CREEPERS. 



INDEX. 



DAMARAS. 



445 



breeding of tame elephants in Ava, ii. 

 150 ; sterility of Goura coronata in con- 

 finement, ii. 155 ; geese of the Philip- 

 pine islands, ii. 162. 



Creepers, a breed of fowls, i. 230. 



Crested fowl, i. 227 ; figured, i. 229. 



" Creve-cteur," a French sub-breed of 

 fowls, i. 229. 



Crisp, Dr., on the brains of the hare and 

 rabbit, i. 126. 



Crocker, C. W., singular form of Begonia 

 frigida, i. 365-366, ii. 166; sterility 

 in Ranunculus ficaria, ii. 170. 



Crocus, ii. 165. 



Cross-breeding, permanent effect of, on 

 the female, i. 404. 



Crossing, ii. 85-144, 173-192; a cause of 

 uniformity, ii. 85-90, 173 ; occurs in all 

 organised beings, ii. 90-92 ; some cha- 

 racters not blended by, ii. 92-95, 173 ; 

 modifications and new races produced 

 by, ii. 95-99; causes which check, ii. 100- 

 109 ; domestication and cultivation 

 favourable to, ii. 109-113, 189; beneficial 

 effects of, ii. 114-131, 174-176; necessary 

 in some plants, ii. 131-140, 175-176, 423 ; 

 summary of subject of, ii. 140-144 ; of 

 dogs with wolves in North America, 

 i. 21-22 ; with Canis cancrivorus in 

 Guiana, i. 23; of dog with wolf, de- 

 scribed by Pliny and others, i. 24 ; cha- 

 racters furnished by, brought out by 

 reversion in the progeny, ii. 34-36 ; a 

 direct cause of reversion, ii. 39-47, 48 ; 

 a cause of variability, ii. 264-267. 



Crustacea, macrourous, differences in the 

 development of the, ii. 368. 



Crustacean with an antenna-like de- 

 velopment of the eye-peduncle, ii. 

 391. 



Cryptogamic plants, bud-variation in, i. 

 383. 



Cuba, wild dogs of, i. 27. 



" Cuckoo," sub-breeds of fowls, i. 244. 



Cucumber, variation in number of carpels 

 of, i. 359; supposed crossing of va- 

 rieties of the, i. 400. 



Cucumis momordica, i. 360. 



Cucumis sativa, i. 359. 



Cucurbita, dwarf, correlation of leaves in 

 ii. 330. 



Cucurbita maxima, i. 357, 359. 



Cucurbita moscliata, i. 357, 359. 



Cucurbita pepo, i. 357, ii. 108 ; varieties 

 of, i. 358 ; relation in size and number 

 of fruit of, ii. 343. 



CucuRBiTACEiE, i. 357-360; supposed 

 crossing of, i. 399 ; Naudin's observa- 

 tions on hybrids of, ii. 172 ; acclimati- 

 sation of, ii. 313. 



" Culbutants" (pigeons), i. 150. 



Cultivation of plants, origin of, amon" 



savages, i. 309-310 ; fertility increased 

 by, ii. 111-113. 



Cunier, on hereditary night-blindness, 

 n. 9. 



Currants, of Tierra del Fuego, i. 309- 

 bud-variation in, i. 376. 



Curtis, Mr., bud- variation in the rose, i. 

 381. 



Cuvter, on the gestation of the wolf i 

 29 ; the odour of the jackal, an obstacle 

 to domestication, i. 30 ; differences of 

 the skull in dogs, i. 34 ; external cha- 

 racters of dogs, i. 35 ; elongation of the 

 intestines in domestic pigs, i. 73, ii. 

 303 ; fertility of the hook-billed duckj 

 i. 277 ; number of digits, ii. 13 ; hybrid 

 of ass and zebra, ii. 42; breeding of 

 animals in the Jardin des Plantes, ii. 

 149; sterility of predaceous birds in 

 captivity, ii. 154 ; facility of hybridisa- 

 tion in confinement, ii. 160. 



Cyanosis, affection of fingers in, ii. 332. 



Cyclamen, bud-variation in, i. 382. 



Cynara cardunculus, ii. 34. 



Cynips fecundatrix, ii. 283. 



Cynocephalus hamadryas, ii. 153. 



Cyprinus auratus, i. 296-297. 



Cyrtantlms, ii. 139. 



Cyrtopodium, ii. 134. 



Cytisus Adami, ii. 364 ; its bud-variation, 

 i. 387-389, 406, ii. 37 ; seedlings from, 

 i. 388 ; different views of its origin, i. 

 389-390; experiments in crossing C. 

 purpureus and laburnum to produce, i. 

 389; its production by M. Adam, i. 

 390 ; discussion of origin of, i. 396. 



Cytisus alpino-labumum, ovules and pol- 

 len of, i. 389 ; origin of, i. 390. 



Cytisus alpinus, i. 388. 



Cytisus laburnum, i. 387, 389, 390, 396. 



Cytisus purpureo-elongatus, ovules and 

 pollen of, i. 389 ; production of, i. 390. 



Cytisus purpureus, i. 387, 388, 389, 390, 

 396. 



Dahlbom, effects of food on hymenoptera, 

 ii. 281. l " 



Dahlia, i. 369-370, ii. 147; bud-varia- 

 tion by tubers in the, i. 385 ; improve- 

 ment of, by selection, ii. 216 ; steps in 

 cultivation of, ii. 261 ; effect of condi- 

 tions of life on, ii. 273 ; correlation of 

 form and colour in, ii. 331. 



Daisy, hen and chicken, i. 365 ; Swan 

 Kiver, ii. 261. 



Dalbret, varieties of wheat, i. 314. 



Dalibert, changes in the odours of plants, 

 ii. 274. 



Dally, Dr., on consanguineous marriages, 

 ii. 122. 



Daltonism, hereditary, ii. 9. 



Damaras, cattle of, i. 88, ii. 207-208. 



