cosmic. 



INDEX. 



CROSSING. 



443 



difirrsion of ccll-gemmules in, ii. 

 374. 

 Corbie. Sue Boitard. 

 Cordemoz, Dr., seedless plants, ii. 153. 

 Cornea, opacity of, inherited, i. 453. 

 Comus mascula, yellow-fruited, i. 462. 

 Correlation, ii. 311 ; of neighbouring 

 parts, ii. 312; of change in the 

 whole body, and in some of its parts, 

 ii. 313 ; of homologous parts, ii. 314— 

 325 ; inexplicable, ii. 325-357 ; com- 

 mingling of, with the effects of other 

 agencies, ii. 327-329. 

 Correlation of skull and limbs in 

 swine, i. 75 ; of tusks and bristles in 

 swine, i. 79 ; of multiplicity of horns 

 and coarseness of wool in sheep, i. 

 98 ; of beak and feet in pigeons, i. 

 182, 183 ; between nestling down and 

 colour of plumage in pigeons, i. 204 ; 

 of changes in silkworms, i. 321 ; in 

 plants, ii. 204 ; in maize, i. 341 ; in 

 pigeons, i. 177-180, 228; in fowls, i. 

 288-289. 

 Corresponding periods, inheritance at, 



ii. 51-57. 

 Corrientes, dwarf cattle of, i. 92. 

 Corringham, Mr., influence of selection 



on pigs, ii. 182. 

 Corsica, ponies of, i. 54. 

 " Cortbeck " (pigeon) of Aldrovandi, i. 



219. 

 Corvus corone, and C. comix, hybrids 



of, ii. 72. 

 Corydalis, flower of, ii. 336. 

 Corydalis cava, ii. 113, 114. 

 Corydalis solida, sterile when peloric, ii. 



150. 

 Corydalis tuberosa, peloric by reversion, 



ii. 33. 

 Corylns avellana, i. 379. 

 Costa, A., on shells transferred from 

 England to the Mediterranean, ii. 

 270. 

 Coues, Dr. E., on a monstrous chicken, 



ii. 385. 

 Cowper, Mr. White, defective develop- 

 ment of the dental system, ii. 321. 

 " Couve Tronchuda," i. 342. 

 Cow, inheritance of loss of one horn in 

 the, i. 456 ; amount of milk fur- 

 nished by the, ii. 290; development 

 of six mammae in, ii. 309. 

 Cowslip, ii. 464. 



CraciD/E, sterility of the, in captivity, 



ii. 139. 

 Cranes, fertility of, in captivity, ii. 



140. 

 Crataegus oxyacantha, i. 387, 402, ii. 



217, 246, 461. 

 Crataegus monogyna, i. 387. 

 Crataegus sibirica, i. 387. 

 Crawfurd, J., Malasian cats, i. 49; 

 horses of the Malay Archipelago, i. 

 51 ; horses of Japan, i. 56 ; occurrence 

 of stripes in young wild pigs of 

 Malacca, i. 80 ; on a Burmese hairy 

 family with deficient teeth, ii. 53, 

 320 ; Japanese origin of the bantam, 

 i. 241 ; game fowls of the Philippine 

 Islands, ii. 243 ; hybrids of O alius 

 varius and domestic fowl, i. 246 ; 

 domestication of Gallus bankiva, i. 

 248 ; feral fowls in the Pellew Islands, 

 i. 249 ; history of the fowl, i. 258 ; 

 history of the domestic duck, i. 291 ; 

 domestication of the goose, i. 303 ; 

 cultivated plants of New Zealand, i. 

 329 ; breeding of tame elephants in 

 Ava, ii. 132; sterility of Goura 

 coronata in confinement, ii. 139 ; 

 geese of the Philippine Islands, ii. 

 145. 

 Creepers, a breed of fowls, i. 241. 

 Crested fowl, i. 239 ; figured, i. 240. 

 " CrIive-Cceur," a French sub-breed of 



fowls, i. 241. 

 Crisp, Dr., on the brains of the hare 



and rabbit, i. 132. 

 Crocker, C W., singular form of Be- 

 gonia frigida, i. 389, ii. 1 50 ; sterility 

 in Ranunculus ficaria, ii. 154. 

 Crocus, ii. 147. 

 Cross-breeding, permanent effect of, 



on the female, i. 436. 

 Crossing, ii. 62-125, 157-175 ; a cause 

 of uniformity, ii. 62-67, 157 ; occurs 

 in all organised beings, ii. 67-69 ; 

 some characters not blended by, ii. 

 67-72, 158; modifications and new 

 races produced by, ii. 73-77 ; causes 

 which check, ii. 78-87 ; domestica- 

 tion and cultivation favourable to, 

 ii. 88-91, 172; beneficial effects of 

 ii. 92-112, 158-160; necessary iD 

 some plants, ii. 112-122, 159, 160, 

 418 ; summary of subject of, ii. 122- 

 126 ; of dogs with wolves in Norte 



