CAPERCAILZIE. 



INDEX. 



CATTLE. 



441 





cattle at the, i. 88; no useful plants 

 derived from the, i. 310. 



Capercailzie, breeding in captivity, ii. 

 156. 



Capra segagrus and C. Falconeri, pro- 

 bable parents of domestic goat, i. 101. 



Capsicum, i. 371. 



Cardan, on a variety of the walnut, i. 

 ( 356; on grafted walnuts, ii. 259-260. 



Cardoon, ii. 34. 



Carex rigida, local sterility of the, ii. 

 170. 



Carlier, early selection of sheep, ii. 204. 



Carlisle, Sir A., inheritance of pecu- 

 liarities, ii. 6,8 ; of polydactylism, ii. 13. 



" Carme " pigeon, i. 156. 



Carnation, bud-variation in, i. 381 ; va- 

 riability of, i. 370; striped, produced 

 by crossing red and white, i. 393; 

 effect of conditions of life on the, ii. 

 273. 



Carnivora, general fertility of, in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 150. 



Caroline Archipelago, cats of, i. 47. 



Carp, ii. 236. 



Carpels, variation of, in cultivated cu- 

 curbitacese, i. 359. 



Carpenter, W. B,, regeneration of bone, 

 ii. 294 ; production of double monsters, 

 ii. 340 ; number of eggs in an Ascaris, 

 ii. 379. 



Carpinw behdus, i. 362. 



Carpopliaga Uttoralis and luduosa, i. 182. 



Carrier pigeon, i. 139-142 ; English, i. 

 139-141 ; figured, i. 140 ; skull figured, 

 i. 163; history of the, i. 211; Persian, 

 i. 141; Bussorah, ibid.; Bagadotten, 

 skull figured, i. 163 ; lower jaw figured, 

 i. 165. 



Carriers, cultivation of the wild carrot, 

 i. 326 ; intermediate form between the 

 almond and the peach, i. 338 ; glands 

 of peach-leaves, i. 343 ; bud-variation 

 m the vine, i. 375 ; grafts of Aria vestita 

 upon thorns, i. 387; variability of 

 hybrids of Erythrina, ii. 265. 



Carrot, wild, effects of cultivation on the, 

 L 326; reversion in the, ii. 31; run 

 wild, ii. 33 ; increased fertility of cul- 

 , tivated, ii. 113 ; experiments on the, ii. 

 277 ; acclimatisation of the, in India" 

 ii. 311. ' 



Cartlmmus, abortion of the pappus in ii. 

 316. 



Gaktier, cultivation of native plants in 

 Canada, i. 312. 



Caryophyllace;e, frequency of conta- 

 bescence in the, ii. 165. 



Caspary, bud-variation in the moss-rose 

 i. 380; on the ovules and pollen of 

 Cytisus, i. 388-389 ; crossing of Cytisus 

 purpureas and C. laburnum', i. 389*; tri- 



facial orange, i. 391; differently-co- 

 loured flowers in the wild Viola lutea, 

 i. 408 ; sterility of the horse-radish, ii. 

 170. ' 



Castelnatj, on Brazilian cattle, i. 88. 

 Castration, assumption of female cha- 

 racters caused by, ii. 51-52. 

 Casuarius bennettii, ii. 156. 

 Cat, domestic, i. 43-48 ; early domestica- 

 tion and probable origin of the, i. 43- 

 44 ; intercrossing of with wild species, 

 i. 44-45 ; variations of, i. 45-48 ; feral, 

 i. 47, ii. 33 ; anomalous, i. 48 ; poly- 

 dactylism in, ii. 14 ; black, indications 

 of stripes in young, ii. 55 ; tortoiseshell, 

 ii. 73 ; effects of crossing in, ii. 86 ; fer- 

 tility of, ii. Ill; difficulty of selection 

 in, ii. 234, 236 ; length of intestines in, 

 ii. 302 ; white with blue eyes, deafness 

 of, ii. 329 ; with tufted ears, ii. 350. 

 Cataract, hereditary, ii. 9, 79. 

 Caterpillars, effect of changed food on, 



ii. 280. 

 Catlin, G-., colour of feral horses in North 



America, i. 61. 

 Cattle, European, their probable origin 

 from three original species, i. 79-82; 

 humped, or Zebus, i. 79-80; inter- 

 crossing of, i. 83, 91-93 ; wild, of Chil- 

 lingham, Hamilton, Chartley, Burton 

 Constable, and Gisburne, i. 84, ii. 119; 

 colour of feral, i. 84-85, ii. 102 ; British 

 breeds of, i. 86-87; South African 

 breeds of, i, 88; South American breeds 

 of, i. 89, ii. 205; Niata, i. 89-91, ii. 

 205, 208, 332; effects of food and 

 climate on, i. 91-92 ; effects of selection 

 on, i. 92-93 ; Dutch-buttocked, ii. 8 ; 

 hornless, production of horns in, ii. 29- 

 30, 39 ; reversion in, when crossed, ii. 

 41 ; wildness of hybrid, ii. 45 ; short- 

 horned, prepotency of, ii. 65; wild, 

 influence of crossing and segregation 

 on, ii. 86; crosses of, ii. 96, 104, 118; 

 of Falkland islands, ii. 102 ; mutual 

 fertility of all varieties of, ii. 110; 

 effects of interbreeding on, ii. 117- 

 119 ; effects of careful selection on, ii. 

 194, 199; naked, of Columbia, ii. 

 205 ; crossed with wild banteng in 

 Java, ii. 206 ; with reversed hair in 

 Banda Oriental, ii. 205 ; selection of 

 trifling characters in, ii. 209 ; fashion 

 in, ii. 210; similarity of best races of, 

 ii. 241 ; unconscious selection in, ii. 

 214 ; effects of natural selection on 

 anomalous breeds of, ii. 226-227 ; light- 

 coloured, attacked by flies, ii. 229, 336 ; 

 Jersey, rapid improvement of, ii. 234 ; 

 effects of disuse of parts in, ii. 299 ; 

 rudimentary horns in, ii. 315 ; sup- 

 posed influence of humidity on the hair 



