BEGONIA. 



INDEX. 



BLYTH. 



437 



Begonia frigida, singular variety of, i. 

 365 ; sterility of, ii. 166. 



Belgian rabbit, i. 106. 

 Bell, T., statement that white cattle 

 have coloured ears, i. 85. 



Bell, W., bud- variation in Cistus tri- 

 cuspis, i. 377. 



Bellingeri, observations on gestation in 

 the dog, i. 30 ; on the fertility of dogs 

 and cats, ii. 112. 



Belon, on high-flying pigeons in Paphla- 

 gonia, i. 209 ; varieties of the goose, i. 

 289. 



Benguela, cattle of, i. 88. 



Bennett, Dr. G., pigs of the Pacific 

 islands, i. 70, 87; dogs of the Pacific 

 islands, i. 87 ; varieties of cultivated 

 plants in Tahiti, ii. 256. 



Bennett, Mr., on the fallow deer, ii. 103. 



Bentham, G., number and origin of cul- 

 tivated plants, i. 306 ; cereals all cul- 

 tivated varieties, i. 312 ; species of the 

 orange group, i. 334-335 ; distinctions 

 of almond and peach, i. 338 ; British 

 species of Bosa, i. 366 ; identity of 

 Viola lutea and tricolor, i. 368. 



Berberis vulgaris, i. 384, ii. 19. 



Berberis Wallichii, indifference of, to cli- 

 mate, ii. 164. 



Berjean, on the history of the dog, i. 16, 

 IS. 



Beukeley, G. F., production of hen- 

 cocks in a strain of game-fowls, i. 253. 



Berkeley, M. J., crossing of varieties of 

 the pea, i. 397 ; effect of foreign pollen 

 on grapes, i. 400 ; on hybrid plants, ii. 

 131 ; analogy between pollen of highly- 

 cultivated plants and hybrids, ii. 268 ; 

 on Hungarian kidney-beans, ii. 275; 

 failure of Indian wheat in England, ii. 

 307 ; bud developed on the petal of a 

 Clarkia, ii. 384. 



Bernard, inheritance of disease in the 

 horse, ii. 10. 



Bernard, G, independence of the organs 

 of the body, ii. 368-369 ; special affi- 

 nities of the tissues, ii. 380. 



Bernhardi, varieties of plants with laci- 

 niated leaves, ii. 348. 



Bernicla antarctica, i. 288. 



Bertero, on feral pigeons in Juan Fer- 

 nandez, i. 190. 



Betula alba, ii. 18. 



Bewick, on the British wild cattle, i. 84. 



Bible, reference to breeding studs of 

 horses in, i. 54 ; references to domestic 

 pigeons in the, i. 205 ; indications of 

 selection of sheep in the, ii. 201 ; notice 

 of mules in the, ii. 202. 



Bid well, Mr., on self-impotence in Ama- 

 ryllis, ii. 139. 



Birch, weeping, i. 387, ii. 18. 



Birch, Dr. S., on the ancient domestica- 

 tion of the pigeon in Egypt, i. 205 ; no- 

 tice of bantam fowls in a Japanese 

 encyclopedia, i. 230, 247. 



Birch, Wyrley, on silver-grey rabbits, i. 



Birds, sterility caused in, by change of 



conditions, ii. 153-157. 

 Bladder-nut, tendency of the, to become 



double, ii. 168. 



Blaine, Mr., on wry-legged terriers, ii. 

 245. 



Blainville, origin and history of the 

 dog, i. 15-16 ; variations in the number 

 of teeth in dogs, i. 34 ; variations in the 

 number of toes in dogs, i. 35 ; on mum- 

 mies of cats, i. 43 ; on the osteology of 

 solid-hoofed pigs, i. 75 ; on feral Pata- 

 gonian and N. American pigs, i. 77. 



" Blass-Taube," i. 156. 



Bleeding, hereditary, ii. 7, 8; sexual 

 limitation of excessive, ii. 73. 



Blending of crossed races, time occupied 

 by the, ii. 87. 



Blindness, hereditary, ii. 9 ; at a certain 

 age, ii. 78; associated with colour of 

 hair, ii. 328. 



Bloodhounds, degeneration of, caused by 

 interbreeding, ii. 121. 



Blumenbach, on the protuberance of the 

 skull in Polish fowls, i. 257; on the 

 effect of circumcision, ii. 23 ; inheri- 

 tance of a crooked finger, ii. 23; on 

 badger-dogs and other varieties of the 

 dog, ii. 220 ; on Hydra, ii. 293 ; on the 

 " nisus formativus," ii. 294. 



Blyth, E., on the Pariah dog, i. 24 ; hy- 

 brids of dog and jackal, i. 32 ; early 

 domestication of cats in India, i. 43 ; 

 origin of domestic cat, ib. ; crossing of 

 domestic and wild cats, i. 44 ; on Indian 

 cats resembling Felis chaus, i. 45 ; on 

 striped Burmese ponies, i. 58 ; on the 

 stripes of the ass, i. 63 ; on Indian wild 

 pigs, i. 66 ; on humped cattle, i. 79, 80 ; 

 occurrence of Bos frontosus in Irish 

 crannoges, i. 81 ; fertile crossing of 

 zebus and common cattle, i. 83 ; on 

 the species of sheep, i. 94 ; on the fat- 

 tailed Indian sheep, i. 96 ; origin of the 

 goat, i. 10L ; on rabbits '.breeding in 

 India, i. 112 : number of tail-feathers 

 in fantails, i. 146 ; Lotan tumbler pi- 

 geons, i. 150 ; number of tail-feathers 

 in Ectopistes, i. 159 ; on Columba affinis,i. 

 183 ; pigeons roosting in trees, i. 181 ; 

 on Columba leuconota, i. 182 ; on Co- 

 lumba intermedia of Strickland, i. 184 ; 

 variation in colour of croup in pigeons, 

 i. 184-185, 197; voluntary domestica- 

 tion of rock-pigeons in India, i. 185 ; 

 feral pigeons on the Hudson, i. 190 ; 



