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ArSTRIA. 



INDEX. 



BATES. 



Austria, heredity of character in em- 

 perors of, ii. 40. 



Autenrieth, on persistency of colour 

 in horses, i. 465. 



Ava, horses of, i. 56. 



Avena ftitua, cultivability of, i. 330. 



' Ateen Akbery,' pigeons mentioned in 

 the, i. 158, 163, 194, 215, 217, 218. 



AYres, W. P., on bud-variation in 

 pelargoniums, i. 403. 



Azalea indica, bud-variation in, i. 402. 



Azara, on the feral dogs of La Plata, 

 i. 28 ; on the crossing of domestic 

 with wild cats in Paraguay, i. 47 ; 

 on hornlike processes in horses, i. 52 ; 

 on curled hair in horses, i. 56, ii. 

 189, 318 ; on the colours of feral 

 horses, i. 64, ii. 246 ; on the cattle of 

 Paraguay and La Plata, i. 86, 89, 92, 

 ii. 246 ; on a hornless bull, ii. 190, 

 on the increase of cattle in South 

 America, ii. 98 ; on the growth of 

 horns in the hornless cattle of Cor- 

 rientes, ii. 13 ; on the " Xiata " cattle, 

 i. 94 ; on naked quadrupeds, ii. 268 ; 

 on a race of black-skinned fowls in 

 South America, i. 243, ii. 194; on 

 a variety of maize, i. 339. 



Babington, C. G, on the origin of the 

 plum, i. 367 ; British species of the 

 genus Sosa, i. 390 ; distinctness of 

 Viola lutea and tricolor, i. 392. 



Bachhann, Mr., on the turkey, ii. 250. 

 See also Audubon. 



Badger, breeding in confinement, ii. 

 134. 



" Bagadotten-Taube," i. 148. 



Baily, Mr., on the effect of selection 

 on fowls, ii. 182 ; on Dorking fowls, 

 ii. 224. 



Baird, S., on the origin of the turkey, 

 i. 308. 



Baker, Mr., on heredity in the horse, 

 i. 455 ; on the degeneration of the 

 horse by neglect, ii. 225; orders of 

 Henrys VII. and VIII. for the 

 destruction of undersized mares, ii. 

 188. 



Bakewell. change in the sheep effected 

 by, ii. 182. 



Balancement, ii. 335, 336 ; of growth, 

 law of, 335. 



Baldhead (pigeon), i. 158. 



Baldness, in man, inherited, ii'. '319, 

 with deficiency in teeth, ii. 319, 320. 



Ballance, Mr., on the effects of in- 

 terbreeding on fowls, ii. 105 ; on 

 variation in the eggs of fowls, i. 261. 



Ballota nigra, transmission of variegated 

 leaves in, i. 409. 



Bamboo, varieties of the, ii. 243. 



Banana, variation of the, i. 396, ii. 

 243 ; bud-variation in the, i. 401 ; 

 sterility of the, ii. 256. 



Bantam fowls, i. 241 ; Sebright, origin 

 of, ii. 74; sterility of, ii. 79. 



Barb (pigeon), i. 151, 153, 220, ii. 

 212; figure of, i. 152; figure of 

 lower jaw of, i. 173. 



Barbs, of wheat, i. 331. 



Barberry, dark or red-leaved variety, 

 i. 385, 462 ; reversion in suckers of 

 seedless variety, i. 410. 



Barbut, J., on the dogs of Guinea, i. 

 26 ; on the domestic pigeons in 

 Guinea, i. 195 ; fowls not native in 

 Guinea, i. 249. 



Barking, acquisition of the habit of, 

 by various dogs, i. 28. 



Barley, wild, i. 330 ; of the lake- 

 dwellings, i. 335-337; ancient variety 

 of, ii. 425. 



Barnes, Mr., production of early peas 

 by selection, ii. 185. 



Barnet, Mr., on the intercrossing of 

 strawberries, i. 373 ; diceciousness of 

 the hautbois strawberry, i. 375 ; on 

 the Scarlet American strawberry, ii. 

 184. 



Barth, Dr., use of grass-seeds as food 

 in Central Africa, i. 325. 



Bartlett, A. D., on the origin of 

 " Himalayan " rabbits by intercross- 

 ing, i. 113; on the feral rabbits of 

 Porto Santo, i. 119; on geese with 

 reversed feathers on the head and 

 neck, i. 303 ; on the young of the 

 black-shouldered peacock, i. 306 ; on 

 a variety of the turkey, i. 309 ; size 

 of hybrids, ii. 112; on the breeding 

 of the Felidte in captivity, ii. 133; 

 so-called hybrids, ii. 316. 



Bartraji, on the black wolf-dog oi 

 Florida, i. 23. 



Bates, H. W., refusal of wild animals 

 to breed in captivity, ii. 132, 135 ; 

 sterility of American monkeys in 



