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BOETHIUS. 



INDEX. 



BEAUX. 



occurrence of sub-species of pigeons, i. 

 204 ; notice of pigeon-fanciers in Delhi, 

 &c, i. 206 ; hybrids of Gallus Sonneratii 

 and the domestic hen, i. 234 ; supposed 

 hybridity of Gallus Temminckii, i. 235 ; 

 variations and domestication of Gallus 

 banhiva, i. 235-236, 237; crossing of 

 wild and tame fowls in Burmah, i. 236 ; 

 restricted range of the larger gallina- 

 ceous birds, i. 237 ; feral fowls in the 

 Nicobar islands, i. 238 ; black-skinned 

 fowls occurring near Calcutta, i. 256 ; 

 weight -of Gallus banlriva, i. 272 ; de- 

 generation of the turkey in India, i. 

 294, ii. 278 ; on the colour of gold-fish, 

 i. 296; on the Ghor-Khur (Aslnus in- 

 dicus), ii. 42 ; on Asinus hemionus, ii. 

 43 ; number of eggs of Gallus banlriva, 

 ii. 112 ; on the breeding of birds in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 1 57 ; co-existence of large and 

 small breeds in the same country, ii. 

 279 ; on the drooping ears of the ele- 

 phant, ii. 301 ; homology of leg and 

 wing feathers, ii. 323. 



Boethius on Scotch wild cattle, i. 85. 



Boitakd and Corbie, on the breeds of pi- 

 geons, i. 132 ; Lille pouter pigeon, i. 

 138 ; notice of a gliding pigeon, i. 156 ; 

 variety of the pouter pigeon, i. 162 ; 

 dove-cot pigeon, i. 185; crossing pigeons, 

 i. 192-193, ii. 97, 126; sterility of hy- 

 brids of turtle-doves, i. 193 ; reversion 

 of crossed pigeons, i. 197, ii. 40 ; on 

 the fantail, i. 208, ii. 66 ; on the trum- 

 peter, ii. 66 ; prepotency of transmis- 

 sion in silky fantail, ii. 67, 69 ; secon- 

 dary sexual characters in pigeons, ii. 

 74 ; crossing of white and coloured 

 turtle-doves, ii. 92 ; fertility of pigeons, 

 ii. 112. 



Bombycidje, wingless females of, ii. 299. 



Bombyx hesperus, ii. 304. 

 Bombyx Huttoni, i. 302. 

 Bombyx mori, i. 300-304. 

 Bonafous, on maize, i. 320, 321. 

 Bonaparte, number of species of Colum- 



bidse, i. 133 ; number of tail-feathers 



in pigeons, i. 158 ; size of the feet in 



Columbidse, i. 174 ; on Columba guinea, 



i. 182 ; Columba turrlcola, rupestris, and 



Scltimperi, i. 184. 

 Bonatea speciosa, development of ovary 



of, i. 403. 

 Bonavia, Dr., growth of cauliflowers in 



India, ii. 310. 

 Bones, removal of portions of, ii. 296 ; 



regeneration of, ii. 294 ; growth and 



repair of, ii. 381-382. 

 Bonnet, on the salamander, ii. 15, 341, 



358, 385 ; theory of reproduction, ii. 385. 

 Borcpimeyer, experiments with the seeds 



of the weeping ash, ii. 19. 



Borecole, i. 323. 



Borelli, on Polish fowls, i. 247. 



Borneo, fowls of, with tail-bands, i. 235. 



Bornet, E., condition of the ovary in hy- 

 brid Cisti, i. 389 ; self-impotence of 

 hybrid Cisti, ii. 140. 



Borrow, G., on pointers, i. 42. 



Bory de Saint-Vincent, on gold-fish, i. 297. 



Bos, probable origin of European domestic 

 cattle from three species of, i. 83. 



Bos frontosus, i. 79, 81-82. 



Bos indicus, i. 79. 



Bos longifrons, i. 79, 81. 



Bos primigenius, i. 79-81, 119. 



Bos sondaicus, ii. 206. 



Bos taurus, i. 79. 



Bos trochoceros, i. 81. 



Bosc, heredity in foliage-varieties of the 

 elm, i. 362. 



Bosse, production of double flowers from 

 old seed, ii. 167. 



Bossi, on breeding dark-coloured silk- 

 worms, i. 302. 



Bouchardat, on the vine disease, i. 334. 



Boudin, on local diseases, ii. 276 ; resis- 

 tance to cold of dark-complexioned 

 men, ii. 335. 



" Boulans," i. 137. 



" Bouton d'Alep," ii. 276. 



Bowen, Prof., doubts as to the importance 

 of inheritance, ii. 3. 



Bowerbank, Dr., on the effects of a first 

 impregnation, i, 404. 



Bowman, Mr., hereditary peculiarities in 

 the human eye, ii. 8-10; hereditary 

 cataract, ii. 79. 



Brace, Mr., on Hungarian cattle, i. 80. 



Brachycome iberidi folia, ii. 261. 



Bracts, unusual development of, in goose- 

 berries, i. 355. 



Bradley, Mr., effect of grafts upon the 

 stock in the ash; i. 394; effect of 

 foreign pollen upon apples, i. 401 ; on 

 change of soil, ii. 146. 



11 Brahma Pootras," a new breed of fowls, 

 i. 245. 



Brain, proportion of, in hares and rabbits, 

 i. 126-129. 



Brandt, origin of the goat, i. 101. 



Brassica, varieties of, with enlarged stems, 

 ii. 348. 



Brassica asperifolia, ii. 343, 



Brassica napus, i. 325. 



Brassica oleracea, i. 323. 



Brassica rapa, i. 325, ii. 165. 



Braun, A., bud-variation in the vine, i. 

 375 ; in the currant, i. 376 ; in Mirabilis 

 jalapa, i. 382; in Cytisus adami, i. 

 388; on reversion in the foliage ^ of 

 trees, i. 382; spontaneous production 

 of Cytisus purpureo-elongatus, i. 390 ; 

 reversion of flowers by stripes and 



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