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INDEX. 



CORALS. 



ass, i. 66 ; of tvild or feral cattle, i. 

 88 ; transmission of, in rabbits, i. 

 Ill; peculiarities of, in Himalayan 

 rabbits, i. 114; influence of. ii. 212- 

 216 ; correlation of, in bead and 

 limbs, ii. 316 ; correlated with con- 

 stitutional peculiarities, ii. 329-332. 



Colour and odour, correlation of, ii. 

 317. 



Colour-blindness, hereditary, i. 454 ; 

 more common in men than in women, 

 ii. 48, 49 ; associated with inability 

 to distinguish musical sounds, ii. 

 322. 



Colours, sometimes not blended by 

 crossing, ii. 70. 



Columba ajpnis, Blvth, a variety of C. 

 lima, i. 192. 



Columba amalioe, Brehm, a variety of 

 C. livia, i. 192. 



Columba guinea, i. 192. 



Columba gymnocyclus, Grav, a form of 

 C. lima, i. 193. 



Columba gymnopltthalmos, hybrids of. 

 with C. amas, i. 202; with G. 

 low, i. 203. 



Columba ini ■ Ka,S rickland, a variety 

 of C. Una. i. 193. 



'• i leucocephala. ii. 139. 

 i leuconota, i. 191, 2 5. 

 :. 191.' 



Columba Una. ii. 2, 14; the parent of 

 domestic breeds of pigeon-, i. 192; 

 measurements of. i. 140: figured, i. 

 141; skull figured, i. 172; lower 

 jaw figured, i. 173; scapula figured, 

 i. 176. 

 Coluin* I. 191. 



Colum ' '. di- 



minished fertility of, in captivity, ii. 

 139. 

 Columba o:nas. i. 192 ; crossed with 

 common pigeon and C. gymnophthat- 

 i. _ 



. i. 202, ii. 342. 

 i. 191, 193, 20. c 

 Culumba schimperi, i. 193. 

 .-. ii. o4t2. 

 . i. 193. 

 Columbia, cattle of. i. 92. 

 Columbine, double, i. 388, ii. 323. 

 Columbus, on West Indian dogs. i. 23. 

 Columella, on Italian shepherd 



; '>n domestic fowls, i. _'-r . _" •. 



ii. 187, 424; on the keeping of ducks, 

 i. 291 ; on the selection of seed-corn, 

 i. 336 ; on the benefits of change of 

 soil to plants, ii. 128; on the value 

 of native breeds, ii. 304. 



Colza, i. 344. 



CoiIB, in fowls, variations of, i. 266 ; 

 sometimes rudimentary, ii. 306. 



Compensation', law of, i. 288. 



Compensation of growth, ii. 335-337. 



Complexion, connection of, with con- 

 stitution, ii. 329. 



Composite, double flowers of, i. 388, 

 ii. 151, 307. 



Conception, earlier in Alderney and 

 Zetland cows than in other breeds, i. 

 91. 



Conditions of life, changed, effect of, 

 ii. 413-414; on horses, i. 54; upon 

 variation in pigeons, i. 223 ; upon 

 wheat, i. 333 ; upon trees, i. 384 ; in 

 producing bud-variation, i. 441 ; ad- 

 vantages of. ii. 127-130, 160,161; 

 sterility caused by. ii, 130-149 ; 

 conducive to variability, ii. 243-249, 

 388 ; accumulative action of, ii. 249- 

 252 ; direct action of, ii. 260-282. 



Condor, breeding in captivity, ii. 137. 



Confinement, effect of, upon the cock, 

 ii. 97. 



Coxfucius. on the breeding of rabbits 

 in China, i. 107. 



CoxOLLr, Mr., on Angora goats, ii. 

 318. 



Constitutional differences in sheep, i 

 100; in varieties of apples, i. 370, 

 371; in pelargoniums, i. 388; in 

 dahlias, i. 394. 



Constitutional peculiarities in straw- 

 berries, i. 375; in roses, i. 391. 



CONSUMPTION, hereditary, i. 451 ; pe- 

 riod of appearance of. ii. 54 ; corre- 

 lated with complexion, ii. 329. 



CON'TABESCENCE. ii. 149, 150. 



b itatas, ii. 153, 299. 



Convolvulus tricolor, bud-variation in, i. 

 440. 



COOPER, Mr., improvement of vegetables 

 by selection, ii. 188. 



Cooper. White, hereditary peculiarities 

 of vision, i. 453; association of affec- 

 tions of the eyes with those of other 

 systems, ii. 321. 



Corals, bud-variation in, i. 398 ; non 



