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fowls, i. 274 ; occurrence of pencilled 

 feathers in fowls, ii. 40 ; on a variety 

 of the goose from Sebastopol, i. 289 ; 

 on the fertility of the peahen, ii. 112 ; 

 on the intercrossing of bees, ii. 126. 



Temminck, origin of domestic cats, i. 43 ; 

 origin of domestic pigeons, i. 180 ; on 

 Columba guinea, i. 182 ; on Columha 

 hucocephala, i. 183 ; asserted reluct- 

 ance of some breeds of pigeons to cross, 

 i. 192 ; sterility of hybrid turtle-doves, 

 i. 193 ; variations of Gallus ba?iMva, i. 

 235 ; on a buff-coloured breed of 

 Turkeys, i. 293 ; number of eggs laid 

 by the peahen, ii. 112 ; breeding of 

 Guans in captivity, ii. 156 ; behaviour 

 of grouse in captivity, ibid. ; sterility 

 of the partridge in captivity, ibid. 



Tendrils in Cucurbitacese, i. 358, ii. 316. 



Tennent, Sir J. E., on the goose, i. 287 ; 

 on the growth of the apple in Ceylon, 

 ii. 277 ; on the Jaffna sheep, ii. 302. 



Teredo, fertilisation in, ii. 363. 



Terriers, wry-legged, ii. 245; white, 

 subject to distemper, ii. 336. 



Teschemacher, on a husked form of 

 maize, i. 320. 



Tessier, on the period of gestation of the 

 dog, i. 29 ; of the pig, i. 74 ; in cattle, 

 i. 87 ; experiments on change of soil, 

 ii. 147. 



Tetrao, breeding of species of, in captivity, 

 ii. 156. 



Tetrapteryx paradisea, ii. 156. 



Teucrium campanulatum, pelorism in, ii. 



345. 

 Texas, feral cattle in, i. 85. 

 Theognis, his notice of the domestic fowl 

 i. 246. 



Theophrastus, his notice of the peach ii 

 308. r 



Tliesium, ii. 284. 



Thompson, Mr., on the peach and nec- 

 tarine, i. 342 ; on the varieties of the 

 apricot, i. 344 ; classification of varie- 

 ties of cherries, i. 347-348; on the 

 ' Sister nbston-pippin," i. 350 ; on the 

 varieties of the gooseberry, i. 354 355 



Thompson, William, on the pigeons of 

 Islay 1. 184 ; feral pigeons in Scotland, 

 i. 190 ; colour of the bill and legs in 

 geese, i. 288 ; breeding of Tetrao scotius 

 in captivity, ii. 156; destruction of 

 black-fowls by the osprev, ii. 230 



Thompson, Prof. W., on the obliquity of 

 the flounder, ii. 53. 



Thorns, reconversion of, into branches 

 in pear trees, ii. 318. 



Thorn grafting of early and late, i. 363 • 

 Glastonbury, i. 364. 



Thrush, asserted reproduction of the 

 tarsus in a, ii. 15. 

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Thuja pendula or filiformis, a variety of 



T. orientalis, i. 362. 

 Thuret, on the division of the zoospores 



of an alga, ii. 378. 

 Thwaites, G. H., on the cats of Ceylon, 

 i. 46 ; on a twin seed of Fuchsia coc- 

 cinea and fulgens, i. 391. 

 Tibortius, experiments in rearing wild 



ducks, i. 278. 

 Tiger, rarely fertile in captivity, ii. 150, 



151. 

 Tiqridia conchiflora, bud-variation in i. 



386. 

 Time, importance of, in the production of 



races, ii. 243. 

 Tinzmann, self-impotence in the potato, 



ii. 137. 

 Tissues, affinity of, for special organic 



substances, ii. 380. 

 Titmice, destructive to thin-shelled wal- 

 nuts, i. 356 ; attacking nuts, i. 357 ; 

 attacking peas, ii. 231. 

 Tobacco, crossing of varieties of, ii. 108 ; 



cultivation of in Sweden, ii. 307. 

 Tobolsk, red-coloured cats of, i. 47. 

 Toes, relative length of, in fowls, i. 

 259 ; development of fifth in dogs, ii. 

 317. 

 Tollet, Mr., his selection of cattle, ij 



199. 

 Tomato, ii. 91. 

 Tomtits. See Titmice. 

 Tongue, relation of, to the beak in pigeons, 



i. 168. 

 Tooth, occurrence of a molar, in place of I 



an incisor, ii. 391. 

 " Toreschweln," i. 68. 

 Trail, E., on the union of half- tubers of 



different kinds of potatoes, i. 395. 

 Trees, varieties of, suddenly produced, i. 

 361 ; weeping or pendulous, i. 361 ; 

 fastigate or pyramidal, i. 361; with 

 variegated or changed foliage, i. 362 ; 

 early or late in leaf, i. 362-363 ; forest, 

 non-application of selection to, ii. 

 237. 

 " Trembleur" (pigeons), i. 146. 

 Trembley, on reproduction in Hydra, ii. 



359. 

 " Trevoltini" silkworms, i. 301-302. 

 Trichosanthes anguina, i. 360. 

 Tricks, inheritance of, ii. 6-7, 395 

 Tri folium minus and repens, ii. 164. 

 Trimorphic plants, conditions of repro- 

 duction in, ii. 181-184. 

 Tristram, H. B., selection of the drome- 

 dary, ii. 205-206. 

 Triticum dicoccum, i. 319. 

 Triticum monococcum, i. 319. 

 Triticum spelta, i. 319. 

 Triticum turgidum, i. 319. 

 Triticum vulgare, wild in Asia, i. 312. 

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