436 



BARBS. 



INDEX. 



BEET. 



figure of, i. 145 ; figure of lower jaw of, 



i. 164. 

 Barbs, of wheat, i. 314. 

 Barberry, dark or red-leaved variety, i. 



362; ii. 19; reversion in suckers of 



seedless variety, i. 384. 

 Barbut, J., on the dogs of Guinea, i. 25 ; 



on the domestic pigeons in Guinea, i. 



186 ; fowls not native in Guinea, i. 237. 

 Barking, acquisition of the habit of, by 



various dogs, i. 27. 

 Barley, wild, i. 313 ; of the lake-dwel- 

 lings, i. 317-318; ancient variety of, 



ii. 429. 

 Barnes, Mr., production of early peas by 



selection, ii. 201. 



Barnet, Mr., on the intercrossing of straw- 

 berries, i. 351 ; diceciousness of the 

 Hautbois strawberry, i. 353 ; ^ on the 

 scarlet American strawberry, ii. 200. 



Barth, Dr., use of grass-seeds as food in 

 Central Africa, i. 308. 



Bartlett, A. D., on the origin of " Hi- 

 malayan" rabbits by intercrossing, i. 

 109; on the feral rabbits of Porto 

 Santo, i. 114 ; on geese with reversed 

 feathers on the head and neck, i. 288 ; 

 on the young of the black-shouldered 

 peacock, i. 290 ; on the breeding of the 

 Felidse in captivity, ii. 150. 



Bartram, on the black wolf-dog of Flo- 

 rida, i. 22. 



Bates, H. W., refusal of wild animals to 

 breed in captivity, ii. 150, 152; sterility 

 of American monkeys in captivity, 

 ii. 153; sterility of tamed guans, ii. 



156. 



Batraohia, regeneration of lost parts in, 



ii. 15. 

 Beach, raised, in Peru, containing heads 



of maize, i. 320. 



Beak, variability of, in fowls, i. 258 ; in- 

 dividual differences of, in pigeons, i. 

 160; correlation of, with the feet in 

 pigeons, i. 171-174. 



Beale, Lionel, on the contents of cells, 

 ii. 370; on the multiplication of infec- 

 tious atoms, ii. 378 ; on the origin of 



fibres, ii. 382. 

 Beans, i. 330 ; of Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 

 319; varieties of, produced by selec- 

 tion, ii. 218; French and scarlet, va- 

 riable resistance of to frost, ii. 309, 

 314 ; superiority of native seed of, ii. 

 314 ; a symmetrical variation of scarlet, 

 ii. 322 ; experiments on kidney, i. 330 ; 

 with monstrous stipules and abortive 



leaflets, ii. 343. 

 Beard, pigeon, i. 151. 

 Bears, breeding in captivity, ii. 151. 

 Beasley, J., reversion in crossed cattle, 



ii. 41. 





Beaton, D., effect of soil upon strawber- 

 ries, i. 353 ; on varieties of pelargo- 

 nium, i. 364, ii. 274, 311; bud-varia- 

 tion in Gladiolus colvillii, i. 382 ; cross 

 between Scotch kail and cabbage, ii. 

 98 ; hybrid gladiolus, ii. 139 ; constant 

 occurrence of new forms among seed- 

 lings, ii. 235 ; on the doubling of the 

 composite, ii. 316. 



Bechuana cattle, i. 88. 



Beck, Mr., constitutional differences in 



pelargoniums, i. 364. 



Beckmann, on changes in the odours of 

 plants, ii. 274. 



Beohstein, on the burrowing of wolves, 

 i. 27; " Spitz" dog, i. 31; origin of 

 the Newfoundland dog, i. 42 ; crossing 

 of domestic and wild swine, i. 66 ; on 

 the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154, 209 ; notice 

 of swallow-pigeons, i. 156 ; on a fork- 

 tailed pigeon, i. 157; variations in the 

 colour of the croup in pigeons, i. 184 ; 

 on the German dove-cot pigeon, i. 185 ; 

 fertility of mongrel pigeons, i. 192 ; on 

 hybrid turtle-doves, i. 193 ; on crossing 

 the pigeon with Columba oenas, C. pa- 

 lumbus, Turtur risoria, and T. vulgaris, 

 i. 193; development of spurs in the 

 silk-hen, i. 256 ; on Polish fowls, i. 

 257, 264 ; on crested birds, i. 257 ; on 

 the Canary-bird, i. 295, ii. 22, 161 ; 

 German superstition about the turkey, 

 i. 293 ; occurrence of horns in hornless 

 breeds of sheep, ii. 30 ; hybrids of the 

 horse and ass, ii. 68; crosses of tail- 

 less fowls, ii. 92 ; difficulty of pairing 

 dove-cot and fancy pigeons, ii. 103 ; 

 fertility of tame ferrets and rabbits, ii. 

 112; fertility of wild sow, ibid.; diffi- 

 culty of breeding caged birds, ii. 154 ; 

 comparative fertility of Psittacus eri- 

 thacus in captivity, ii. 155 ; on changes 

 of plumage in captivity, ii. 158 ; lia- 

 bility of light-coloured cattle to the 

 attacks of flies, ii. 229 ; want of exer- 

 cise a cause of variability, ii. 257 ; effect 

 of privation of light upon the plumage 

 of birds, ii. 280 ; on a sub-variety of 

 the monk-pigeon, ii. 350. 



Beddoe, Dr., correlation of complexion 



with consumption, ii. 335. 



Bedeguar gall, ii. 284. 



Bee, persistency of character of, ii. 236, 

 254 ; intercrossing, ii. 126 ; conveyance 

 of pollen of peas by, i. 329. 



Bee-Ophrys, self-fertilisation of, ii. 91. 



Beech, dark-leaved, i. 362, ii. 19 ; fern- 

 leaved, reversion of, i. 382 ; weeping, 

 non-production of by seed, ii. 19. # 



Beechey, horses of Loochoo Islands, l. 56. 



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selection, ii. 201. 



