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SUB-SPECIES. 



INDEX. 



TEGETMEIER. 



Sub-species, wild, of Columba livia and 

 other pigeons, i. 204. 



Succession, geological, of organisms, i. 11. 



Suckers, bud-variation by, i. 384. 



Sugar cane, sterility of, m various coun- 

 tries, ii. 1 69 ; white, liability of, to dis- 

 ease, ii. 228, 336. 



Suicide, hereditary tendency to, ii. 7, 78. 



Sulivan, Admiral, on the horses of the 

 Falkland Islands, i. 53 ; wild pigs of 

 the Falkland Islands, i. 77; feral cattle 

 of the Falkland Islands, i. 86, 102 ; feral 

 rabbits of the Falkland Islands, i. 112 



Sultan fowl, i. 228, 255. 



Sus indicus, i. 65, 67-70, ii. 110. 

 Sus pliciceps, i. 69 (figured^. 

 Sus scrofa, i. 65, 66, ii. 110. 

 Sus scrofa palustris, i. 68. 

 Sus vittatus, i. 67. 



Swallows, a breed of pigeons, i. 156. 



S wayne, Mr., on artificial crossing of 



varieties of the pea, i. 397. 

 Sweet Peas, ii. 91 ; crosses of, ii. 93, 94 ; 



varieties of, coming true by seed, ii. 



20 ; acclimatisation of, in India, ii. 311. 

 Sweet William, bud-variation in, i. 381. 

 Swinhoe, E., on Chinese pigeons, i. 28, 



206 ; on striped Chinese horses, i. 59. 

 Switzerland, ancient dogs of, i. 19 ; pigs 



of, in the Neolithic period, i. 67-68 ; 



goats of, i. 101. 



Sycamore, pale-leaved variety of the, ii. 

 330. 



, Colonel, on a Pariah dog with 



crooked legs, i. 17 ; on small Indian 



asses, i. 62; on Gallus Sonneratii, i. 



233 ; on the voice of the Indian Kulm 



cock, i. 259 ; fertility of the fowl in 



most climates, ii. 161. 



Symmetry, hereditary departures from, ii. 

 12. 



Symphytum, variegated, i. 384. 

 Syphilis, hereditary, ii. 332. 

 Syria, asses of, f. 62. 



Syringa persica, cliinensis, and vulgaris, ii. 

 164. 



Tacitus, on the care taken by the Celts 

 in breeding animals, ii. 202. 



Tagetes signata, dwarf variety of, ii. 20. 



Tahiti, varieties of cultivated plants in, 



ii. 256. 

 Tail, occasional development of, in man, 



ii. 57; never curled in wild animals, 



ii. 301 ; rudimentary in Chinese sheep, 



ii. 315. 



Tail-feathers, numbers of, in breeds of 

 pigeons, i. 158-159 ; peculiarities of, in 

 cocks, i. 254-255; variability of, in 

 fowls, 1. 258; curled, in Anas boschas, 

 and tame drakes, i. 280. 



Talent, hereditary, ii. 7. 



Tankerville, Earl of, on Chillingham 

 cattle, i. 84, ii. 119. 



Tanner, Prof., effects of disuse of parts 

 in cattle, ii. 299. 



Tapir, sterility of the, in captivity, ii. 150. 



Targioni-Tozzetti, on cultivated plants, 

 i. 306 ; on the vine, i. 332 ; varieties 

 of the peach, i. 342 ; origin and varie- 

 ties of the plum, i. 345 ; origin of the 

 cherry, i. 347 ; origin of roses, i. 366. 



Iarsus, variability of the, in fowls, i. 

 259 ; reproduction of the, in a thrush, 

 ii. 15. 



Tartars, their preference for spiral- 

 horned sheep, ii. 209. 



Tavernier, abundance of pigeons in 

 Persia, i. 205. ° 



Taxus baccata, ii. 18. 



Teebay, Mr., reversion in fowls, ii. 38. 



Teeth, number and position of, in dogs, 

 i. 34 ; deficiency of, in naked Turkish 

 dogs, i. 35 ; period of appearance of, 

 in breeds of dogs, i. 35 ; precocity of, 

 in highly bred animals, ii. 322 ; corre- 

 lation of, with hair, ii. 326; double 

 row of, with redundant hair, in Julia 

 Pastrana, ii. 328 ; affected in form by 

 hereditary syphilis and by pulmonary 

 tubercle, ii. 332; fusion of, ii. 341; 

 developed on the palate, ii. 391. 



Tegetmeier, Mr., on a cat with monstrous 

 teeth, i. 48 ; on a swift-like pigeon, i. 

 157 ; naked young of some pigeons, i. 

 170 ; fertility of hybrid pigeons, i. 192 ; 

 on white pigeons, ii. 230 ; reversion in 

 crossed breeds of fowls, i. 239-244; 

 chicks of the white silk-fowl, i. 249 ; 

 development of the cranial protuber- 

 ance in Polish fowls, i. 250 ; on the 

 skull in the Polish fowl, i. 257, 262 ; 

 on the intelligence of Polish fowls, i. 

 264 ; correlation of the cranial pro- 

 tuberance and crest in Polish fowls, i. 

 274 ; development of the web in the 

 feet of Polish fowls, i. 259 ; early de- 

 velopment of several peculiarities in 

 Spanish cocks, i. 250 ; on the comb in 

 Spanish fowls, i. 253 ; on the Spanish 

 fowl, ii. 306 ; varieties of game-fowls, 

 i. 252 ; pedigrees of game-fowls, ii. 3 ; 

 assumption of female plumage by a 

 game cock, i. 253 ; natural selection in 

 the game cock, ii. 225; pugnacity of 

 game hens, i. 256; length of the 

 middle toe in Cochin fowls, i. 259 ; 

 origin of the Sebright bantam, ii. 54 ; 

 differences in the size of fowls, i. 257 ; 

 effect of crossing in fowls, i. 258, ii. 96 ; 

 effects of interbreeding in fowls, ii. 

 124-125 ; incubation by mongrels oi 

 non-sitting races of fowls, ii. 44 ; in- 

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