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COLUMBUS. 



INDEX. 



CRAWFURt). 



Columbus, on West Indian dogs, i. 23. 



Columella, on Italian shepherd's do°-"s i. 

 23 ; on domestic fowls, i. 231, 247 'ii! 

 202, 429 ; on the keeping of ducks, i. 

 277 ; on the selection of seed-corn' i. 

 318; on the benefits of change of soii 

 to plants, ii. 146 ; on the value of na- 

 tive breeds, ii. 313, 



Colza, i. 325. 



Comb, in fowls, variations of, i. 253-254 ; 

 sometimes rudimentary, ii. 315. 



Compensation, law of, i. 274. 



Compensation of growth, ii. 342-344. 



Complexion, connexion of, with constitu- 

 tion, ii. 335. 



Composite, double flowers of, i. 365, ii. 

 167, 316. 



Conception, earlier in Alderney and 

 Zetland cows than in other breeds, 

 i. 87. 



Conditions of life, changed, effect of, ii. 

 418-419 ; on horses, i. 52 ; upon va- 

 riation in pigeons, i. 212-213; upon 

 wheat, i. 315-316; upon trees, i. 361; 

 in producing bud- variation, i. 408 ; ad- 

 vantages of, ii. 145-148, 176-177 ; ste- 

 rility caused by, ii. 148-165; conducive 

 to variability, ii. 255-261, 394; accu- 

 mulative action of, ii. 261-263 ; direct 

 action of, ii. 271-292. 



Condor, breeding in captivity, ii. 154. 



Confinement, eifect of, upon the cock, 

 n. 52. 



Confucius, on the breeding of rabbits in 



China, i. 103. 

 Conolly, Mr., on Angora goats, ii. 326. 

 Constitutional differences in sheep, i. 



96-97 ; ^ in varieties of apples, i. 349- 



850 ; in pelargoniums, i. 364 ; in 



dahlias, i. 370. 



Constitutional peculiarities in straw- 

 berries, i. 353 ; in roses, i. 367, 



Consumption, hereditary, ii. 8 ; period of 

 appearance of, ii. 77; correlated with 

 complexion, ii. 335. 



Contabescence, ii. 165-166. 

 Convolvulus batatas, ii. 169, 309. 



Convolvulus tricolor, bud-variation in, i. 

 408. 



Cooper, Mr., improvement of vegetables 



by selection, ii. 204. 

 Cooper, White, hereditary peculiarities 



of vision, ii. 9 ; association of affections 



of the eyes with those of other systems, 

 ii. 328. 



Corals, bud- variation in, i. 374 ; non- 

 diffusion of cell-gemmules in, ii. 379. 



Corbie. See Boitard, 



Cornea, opacity of, inherited, ii. 9. 



Gorans mascula, yellow-fruited, ii. 19. 



Correlation, ii. 319; of neighbouring 

 parts, ii. 320; of change in "the whole 



body and in some of its parts, ii. 321 ; 

 of homologous parts, ii. 322-331 ; inex- 

 plicable, ii. 331-333; commingling of, 

 with the effects of other agencies, ii. 

 333-335. 



Correlation of skull and limbs in swine, 

 i. 73 ; of tusks and bristles in swine, i. 

 76 ; of multiplicity of horns and coarse- 

 ness of wool in sheep, i. 95 ; of beak 

 and feet in pigeons, i. 172-173 ; between 

 nestling down and colour of plumage 

 m pigeons, i. 194 ; of changes in silk- 

 worms, i. 304; in plants, ii. 219; in 

 maize, i. 323; in pigeons, i. 167-171, 

 213; in fowls, i. 274-275. 



Corresponding periods, inheritance at, ii. 



75-80. ' 



Corrientes, dwarf cattle of, i. 89. 



Corringham, Mr., influence of selection 



on pigs, ii. 198. 

 Corsica, ponies of, i. 52. 



"Cortbeck" (pigeon) of Aldrovandi, i. 



209. 



Corvus corone and C. comix, hybrids of, 

 ii. 94. 



Corydalis, flower of, ii. 304. 

 Corydalis cava, ii. 132-133. 



Corydalis solida, sterile when peloric, ii. 

 167. 



Corydalis tuber osa, peloric by reversion, 

 ii. 58-59. 



Conjlus avellana, i. 357. 



Costa, A., on shells transferred from 

 England to the Mediterranean, ii. 280. 



" Couve Tronchcda/' i. 323. 



Cow, inheritance of loss of one horn in 

 the, ii. 12, 23; amount of milk fur- 

 nished by the, ii. 300 ; development of 

 six mamma) in, ii. 317. 



Cowslip, ii. 21, 182. 



Cracid^e, sterility of the, in captivity, ii. 

 156. 



Cranes, fertility of, in captivity, ii. 156. 



Crataegus oxyacantha, i. 363, ii. 18, 232, 

 258, 377. 



Craisegus monogijna, i. 364. 



Cratsegus sibirica, i. 364. 



Crawfurd, J., Malasian cats, i. 47 ; horses 

 of the Malay Archipelago, i. 49 ; horses 

 of Japan, i, 53; occurrence of stripes 

 in young wild pigs of Malacca, i. 76; 

 on a Burmese hairy family with de- 

 ficient teeth, ii. 77, 327; Japanese origin 

 of the bantam, i. 230 ; game fowls of 

 the Philippine islands, i. 232; hybrids 

 of Gallus varius and domestic fowl, i. 

 234; domestication of Gallus bankiva, 

 i. 2l!6 ; feral fowls in the Pellew islands, 

 i. 238; history of the fowl, i. 246; his- 

 tory of the domestic cluck, i. 277 ; do- 

 mestication of the goose, i. 287; culti- 

 vated plants of New Zealand, i. 312; 



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