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SUBJECT INDEX 



in, 643 ; total atrophy in, 656 sq. ; 



sex-determination in, 669 ; growth of, 



712 ; puberty in, 714 ; menopause in, 



717 ; longevity in, 723 

 Mucin, in einbryb, 287, 463 ; in egg- 

 membrane, 290 

 Muoinogen, 290 

 Mule, sterility of, 211 

 Murinus, amnion of, 490 n. 

 Mus, formation of corpus luteum in, 145 

 Mv^ decumarms, see Rat 

 Mus minutus, oestrous cycle in, '37 

 Mus musculus, see Mouse 

 Mvs rattus, breeding season in, 37 ; 



period of gestation in, ib. 

 Mus 3ylvaticus,i0BatTCias cycle in, 37 

 Musca corvina, poecUogonie in, 228 • 

 Muscle during senescence, 718 

 Musk deer, perineal gland in, 253 ; 



inguinal gland in, ib. ; preputial gland 



in, ib. ; 

 Musk-ox, oestrous cycle in, 45 

 Musk rat, perineal gland in, 253 ; inguinal 



gland in, ib. ; preputial gland in, ib. 

 Mussel, see Mytilus 

 Mustdus IcEvis, 415 ; egg-nlembrane in, 



289 

 Myliobatis, formation of corpus luteum in, 

 . 145 



Myometrial gland, 372, 577, 618 

 Myriapoda, sex-determination in, 678 

 Myr'mecophaga, placenta of, 442 

 Mytilus, hybridisation of, 213 



N 



NahrzeUen, 417 

 Necrobiosis, 592 

 Nematode, maturation of ova in, 128 ; 



sex-determination in, 678 

 Nematus ventricosus, sex-determination 



in, 665 sq. 

 Nemertea, breeding season in, 9 

 Nephritis of pregnancy, 552 

 Nereis, sperm-agglutination in, , 186 ; 



fertilisation in, 194 sq. ; development 



of, 227 

 Nereis dumcrilic, breeding season in, 10 ». 

 Nereis limbata, breeding season in, 10 n. 

 Nervi erigentes, 267, 272, 564 

 Neurondphags, 726 

 Newt, sexual activity in, 21 ; artificial 



impregnation in, 176 ; ferment of 



gonad in, 318 

 Nipple of man, 588 

 Nitrogen, retention of, -during pregnancy, 



530 sqq., 555 ; excretion of, 532 sqq. ; 



in miik, 595 

 Nitrogen balance, during pregnancy, 



625 sq. ; duriiig pregnancy, in dog, 



526 sqq. ; during pregnancy, in rabbit, 



ib. 

 Nitrogen-lactose ratio in milk, 605 



Nitrogen metabolism, 391 ; in bitch, 49 ; 

 during menstruation, 63 ; during preg- 

 nancy, 519 



^on-deciduata, classification of, 408 



Nucleic acid, 309, 311 ; from spermato- 

 zoa, 307 



Nucleolus, 109 



Nucleo protein, 281 sq. ; in head of sper- 

 matozoa, 312 ; in foetus, 548 



Nucleotide, 309 



Nucleus, 109 ; ratio of, to cytopl&sm, 

 702 sq. 



Nursing period, 599 ; in man, 600 



Nutrition, of foetiis in Perameles, 36 n. ; 

 placenta as an organ of. Chapter X. ; 

 influence of, on fertiUty, 627 sqq. ; 

 influence of, on sex-determination, 

 669 sqq., 684 sqq. 



Nyeticehus, placenta of, 440 



Nylghau, oestrous cycle in, 45 



O 



Ob-placental folds of rabbit, 452 



Ocneria dispar, effect of castration in, 

 325 



Odontosyllis euopla, breeding season in, 

 10». , 



CEdema in pregnancy, 552 



CEstrous cycle, in Mammaha, Chapter 11., 

 passim ; in Monotremata, 35 ; in 

 platypus, ib. ; in Echidna, ib. ; in 

 Marsupialia, ib. sq. ; in Pharcolarctus 

 cinereus, ib. ; in kangaroos, 36 ; in 

 Marsupial cat, ib. ; in Dasywrus 

 viverrinus, ib. ; in opossum, ib. ; in 

 Didelphys aurita, ib. ; in Kodentia, 

 37 sqq. ; in Mus decumanus, 37 ; in 

 Mus musculus, ib. ; in Mus minutus, 

 ib. ; in Mus aylvaticus, ib. ;_ in Ariiicola 

 glareolus, ib. ; in Arvicola agrestis, ib. ; 

 in Eliomys quercinus, ib. ; in Gerbillus 

 hertipes, ib. ; in DipodiMus campestris, 

 ib. ; in Dipodillus simoni, ib. sq. ; in 

 Meriones shavii, ib. ; in Meriones longi- 

 frons, ib. ; in Lepus cuniculus, 38 ; 

 in Lepus variabilis, ib. ; in Sciurus 

 vulgaris, ib. ; in Pachyuromus duprasi, 

 ib. ; in Cavia pdrcellv;s,ib. ; in Ungulata, 

 39 sqq. ; in shefip, 39, 42 sq.-; in 

 Ovis species, 39 ; in Merino sheep, 

 41 ; in goat, 43 ; in cattle, ib. ; in 

 Ibex, ib. sq. ; in markhor, ib. ; in 

 barasingha, ib. ; in Hemitragus, ib. ; 

 in bison, ib. sqq. ; in deer, 43 sq. ; 

 in faUow-deer, 44 ; in gnu, 45 ; in 

 Gazella dorcas, ib. ; in giraffe, ib. ; 

 in eland, ib. ; in nylghau, ib. ; ia water- 

 buck, ib. ; in gayal, ib. ; in axis, ib. ; 

 in wapiti deer, ib. ; in red-deer, ib. ; 

 * in camel, ib. ; in walrus, ib. ; in yak, 

 ib. ; in musk-ox, it. ; in pig, 46 ; in 

 •hippopOtanliiB, ib. ; ill Timor pony, ib. ; 

 in hofse, ib. s^. ; in elephaiit, 47 j in 



