. 

 Naudin, on analogous variations in 



gourds, 168. 



