INDEX 



701 



Plister, 578 



Pfliiger, 114, 116, 124, 143, 203, 



313 sq., 329, 436, 518 

 Pfiager and Smith, 203 

 Phalarope, 30 

 Phascolarctv^ cinereus, 39 

 Pheasant, 315 

 Phylloxera, 635 sq. 

 Piccolo and Lieben, 263 

 Pick and Pineles, 523 

 Pi^ri 299 



Pig, 208, 371, 668. See also Sow 

 Pigeon, maturation in, 133 ; ovula- 

 tion in, 139 sqq. ; fertility of 

 591 sq. 

 Pinard, 545 



Pine-marten, breeding season of, 59 

 Pisces, breeding season in, 16 sqq. ; 

 spermatozoa in, 174 ; fertilisa- 

 tion in, 190 

 Pittard, 306 

 Pizon, 222 

 Placenta, as an organ of nutrition, 



chap. X., 491 sqq. 

 Placotus, 148 

 Plaice, 17 

 PUmmer, 270, 275 

 PUmmer and Scott, 268 

 Plonnis, 183, 611 

 Ploss, 70 



Plover, golden, 25 

 Poooek, 63 sqq., 96, 137, 306 

 Poehl, 236, 285, 309 

 PoIaiUon, 532 



Polecat, breeding season of, 59 

 Polynoe, 224 



Polycestrous, definition of, 38 

 Polyphemus, 174 

 Polypterus, 17, 28 

 Polypterus bichea, 17 

 Polypterus laprodei, 17 

 Polypterus senegalis, 17 

 Polyspermy, 190 

 Poncet, 306 

 Porcher, 571 sqq. 

 Porpoise, breeding period of, 53 

 Porter, 669 

 Potthast, 54 



Potts, 308, 640, 653, 658 

 Praopics hybridus, 636 

 Pratt, 9 

 Pregel, 309 



Pregnancy, 138 n., chap. x. 

 passim ; changes in the maternal 

 organism during, chap. xi. ; 

 body-weight during, 497 sq. ; 

 protein metabolism in, 498 sqq. ; 

 carbohydrate metabolism in, 

 507 sqq. ; metabolism of fats in, 

 511 sqq. ; metabolism of metals 



and salts in, 514 sqq. ; respiratory 

 exchange during, 517 sqq. ; 

 changes in maternal tissue during, 

 520 sqq. 



Prenant, 336 



Prepotency, defined, 206 n. 



Prtvost, 184 



Preyer, 358, 365 



Primates, cestrous cycle in, 62 sqq. ; 

 ovulation in, 137 ; 374 ; foetal 

 nutrition in, 392 sqq., 402, 463- 

 482, 484 ; lactation in, 553 



Prjewalsky, 43 



Proboscidia, foetal nutrition in, 387 

 sq., 419 sq. 



Prochownick, 496 



Prooestrum, defined, 36 ; signifi- 

 cance of changes during, 161 sqq. 



Prostate gland, 235 sqq. 



Protopterus, 18 



Protozoa, breeding season of, 6 sq. ; 

 200 ; conjugation in, 211 sqq. ; 

 immortality of, 682 



Przibram, 134, 190 



Pteropus, 62 



Pteropus edulis, 462 



Puberty, 670 sq. 



Puerperium, 545 sqq. 



Puma, cestrous cycle of, 58 



Punnett, 194, 624, 632 sq., 639 sq., 

 649, 657 



Punnett and Bateson, 639 



Purpura lapillus, 14 



Pussep, 254 



Pyrrhocoris, 633 



Q 

 Quagga, Lord Morton's, 201 



R 



Babbit, cestrous cycle in, 37, 41, 

 105 sqq. ; changes in the ovary of, 

 123, 128, 131, 134 sq., 139, 144, 

 149, 154, 156, 158 sq., 160 ; 

 spermatozoa of, 177, 180 ; artifi- 

 cial insemination of, 183 sq., 234; 

 fertilisation in, 187 ; in-breeding 

 in, 214 ; accessory reproductive 

 organs in, 232, 252, 254 sqq., 260 ; 

 269, 273 ; ovariotomy in, 317 sqq., 

 338 ; 328, 343 sq. ; hysterectomy 

 in, 347 sa. ; 349 ; fcetal nutrition 

 in, 369, 372 sqq., 380, 388 .sqq., 

 405, 420-436, 481, 483, 486 sq., 

 489 n. ; pregnancy in, 494 sqq., 

 498, 500 sq., 508, 512, 515 ; 

 female generative organs in, 525, 

 527 sqq. ; parturition in, 537 ; 

 lactation in, 553 ; growth of 



