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INDEX. 



Islands, i. 73, ii. 64; dogs of the 

 Paciiic Islands, ibid.; varieties of cul- 

 tivated plants in Tahiti, ii. 243. 



Bennett, Mr., on the fallow deer, ii. 

 81. 



Bent ham. G, nnrnber and origin of 

 cultivated plants, i. 323 ; on Phaseo- 

 lus, i. 350 ; cereals all cultivated 

 varieties, i. 330 ; species of the 

 orange group, i. 355 ; distinctions 

 of almond and peach, i. 358 ; Bri- 

 tish species of Rosa, i. 390; identity 

 of Viola lutea and tricolor, i. 392. 

 : i' tlgaris, i. MO, i. 402. 

 ; waUtchii, indifference of, to cli- 

 mate, ii. 148. 



Berjeau, on the historv of the dog, i. 

 17, 18. 



Berkeley. G. F., production of hen- 

 cocks in a strain of game-fowls, i. 

 2 5. 



Berkeley. M. J., crossing of varieties 

 of the pea. i. 428 ; effect of foreign 

 pollen on grapes, i. 430 ; on hybrid 

 plants, ii. 112; analogv between 

 pollen of highly-cultivated plants 

 and hybrids, ii. 256 ; on Hungarian 

 kidney-beans, ii. 265 ; failure of In- 

 dian wheat in England, ii. _ 7 



Bernard, inheritance of disease in the 

 horse, i. 455. 



Bernard. C, independence of the or- 

 gans of the body. ii. 364 ; special 

 affinities of the tissues, ii. 375. 



Bernhardt, varieties of plants with 

 laciniated leaves, ii. 341. 

 . . 



Bertero, on feral pigeons ia Juan Fer- 

 nandez, i. 200. 

 . i. 461. 



Bewick, on the British wild cattle, i. 

 87. 



BlANOONT, Prof., on the skulls of dogs, 

 i. 35. 



Bible, reference to breeding studs of 

 horses in. i. 57 ; references to domes- 

 tic pigeons in the, i. 214 ; indications 

 of selection of sheep in the, ii. 186; 

 notice v( mules in the. 



Bidwell. Mr., on self-impof 

 iryltit, ii, 12 



..'-sterility of, ii. 117. 



Birch, weeping, i. 413, 461. 



Birch, Dr. S., on the ancient domesti- 



cation of the pigeon in Egypt, i. 

 214; notice of bantam fowls in a 

 Japanese encyclopaedia, i. 241, 259. 



Birch. Wyrley, on silver-grey rabbits, 

 i. 113. 114. 



Birds, sterility caused in, by change of 

 conditions, ii. 136-141. 



Bladder-nut. tendency of the, to be- 

 come double, ii. 152. 



Blaine. Mr., on wry-legged terriers, 

 ii. 232. 



Blainville. origin and history of the 

 dog, i. 15-17 ; variations in the 

 number of teeth in dogs, i. 36 ; 

 variations in the number of toes in 

 dogs, i. 37 ; on mummies of cats. i. 

 45 ; on the osteology of solid-hoofed 

 pigs, i. 78 ; on feral Patagonian and 

 N. American pigs, i. 80. 



■•' Blass-Taube," I. 163. 



Bleeding, hereditary, i. 452 : sexual 

 limitation of excessive, ii. 48. 



Blending of crossed races, time occu- 

 pied by the, ii. 64. 



Blindness, hereditary, i. 454; at a 

 certain age, ii. 54 ; associated with 

 colour of hair, ii. 322. 



Bloodhounds, degeneration of, caused 

 by interbreeding, ii. 100. 



Blumenbach, on the protuberance of 

 the skull in Polish fowls, i. 269 ; on 

 the effect of circumcision, i. 467 ; 

 inheritance of a crooked finger, i. 

 469 ; on badger-dogs and other 

 varieties of the dog, ii. 205 ; on 

 . ii. 283 ; on the " nisus forma- 

 tivus," ii. 284. 



Blyth. E., on the pariah dog, i. 25 ; 

 hybrids of dog and jackal, i. 33 ; 

 earl\- domestication of cats in India, 

 i. 45 : origin of domestic cat. i. 46 ; 

 ing of domestic and wild cats, 

 on Indian cats resembling Felis 

 chains, i. 47 ; on >triped Burmese 

 ponies, i. 61 ; on the .stripes of the 

 ass. i. 65 : on Indian wild pigs, i. 69 ; 

 on humped cattle, i. 83 ; occurrence 

 of Bos frontos'i.s in Irish crannoges, 

 i. 85 ; fertile crossing of zebus and 

 common cattle, i. 86; on the species 

 of sheep, i. 97 ; on the fat-tailed Indian 

 sheep, i. 99; origin of the goat, i. 

 105; on rabbits breeding in India, i. 

 116 ; number of tail-feathers in fan* 



