ARNI. 



INDEX. 



BARB. 



435 



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Arni, domestication of the, i. 82. 



Arrest of development, ii. 315-318. 



Arteries, increase of anastomosing 

 branches of, when tied, ii. 230. 



Aru islands, wild pig of, i. 67. 



Arum, Polynesian varieties of, ii. 256. 



Ascaris, number of eggs of, ii. 379. 



Ash, varieties of the, i. 360 ; weeping, i. 

 361 ; simple-leaved, i. 362 ; bud-varia- 

 tion in, i. 382 ; effects of graft upon the 

 stock in the, i. 394; production of the 

 blotched Breadalbane, ibid. ; weeping, 

 capricious reproduction of, by seed, 

 ii. 19. 



Asinus Burchellii, i. 64. 



Asinus hemionus, ii. 43. 



Asinus indicas, ii. 42-43, 48. 



Asinus quagga, i. 64. 



Asinus txniopus, ii. 41 ; the original of 

 the domestic ass, i. 62.1 



Asparagus, increased fertility of culti- 

 vated, ii. 113. 



Ass, early domestication of the, i. 62 ; 

 breeds of, ibid. ; small size of, in India, 

 ibid. ; stripes of, i. 62-63 ; ii. 351 ; dis- 

 like of to cross water, i. 181 ; reversion 

 in, ii. 41-43, 47 ; hybrid of the, with 

 mare and zebra, ii. 42 ; prepotency of 

 the, over the horse, ii. 67-68 ; crossed 

 with wild ass, ii. 206; variation and 

 selection of the, ii. 236. 



Assyrian sculpture of a mastiff, i. 17. 



Asters, ii. 20, 316. 



Asthma, hereditary, ii. 8, 79. 



Atavism. See Reversion. 



Athelstan, his care of horses, ii. 203. 



Atkinson, Mr., on the sterility of the 

 Tarroo silk-moth in confinement, ii. 

 157. 



Aubergine, ii. 91. 



Audubon, on feral hybrid ducks, i. 190; 

 ii. 46; on the domestication of wild 

 ducks on the Mississippi, i. 278 ; on the 

 wild cock turkey visiting domestic 

 hens, i. 292 : fertility of Fringilla ciris 

 in captivity, ii. 154; fertility of Columba 

 migratoria and leucocephala in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 155 ; breeding of Anser cana- 

 densis in captivity, ii. 157. 



Audubon and Bachman, on the change 

 of coat in Ovis montana, i. 99; ste- 

 rility of Sciurus einerea in confinement, 

 ii. 152. 



Auricula, effect of seasonal conditions 

 on the, ii. 273 ; blooming of, ii. 346. 



Australia, no generally useful plants 

 derived from, i. 310; useful plants of, 

 enumerated by Hooker, i. 311. 



Austria, heredity of character in em- 

 . perors of, ii. 65. 



Autenrieth, on persistency of colour in 

 horses, ii. 21. 



Ava, horses of, i. 53. 



Avena fatua, cultivability of, i. 313. 



Ayeen Akbery, pigeons mentioned in 

 the, i. 150, 155, 185, 205, 207, 208. 



Ayres, W. P., on bud-variation in pelar- 

 goniums, i. 378. 



Azalea indica, bud-variation in, i. 377 



Azara, on the feral dogs of La Plata, i. 27 • 

 on the crossing of domestic with wild 

 cats in Paraguay, i. 45; on hornlike 

 processes in horses, i. 50; on curled 

 hair in horses, i. 54; ii. 205, 325; 

 on the colours of feral horses, i. 60, 61 ; 

 ii. 259; on the cattle of Paraguay and 

 La Plata, i. 82, 86, 89 ; ii. 259 ■ on a 

 hornless bull, ii. 205 ; on the increase 

 of cattle in South America, ii. 119 ; on 

 the growth of horns in the hornless 

 cattle of Corrientes, ii. 39; on the 

 "Niata" cattle, i. 90; on naked quad- 

 rupeds, ii. 279; on a race of black- 

 skinned fowls in South America, i. 

 258 ; ii. 209 ; on a variety of maize, i. 

 321. 



Babington, C. C, on the origin of the 

 plum, i. 345; British species of the 

 genus Eosa, i. 366; distinctness of 

 Viola lutea and tricolor, i. 368. 



Bachmann, Mr., on the turkey, ii. 262. 

 See also Audubon. 



Badger, breeding in confinement, ii. 151. 



" Bagadotten-Taube,'' i. 141. 



Batly, Mr., on the effect of selection on 

 fowls, ii. 198; on Dorking fowls, ii. 

 238. 



Baibd, S., on the origin of the turkev, i. 

 292. "" 



Baker, Mr., on heredity in the horse, ii. 

 11 ; on the degeneration of the horse 

 by neglect, ii. 239 ; orders of Henrys 

 VII. and VIII. for the destruction of 

 undersized mares, ii. 203. 



Bakewell, change in the sheep effected 

 by, ii. 198. 



Balancement, ii. 342-344; of growth, 

 law of, 274. 



Baldhead; pigeon, i. 151. 



Baldness, in man, inherited, ii. 73-74 ; 

 with deficiency in teeth, ii. 326-327. 



Ballance, Mr., on the effects of inter- 

 breeding on fowls, ii. 125 ; on varia- 

 tion in the eggs of fowls, i. 248. 



Ballota nigra, transmission of variegated 

 leaves in, i. 383. 



Bamboo, varieties of the, ii. 256. 



Banana, variation of the, i. 372 ; ii. 256, 

 258 ; bud-variation in the, i. 377 ; ste- 

 rility of the, ii. 268. 



Bantam fowls, i. 230 ; Sebright, origin 

 of, ii. 96; sterility of, ii. 101. 



Barb (Pigeon), i. 144-146, 210 ; ii. 227 : 



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