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PHAPS. 



INDEX. 



PIGS. 



Phaps chalcoptera, ii. 349. 



Phaseolus multiflorus, ii. 309, 322. 



Phaseolus vulgaris, ii. 309. 



Phasianus pictus, i. 275. 



Phasianus Amherstite, i. 275. 



Pheasant, assumption of male plumage 

 by the hen, ii. 51 ; wildness of hybrids 

 of, with the common fowl, ii. 45 ; pre- 

 potency of the, over the fowl, ii. 68; 

 diminished fecundity of the, in cap- 

 tivity, ii. 155. 



Pheasants, golden and Lady Amherst's, 

 i. 275. 



Pheasant-fow t ls, i. 244. 



Philipeaux, regeneration of limbs in the 

 salamander, ii. 376. 



Philippak, on the varieties of wheat, i. 

 314. 



Philippine Islands, named breeds of 



game fowl in the, c i. 232. 

 Phillips, Mr., on bud- variation in the 



potato, i. 385. 



Phlox, bud-variation by suckers in, i. 384. 



Phthisis, affection of the fingers in, ii. 

 332. 



Pickering, Mr., on the grunting voice 

 of humped cattle, i. 79 ; occurrence of 

 the head of a fowl in an ancient 

 Egyptian procession, i. 246 ; seeding of 

 ordinarily seedless fruits, ii. 168; ex- 

 tinction of ancient Egyptian breeds of 

 sheep and oxen, ii. 425 ; on an ancient 

 Peruvian gourd, ii. 429. 



Picotees, effect of conditions of life on, ii. 

 273. 



Pictet, A., oriental names of the pigeon, 

 i. 205. 



Pictet, Prof., origin of the dog, i. 15 ; on 

 fossil oxen, i. 81. 



Piebalds, probably due to reversion, ii. 

 37. 



Pigealx, hybrids of the hare and rabbit, 

 ii. 99, 152. 



Pigeon a cravate, i. 148. 



Pigeon Bagadais, i. 142, 143. 



Pigeon coquille, i. 155. 



Pigeon cygne, i. 143. 



Pigeon heurte, i. 156. 



Pigeon Patu plongeur, i. 156. 



Pigeon Polonais, i. 144. 



Pigeon Komain, i. 142, 144. 



Pigeon tambour, i. 154. 



Pigeon Turc. i. 139. 



Pigeons, origin of, i. 131-134, 180-204 ; 

 classified table of breeds of, i. 136; 

 pouter, i. 137-139; carrier, i. 139-142; 

 runt, i. 142-144; barbs, i. 144-146; 

 fantail, i. 146-148; turbit and owl, i. 

 148-149; tumbler, i. 150-153 ; Indian 

 frill-back, i. 153; Jacobin, i. 154; 

 trumpeter, i. 154; other breeds of, i. 

 155-157 ; differences of, equal to generic, 



i. 157-158 ; individual variations of, i. 

 158-160; variability of peculiarities 

 characteristic of breeds in, i. 161 ; 

 sexual variability in, i. 161-162 ; osteo- 

 logy of, i. 162-167; correlation of 

 growth in, i. 167-171, ii. 321 ; young 

 of some varieties naked when hatched ; 

 i. 170, ii. 332 ; effects of disuse in, i. 

 172-177 ; settling and roosting in trees, 

 i. 181 ; floating in the Nile to drink, i. 

 181 ; Dovecot, i. 185-186 ; arguments 

 for unity of origin of, i. 188-204 ; feral 

 in various places, i. 190, ii. 33 ; unity 

 of coloration in, i. 195-197; reversion 

 of mongrel, to coloration of, C. livia, i. 

 197-202 ; history of the cultivation of, 

 i. 205-207; history of the principal 

 races of, i. 207-212 ; mode of production 

 of races of, i. 212-224 ; reversion in, ii. 

 29, 47; by age, ii. 38; produced by 

 crossing in, ii. 40, 48; prepotency of 

 transmission of character in breeds of, 

 ii. 66-67 ; sexual differences in some 

 varieties of, ii. 74; period of perfect 

 plumage in, ii. 77 ; effect of segregation 

 on, ii. 86 ; preferent pairing of, within 

 the same breed, ii. 103 ; fertility of, in- 

 creased by domestication, ii. li2, 155; 

 effects of interbreeding and necessity 

 of crossing. 125-126 ; indifference of, 

 to change of climate, ii. 161 ; selection 

 of, ii. 195, 199, 204 ; among the Eomans, 

 ii. 202 ; unconscious selection of, ii. 211, 

 214 ; facility of selection of, ii. 234 ; 

 white, liable to the attacks of hawks, ii. 

 230 ; effects of disuse of parts in, ii. 

 298 ; fed upon meat, ii. 304 ; effect of 

 first male upon the subsequent progeny 

 of the female, i. 405 ; homology of the 

 leg and wing feathers in, ii. 323; 

 union of two outer toes in feather- 

 legged, ibid. ; correlation of beak, limbs, 

 tongue, and nostrils in, ii. 324 ; analo- 

 gous variation in, ii. 349-350 ; perma- 

 nence of breeds of, ii. 429. 

 Pigs, of Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 67-68; 

 types of, derived from Sus scrofa and 

 Sus indicus, i. 66-67; Japanese (Sus 

 pliciceps, Gray), figured, i. 69 ; of 

 Pacific islands, i. 70, ii. 87 ; modifica- 

 tions of skull in, i. 71-73 ; length of 

 intestines in, i. 73, ii. 303 ; period of 

 gestation of, i. 74 ; number of vertebrae 

 and ribs in, i. 74; anomalous forms, i. 

 75-76; development of tusks and 

 bristles in, i. 76; striped young of, i. 

 76-77 ; reversion of feral, to wild type, 

 i. 77-78, ii. 33, 47; production and 

 changes of breeds of, by intercrossing, 

 i. 78; effects produced by the first 

 male upon the subsequent progeny of 

 the female, i. 404 ; two-legged race of, 





