BOETHIUS. 



INDEX. 



435 



tails, i. 153 ; Eoian tumbler pigeons, 

 i. 157 ; number of tail-feathers in 

 Ectopistes, i. 67 ; on Columba affinis, 

 i. 192 ; pigeons roosting in trees, i. 

 190; on Columba leuconota, i. 191; 

 on Cchimba intermedia of Strickland, 

 i. 193 ; variation in colour of croup 

 in pigeons, i. 193, 194, 206; volun- 

 tary domestication of rock-pigeons in 

 India, i. 194; feral pigeons on the 

 Hudson, i. 200 ; occurrence of sub- 

 species of pigeons, i. 214; notice of 

 pigeon-fanciers in Delhi, &c, i. 215 ; 

 hybrids of G alius sonneratii and the 

 domestic hen, i. 245 ; supposed hy- 

 bridity of Galhis temminckii, i. 246 ; 

 variations and domestication of Gal- 

 lus bankiva, i. 247, 248; crossing of 

 wild and tame fowls in Burmah, i. 

 248 : restricted range of the larger 

 gallinaceous birds, i. 249 ; feral fowls 

 in the Nicobar Islands, i. 249 ; black- 

 skinned fowls occurring near Cal- 

 cutta, i. 269 ; weight of Galhis ban- 

 kiva, i. 286 ; degeneration of the 

 turkey in India, i. 310, ii. 267 ; on 

 the colour of gold-fish, i. 312 ; re- 

 version from a cross, ii. 15 ; on the 

 Ghor-Khur (Asinus indicus), ii. 17 ; 

 on Asinus hemionus, ii. 17 ; number 

 of eggs of Gallus bankiva, ii. 90 ; on 

 the breeding of birds in captivity, ii. 

 140 ; co-existence of large and small 

 breeds in the same country, ii. 268 ; 

 on the drooping ears of the elephant, 

 ii. 291 ; homology of leg and wing 

 feathers, ii. 315. 



Boethius on Scotch wild cattle, i. 88. 



Boitard and Corbie, on the breeds of 

 pigeons, i. 138; Lille pouter pigeon, 

 i. 145 ; notice of a gliding pigeon, i. 

 164 ; variety of the pouter pigeon, i. 

 170; dove-cot pigeon, i. 194; cross- 

 ing pigeons, i. 202, ii. 75, 107; 

 sterility of hybrids of turtle-doves, i. 

 203 ; reversion of crossed pigeons, i. 

 207, ii. 14 ; on the fantail, i. 218, ii. 

 42 ; on the trumpeter, ii. 42 ; pre- 

 potency of transmission in silky fan- 

 taii, ii. 42, 44 ; secondary sexual 

 characters in pigeons, ii. 50 ; cross- 

 ing of white and coloured turtle- 

 doves, ii 70 ; fertility of pigeons, ii. 

 91. 



BoMBYCiDiE, wingless females of, ii. 

 289. 



Bombyx hesperus, ii. 294. 



Bombyx huttoni, i. 318. 



Bombyx mori, i. 317-321. 



Bonafous, on maize, i. 338, 339. 



Bonaparte, number of species of 

 Columbidas, i. 139 ; number of tail- 

 feathers in pigeons, i. 167; size of 

 the feet in Columbidae, i. 183 ; on 

 Columba guinea, i. 192; Columba 

 turricola, rupestris and schimperi, i. 

 193. 



Bonatea speciosa, development of ovary 

 of, i. 434. 



Bonavia, Dr., growth of cauliflowers 

 in India, ii. 301. 



Boner, Mr., semi-feral sheep, ii. 5. 



Bones, removal of portions of, ii. 286 ; 

 regeneration of, ii. 284 ; growth and 

 repair of, ii. 377. 



Bonizzi, on pigeons, i. 138, 170. 



Bonnet, on the salamander, ii. 357, 

 385; theory of reproduction, ii. 351, 

 370. 



Borchmeyer, experiments with the 

 seeds of the weeping ash, i. 462. 



Borecole, i. 341. 



Borelli, on Polish fowls, i. 260. 



Borneo, fowls of, with tail-bands, i. 

 246. • 



Bornet, E., condition of the ovary in 

 hybrid Cisti. i. 415; self-impotence 

 of hybrid Cisti, ii. 122. 



Borrow, G., on pointers, i. 44. 



Bory de Saint- Vincent, on gold-fish, 

 i. 313. 



Bos, probable origin of European do- 

 mestic cattle from three species of, 

 i. 86. 



Bos frontosis, i. 85. 



Bos indicus, i. 82. 



Bos longifrons. i, 83, 85, 86. 



Bos primigenius, i. 83-84, 86, ii. 98. 



Bos sondaicus, ii. 191. 



Bos taurus, i. 82. 



Bos trochoceros, i. 85. 



Bosc, heredity in foliage-varieties of the 

 elm, i. 385. 



Bosse, production of double flowers 

 from old seed, ii. 151. 



Bossi, on breeding dark-coloured silk« 

 worms, i. 319. 



Bosman, on dog-s of Guinea, i. 40. 



