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OVARY. 



INDEX. 



PATAGONIAN. 





Ovary, variation of, in Cucurbita mos- 

 chata, i. 359; development of, inde- 

 pendently of pollen, i. 403. 



Ovis montana, i. 99. 



Ovules and buds, identity of nature of, ii. 

 360. 



Owen, Capt., on stiff-haired cats at Mom- 

 bas, i. 46. 



Owen, Prof. R., palseontological evidence 

 as to the origin of dogs, i. 15 ; on the 

 skull of the "Niata" cattle, i. 89, 90; 

 on fossil remains of rabbits, i. 104 ; on 

 the significance of the brain, i. 124 ; on 

 the number of digits in the Ichthyo- 

 pterygia, ii. 16 ; on metagenesis, ii. 366 ; 

 theory of reproduction and partheno- 

 genesis, ii. 375. 



Owl, eagle, breeding in captivity, ii. 154. 



Owl pigeon, i. 148 ; African, figured, i. 

 149 ; known in 1735, i. 209. 



Oxalis, trimorphic species of, ii. 400. 



Oxalis rosea, ii. 132. 



Oxley, Mr., on the nutmeg tree, ii. 237. 



Oysters, differences in the shells of, ii. 

 280. 



Paca, sterility of the, in confinement, ii. 

 152. 



Pacific islands, pigs of the, i. 70. 

 Padua, earliest known flower garden at, 



ii. 217. 

 Paduan fowl of Aldrovandi, i. 247. 

 Pseonia moutan, ii. 205. 



P^ony, tree, ancient cultivation of, in 

 China, ii. 205. 



Pampas, feral cattle on the, i. 85. 

 Pandanus, ii. 25 J. 



Pangenesis, hypothesis of, ii. 357-404. 

 Panicum, seeds of, used as food, i. 309 ; 



found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 



317. 

 Pansy, i. 368-370. 



Pappus, abortion of the, in Carthamus, ii. 

 316. 



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Paget, on the Hungarian sheep dog, i. 

 24. 



Paget, inheritance of cancer, ii. 7; 

 hereditary elongation of hairs in the 

 eyebrow, ii. 8 ; period of inheritance of 

 cancer, ii. 79-80 ; on Hydra, ii. 293 ; 

 on the healing of wounds, ii. 294 ; on 

 the reparation of bones, ibid. ; growth 

 of hair near inflamed surfaces or 

 fractures, ii. 295; on false membranes, 

 ibid. ; compensatory development of the 



kidney, ii. 300 ; bronzed skin in disease 

 of supra-renal capsules, ii. 331; unity 

 of growth and gemmation, ii. 359 ; 

 independence of the elements of the 

 body, ii. 369 ; affinity of the tissues for 

 special organic substances, ii. 380. 

 Pallas, on the influence of domestica- 



tion upon the sterility of intercrossed 

 species, i. 31, 83, 193, ii. 109 ; hypo- 

 thesis that variability is wholly due to 

 crossing, i. 188, 374, ii. 250, 264; on 

 the origin of the dog, i. 16 ; variation 

 in dogs, i. 33; crossing of dog and 

 jackal, i. 25 ; origin of domestic cats, i. 

 43 ; origin of Angora cat, i. 45 ; on 

 wild horses, i. 52, 60 ; on Persian sheep, 

 i. 94 ; on Siberian fat-tailed sheep, ii. 

 279; on Chinese sheep, ii. 315; on 

 Crimean varieties of the vine, i. 333 ; 

 on a grape with rudimentary seeds, ii. 

 316; on feral musk-ducks, ii. 46; 

 sterility of Alpine plants in gardens, ii. 



163 ; selection of white-tailed yaks, ii. 

 206. 



Paradoxurus, sterility of species of, in 

 captivity, ii. 151. 



Paraguay, cats of, i. 46; cattle of, i. 89 ; 

 horses of, ii. 102; dogs of, ii. 102; 



black-skinned domestic fowl of, i 

 232. 



Parallel variation, ii. 348-352. 



Paramos, woolly pigs of, i. 78. 



Parasites, liability to attacks of, de- 

 pendent on colour, ii. 228. 



Pariah dog, with crooked legs, i. 17 ; re- 

 sembling the Indian wolf, i. 24. 



Pariset, inheritance of handwriting, ii. 6. 



Parker, W. K., number of vertebrae in 

 fowls, i. 266. 



Parkinson, Mr., varieties of the hyacinth, 

 i. 370. 



Parkyns, Mansfield, on Columba guinea. 

 i. 183. 



Parmentier, differences in the nidifi- 

 cation of pigeons, i. 178 ; on white 

 pigeons, ii. 230. 



Parrots, general sterility of, in confine- 

 ment, ii. 155 ; alteration of plumage of, 

 ii. 280. 



Parsnip, reversion in, ii. 31 ; influence of 

 selection on, ii. 201 ; experiments on, 

 ii. 277 ; wild, enlargement of roots of, 

 by cultivation, i. 326. 



Parthenogenesis, ii. 359, 364. 



Partridge, sterility of, in captivity, ii. 

 156. 



Parturition, difficult, hereditary, ii. 8. 



Parus major, ii. 231. 



Passiflora, self-impotence in species of, 

 ii. 137-138 ; contabescence of female 

 organs in, ii. 166. 



Passiflora alata, fertility of, when grafted, 



ii. 188. 

 Pasture and climate, adaptation of breeds 



of sheep to, i. 96, 97. 

 Pastrana, Julia, peculiarities in the hair 



and teeth of, ii. 328. 

 Patagonia, crania of pigs from, i. 77. 

 Patagonian rabbit, i. 105. 



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