LUTKE. 



INDEX. 



MARTINS. 



463 



LtiTKE, cats of the Caroline Archipelago, 



i. 47. 

 Luxuriance, of vegetative organs, a 



cause of sterility in plants, ii. 168-171. 

 Lyonnet, on the scission of Nais, ii. 358. 

 Lysimachia nummularia, sterility of, ii. 



170. 

 Lythrum, trimorphic species of, ii. 400. 

 Lythrum sail 'carta, ii. 183; contabescence 



in, ii. 166. 

 Lytta vesicatoria, affecting the kidneys, 



ii. 380. 



Macacus, species of, bred in captivity, ii. 

 153. 



Macaulay, Lord, improvement of the 

 English horse, ii. 213. 



M'Clelland, Dr., variability of fresh- 

 water fishes in India, ii. 259. 



M'Coy, Prof., on the dingo, i. 26. 



Macfayden, influence of soil in pro- 

 ducing sweet or bitter oranges from the 

 same seed, i. 335. 



Macgillivray, domestication of the rock- 

 dove, i. 185 ; feral pigeons in Scotland, 

 i. 190 ; number of vertebrae in birds, i. 

 266 ; on wild geese, i. 287 ; number of 

 eggs of wild and tame ducks, ii. 112. 



Mackenzie, Sir G., peculiar variety of the 

 potato, i. 330. 



Mackenzie, P., bud-variation in the cur- 

 rant, i. 376. 



Mackinnon, Mr., horses of the Falkland 

 islands, i. 52 ; feral cattle of the Falk- 

 land islands, i. 80. 



MacKnight, C, on interbreeding cattle, 

 ii. 118. 



MacNab, Mr., on seedling weeping 

 birches, ii. 18 ; non-production of the 

 weeping beech by seed, ii. 19. 



Madagascar, cats of, i. 47. 



Madden,H., on interbreeding cattle, ii. 1 1 8 . 



Madeira, rock pigeon of, i. 184. 



Magnolia grandiflora, ii. 308. 



Maize, its unity of origin, i. 320; anti- 

 quity of, ibid. ; with husked grains said 

 to grow wild, ibid. ; variation of, i. 321 ; 

 irregularities in the flowers of, i. 321 • 

 persistence of varieties, ibid.; adapta- 

 tion of to climate, i. 322, ii. 307 ; accli- 

 matisation of, ii. 313, 347 ; crossing of 

 i. 400, ii. 104-105; extinct Peruvian 

 varieties of, ii. 425. 



Malay fowl, i. 227. 



Malay Archipelago, horses of, i. 53 ; 

 short-tailed cats of, i. 47 ; striped youn^ 

 wild pigs of, i. 76 ; ducks of, i. 280. 



Male, influence of, on the fecundated 

 female, i. 397-406 ; supposed influence 

 of, on offspring, ii. 68. 



Male flowers, appearance of, amono- 

 female flowers in maize, i. 321. 



Malformations, hereditary, ii. 79. 



Malva, fertilisation of, i. 402, ii. 363. 



Mamestra suasa, ii. 157. 



Mammae, variable in number in the pig, i. 

 74 ; rudimentary, occasional full deve- 

 lopment of, in cows, i. 87, ii. 317 ; four 

 present in some sheep, i. 95 ; variable 

 in number in rabbits, i. 106; latent 

 functions of, in male animals, ii. 52, 

 317; supernumerary and inguinal, in 

 women, ii. 57. 



Mangles, Mr., annual varieties of the 

 heartsease, ii. 305. 



Mantell, Mr., taming of birds by the 

 New Zealanders, ii. 161. 



Manu, domestic fowl noticed in the In- 

 stitutes of, i. 246. 



Manure, effect of, on the fertility of 

 plants, ii. 163. 



Manx cats, i. 46, ii. 66. 



Marcel de Serres, fertility of the ostrich, 

 ii. 156. 



Marianne islands, varieties of Pandanus 

 in, ii. 256. 



Markham, Gervase, on rabbits, i. 104, ii. 

 204. 



Markhor, probably one of the parents of 

 the goat, i. 101. 



Marquand, cattle of the Channel Islands, 

 i. 80. 



Marrimpoey, inheritance in the horse, 

 ii. 10. 



Marrow, vegetable, i. 357. 



Marryatt, Capt., breeding of asses in 

 Kentucky, ii. 237. 



Marsden, notice of Gallus giganteus, i. 235. 



Marshall, Mr., voluntary selection of 

 pasture by sheep, i. 96 ; adaptation of 

 wheats to soil and climate, i. 316 ; 

 " Dutch-buttocked " cattle, ii. 8 ; se- 

 gregation of herds of sheep, ii. 103 ; 

 advantage of change of soil to wheat 

 and potatoes, ii. 146 ; fashionable 

 change in the horns of cattle, ii. 210; 

 sheep in Yorkshire, ii. 235. 



Marshall, Prof., growth of the brain in 

 microcephalous idiots, ii. 389. 



Martens, E. Von, on Achatinella, ii. 53. 



Martin, W. C. L., origin of the dog, i. 

 16 ; Egyptian dogs, i. 18 ; barking of 

 a Mackenzie Elver dog, i. 27 ; African 

 hounds in the Tower menagerie, i. 32 ; 

 on dun horses and dappled asses, i. 55 ; 

 breeds of the horse, i. 49 ; wild horses, 

 i. 51 ; Syrian breeds of asses, i. 62 ; 

 asses without stripes, i. 63 ; effects of 

 cross-breeding on the female in dogs, 

 i. 404 ; striped legs of mules, ii. 42. 



Martins, defective instincts of silkworms, 

 i. 304. 



Martins, C, fruit trees of Stockholm, ii. 

 307. 



