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INDEX. 



OUISTITI. 



467 



to Sivatherium, i. 89 ; prepotency of 

 transmission of character by, ii. 66. 

 " Nicard" rabbit, i. 107. 



Nicholson, Dr., on the cats of Antigua, i. 

 46 ; on the sheep of Antigua, i. 98. 



Nicotiana, crossing of varieties and species 

 of, ii. 108; prepotency of transmission 

 of characters in species of, ii. 67 ; con- 

 tabescence of female organs in, ii. 166. 



Nicotiana glut/' nosa, ii. 108. 



Niebuhr, on the heredity of mental cha- 

 racteristics in some Roman families, 

 ii. 65. 



Night-blindness, non-reversion to, ii. 36. 



Nilsson, Prof., on the barking of a young 

 wolf, i. 27 ; parentage of European 

 breeds of cattle, i. 80, 81 ; on Bos 

 frontosus in Scania, i. 81. 



Nind, Mr., on the dingo, i. 39. 



" Nisus formativus," i. 293. 294, 355. 



Nitzsch, on the absence of the oil-gland 

 in certain Columbse, i. 147. 



Non-inheritance, causes of, ii. 24-26. 



" Nonnain" pigeon, i. 154. 



Nordmann, dogs of Awhasie, i. 25. 



Normandy, pigs of, with appendages 

 under the jaw, i. 75. 



Norway, striped ponies of, i. 58. 



Nott and Gliddon, on the origin of the 

 dog, i. 16 ; mastiff represented on an 

 Assyrian tomb, i. 17; on Egyptian 

 dogs, i. 18 ; on the Hare-Indian dog, 

 i. 22. 



Notylia, ii. 135. 



Nourishment, excess of, a cause of vari- 

 ability, ii. 257. 



Number, importance of, in selection, ii. 

 235. 



Numiola ptilorhyncha, the original of the 

 Guinea-fowl, i. 294. 



Nun pigeon, i. 155 ; known to Aldrovandi, 

 i. 207. 



Nutmeg tree, ii. 237. 



Oak, weeping, i. 361, ii. 18, 241 ; pyra- 

 midal, i. 361 ; Hessian, i. 361 ; late- 

 leaved, i. 363 ; variation in persistency 

 of leaves of, i. 363 ; valueless as timber 

 at the Cape of Good Hope, ii. 274 ; 

 changes in, dependent on age, i 387 ' 

 galls of the, ii. 282. 



Oats, wild, i. 313 ; in the Swiss lake- 

 dwellings, i. 319. 



Oberlin, change of soil beneficial to the 

 potato, ii. 146. 



Odart, ^ Count, varieties of the vine, i. 

 333, ii. 278 ; bud-variation in the vine' 

 i. 375. 



Odour and colour, correlation of, ii. 325. 



CEcidium, ii. 284. 



(Enothera biennis, bud - variation in i 

 382. ' • 



Ogle, W., resemblance of twins, ii. 252. 

 Oil-gland, absence of, in fantail pigeons 



i. 147, 160. 

 Oldfield, Mr., estimation of European 

 dogs among the natives of Australia, 

 ii. 215. 

 Oleander, stock affected by grafting in 



the, i. 394. 

 Ollier, Dr., insertion of the periosteum 

 of a dog beneath the skin of a rabbit, 

 ii. 369. 

 Oncidium, reproduction of, ii. 133-135 



164. 

 Onions, crossing of, ii. 90 ; white, liable 

 to the attacks of fungi and disease, ii. 

 228, 336. 

 Oplmjs apifera, self- fertilisation of, ii. 

 91 ; formation of pollen by a petal in, 

 ii. 392. 

 Opuntia leucotriclia, ii. 277. 

 Orange, i. 334-336 ; crossing of, ii. 91 ; 

 with the lemon, i. 399, ii. 365 ; natu- 

 ralisation of, in Italy, ii. 308 ; variation 

 of, in North Italy, ii. 256; peculiar 

 variety of, ii. 331 ; Bizzaria, i. 391 ; 

 trifacial, ibid. 

 Orchids, reproduction of, i. 402, 403 • ii 



133-135. 

 Orford, Lord, crossing greyhounds with 



the bulldog, i. 41. 

 Organisms, origin of, i. 13. 

 Organisation, advancement in, i. 8. 

 Organs, rudimentary and aborted, ii. 

 315-318 ; multiplication of abnormal, 

 ii. 391. 

 Oriole, assumption of hen-plumage by a 



male in confinement, ii. 158. 

 Orkney islands, pigs of, i. 70 ; pigeons of, 



i. 184. 

 Orthoptera, regeneration of hind legs in 



the, ii. 294. 

 Orthosia munda, ii. 157. 

 Orton, B., on the effects of cross-breeding 

 on the female, i. 404; on the Manx 

 cat, ii. 66 ; on mongrels from the silk- 

 fowl, ii. 67. 

 Osborne, Dr., inherited mottling of the 



iris, ii. 1 0. 

 Osprey, preying on Black-fowls, ii. 230. 

 Osten-Sacken, Baron, on American oak 



galls, ii. 282. 

 Osteological characters of pigs, i. 66, 

 67,71-74; of rabbits, i. 115-130; of 

 pigeons, i. 162-167 ; of ducks, i. 282- 

 284. 

 Ostrich, diminished fertility of the, in 



captivity, ii. 156. 

 Ostyaks, selection of dogs by the, ii. 206. 

 Otter, ii. 151. 



"Otter" sheep of Massachusetts, i. 100. 

 Oude, feral humped cattle in, i. 79. 

 Ouistiti, breed in Europe, ii. 153. 



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