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FALCONER. 



INDEX. 



FLOURENS. 



Falconer, Dr., sterility of English bull- 

 dogs in India, L 38 ; resemblance be- 

 tween Sivatherium and Niata cattle, l. 

 89 ; selection of the silkworm in India, 

 i. 301 ; fastigate apple-trees in Calcutta, 

 i. 361 ; reproduction of a supernumerary 

 thumb after amputation, ii. 14 ; fertility 

 of the dhole in captivity, ii. 151 ; fer- 

 tility of English dogs in India, ii. 161 ; 

 sterility of the tiger m captivity, ii. 

 151 ; turkeys at Delhi, ii. 161 ; on In- 

 dian cultivated plants, ii. 165 ; Thibet 

 mastiff and goat, ii. 278. 



Falcons, sterility of, in captivity, ii. 153. 



Falkland Islands, horses of the, i. 52-53, 

 61 ; feral pigs of the, i. 77 ; feral cattle 

 of the, i. 82, 86 ; feral rabbits of the, i. 



112. 



Fallow deer, ii. 103, 120. 



Fantail pigeons, i. 146-148, ii. 227 ; fi- 

 gured, i.147 ; furcula of, figured, i. 

 167 ; history of, i. 208 ; absence of oil- 

 gland in, ii. 344. 



Faroe Islands, pigeons of the, i. 183. 



Fashion, influence of, in breeding, ii. 

 240. 



Fastigate trees, ii. 277, 348. 



Faunas, geographical differences, of, i. 



10. 

 " Favourite " bull, ii. 65, 118. 



Feathers, homologous variation in, ii. 



325. 

 Feet, of pigeons, individual differences of, 



i. 160 ; correlations of external* cha- 

 racters in, i. 170-171. 



Feet and beak, correlation of, in pigeons, 

 i. 171-174, 



Felid.^e, fertility of, in captivity, ii. 

 150. 



Fells bubastes, i. 43. 



Felis caffra, i. 44. 



Fells caligulata, i. 43. 



Fells chaus, i. 43-44. 



Fells jubata, ii. 151. 



Fells lyblca, i. 44. 



Fells maniculata, i. 43. 



Fells manul, i. 45. 



Fells ornata, i. 45. 



Felis sylvestris, i. 44. 



Fells torquata, i. 45. 



Female, affected by male element, ii. 365, 



387-388. 

 Female flowers, in male panicle of maize, 



i. 321. 



Fennel, Italian variety of, i. 326. 



Feral cats, i. 47 ; cattle, i. 86 ; rabbits, 

 i. 111-115; Guinea fowl, i. 294; ani- 

 mals and plants, reversion in, ii. 32-34, 



47. 

 Ferguson, Mr., supposed plurality of 



origin of domestic fowls, i. 231 ; chickens 



of black game-fowls, i. 244; relative 



size of eggs of fowls, i. 248 ; yolk of 

 eggs of game-fowls, i. 249 ; early pug- 

 nacity of game-cocks, i. 250 ; voice of 

 the Malay fowl, i. 259 ; effects of inter- 

 breeding on fowls, ii. 124 ; selection in 

 Cochin China fowls, ii. 196 ; on fashion 

 in poultry, ii. 240. 



Fernandez, on Mexican dogs, i. 23. 

 Ferns, reproduction of abnormal forms 



of, by spores, i. 383 ; non-diffusion of 



cell-gemmules in, ii. 379. 

 Ferrets, ii. Ill, 151, 206. 



Fertilisation, artificial, of the St. Valery 

 apple, i. 350. 



Fertility, various degrees of, in sheep, i. 

 97 ; unlimited mutual, of breeds of pi- 

 geons, i. 192-194 ; comparative of mon- 

 grels and hybrids, ii. 100-101, 178- 

 180 ; influence of nourishment on, ii. 

 Ill ; diminished by close interbreeding, 

 ii. 118, 175; reduced, of Chillingham 

 wild cattle, ii. 119; of domesticated 

 varieties when crossed, ii. 189. 



Festuca, species of, propagated by bulb- 

 lets, ii. 170. 



Filberts, spared by tomtits, ii. 231. 



Filippi, on the breeding of branchiferous 

 tritons, ii. 384. 



Finches, general sterility of, in captivity, 

 ii. 154. 



Finnikin (pigeon"), i. 156. 



Finnochio, i. 326. 



Fir, Scotch, acclimatisation of, ii. 310. 



Fish, Mr., advantage of change of soil to 

 plants, ii, 147. 



Fishes, regeneration of portions of fins of, 

 ii. 15; variability of, when kept in 

 tanks, ii. 259 ; marine, living in fresh 

 water, ii. 304 ; double monsters of, ii. 

 340. 



Fission and gemmation, ii. 358. 



Fitch, Mr., persistency of a variety of 

 the pea, i. 329. 



Fittest, survival of the, i. 6. 



Fitzinger, origin of sheep, i. 94 ; African 

 maned sheep, i. 96. 



Fixedness of character, conditions of, dis- 

 cussed, ii. 62-64. 



Flax, found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, 

 i. 317; climatal difference in products 

 of, ii. 274. 



Fleece, fineness of, in Austrian merinos, 



ii. 197. 

 Fleischmann, on German sheep crossed 



with merinos, ii. 88-89. 

 " Florentiner-Taube," i. 142-143. 



Flounder, ii. 53. 



Flourens, crossing of wolf and dog, l. 

 32 ; prepotency of the jackal over the 

 dog, ii. 67 ; hybrids of the horse and 

 ass, ii. 68; breeding of monkeys in 

 Europe, ii. 153. 





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