INDEX. 



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Forskal, 55. 



Fossils, Ray's theory of, 31 ; Lister on, 



91 ; controversy as to origin of, 154. 

 Fregilus genus, 51. 

 Frog-fish, the, 231. 



Gastric juice, John Hunter on, 78. 



Genera of recent and fossil shells, 188. 



Gentian, the blue, 215. 



Geographical distribution of animals, 8. 



Geology and its relations to palaeonto- 

 logy, 153- 



Germanic type of vegetation, 216. 



Gesner, 21. 



Giraffe, the, Lamarck's theory as to, 

 252 ; an example of modification, 285. 



Glacial period, migration of plants and 

 animals during the, 218, 219. 



Goethe on mutability of species, 227. 



Goose, different breeds of, 290. 



Graptolites, 58. 



Gronovius, 53. 



Gulf-weed, note, 222. 



Gunther, A., on Willughby's Ichthyology, 

 44 ; on Cuvier, 151. 



Harris, Moses, 108. 



Hasselquist, 55. 



Hedgehog, Hunter's researches on, 81. 



Heredity, 227. 



Herring, migration of, 98, 99. 



Hipparion, the, 306. 



Hog, the, Pennant on, 100, 101 ; used as 

 a beast of draught, 102. 



Home, Everard, 77-84 ; first conserva- 

 tor of the Hunterian Museum, 88 ; 

 destroys Hunter's unpublished observa- 

 tions, 89 ; publishes Lectures on Com- 

 parative Anatomy, 89. 



Homology, likenesses of, 173. 



Hooded-crow, 50. 



Horse, descent from five-toed form, 305. 



Hunter, John, founder of science of 

 comparative anatomy, and of Hunter- 

 ian Museum, 69-76 ; list of his 

 philosophical and zoological papers, 

 78, 79 ; correspondence with Jenner, 

 80; researches upon the cuckoo, 80; 

 on hedgehog, 81 ; work on the blood, 

 inflammation, and gun-shot wounds, 

 82 ; death, 85 ; personal appearance, 

 86 ; distinguishing character of his 



mind, 86 ; museum his magnum opus, 

 86, 87. 



Hunter, Dr William, a great anatomist, 

 71 ; his extensive museum, 72 ; excel- 

 lence as a lecturer and demonstrator, 

 83 ; controversy with John Hunter, 84. 



Hunterian museum, 64, 69, 72, 86, 87; 

 bought by government and attached 

 to the College of Surgeons, 88; de- 

 scriptive catalogues of, 89. 



Hydra, the, 94. 



Hydra-tuba, 191. 



Ichthyornis, 162. 



Insects, 47, 60, 61 ; Ray on, 35 ; Wil- 

 lughby on, 45 ; classification of, by 

 Linnaeus, 60; Cuvier on, 146. 



Invertebrates, Cuvier on, 146, 147 ; 

 Lamarck on, 241. 



Jackdaw, the, 50. 



Jardine, Sir William, 128, 184. 



Jenner, Dr, a pupil of John Hunter, 77 ; 



Hunter's correspondence with, 80. 

 Johnston, Dr George, 190. 

 Jussieu, Antoine de, 54; Bernard de, 



94 ; botanical classification by, 238. 



Kangaroo, pelvis of, 163 ; jaw of, 164. 



Kentish Flora, the 221. 



Kirby, Rev. William, 189. 



Kittiwake, the, 26. 



Koster, Mr, travels in Brazil, 170. 



Lamarck, Chevalier de, 236-263 ; on the 

 origin of species, 155; order of his 

 botanical classification, 239; theory 

 of evolution, 243; saw the diffi- 

 culty of separating species from 

 varieties, 246; rejected the idea 

 of constancy of species, 247 ; views 

 on variation, 249 ; believed simpler 

 forms of life were evolved first, 

 250 ; agencies concerned in modifica- 

 tion, 251 ; thought that external con- 

 ditions had evoked a corresponding 

 structure, 252 ; instance of the giraffe, 

 252 ; climatic differences in animals, 

 256 ; recognised that the habitual use 

 of an organ leads to its corresponding 

 growth, 262. 



Laminarian zone, 210. 



