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INDEX. 



Fragaria virginiana, i. 373. 



Fraxinus excelsior, i. 384, 408, 462. 



Fraxinus lentiscifolia, i. 462. 



Frieslaxd cattle, probably descended 

 from Bos primiijenius. i. 84. 



Frillback pigeon, i. 163 ; Indian, i. 

 161. 



FringUla ciris, ii. 137. 



Fringilla spinus, ii. 137. 



Frizzled fowls, i. 241 ; horses, i. 56. 



Frog, polydactylism in the, i. 458. 



Fruit, seedless, ii. 152. 



Fruit-trees, varieties of, occurring 

 wild. i. 327. 



Fry, Mr., on fertile hybrid cats, i. 46 ; 

 on feral fowls in Ascension, i. 249. 



Fuchsias, origin of, i. 088 ; bud-varia- 

 tion in, i. 407. 



Fuchsia cocciiiea and fu 7 gens, twin seed 

 produced by crossing, i. 426. 



Fcegiaxs, their superstition about 

 killing young water-fowl, i. 327 ; 

 selection of dogs by the, ii. 191; 

 their comparative estimation of dogs 

 and old women, ii. 199 ; their power 

 of distant vision, ii. 2<'8. 



FUNGI, parasitic, ii. 274. 275. 



Furbrixger, Dr., on nails of Saurians, 

 ii. 386. 



FuRCULUM, characters and variations of 

 the, in pigeons, i. 176 ; alteration of, 

 by disuse, in pigeons, i. 185 ; cha- 

 racters of, in fowls, i. 282. 



Fusion of homologous parts, ii. 387. 



Gait, inheritance of peculiarities of, i. 



40m. 

 Galapagos Archipelago, its peculiar 



fauna and flora, i. 9. 

 Galcobdolon luteum, pelorism in, ii. 33, 



337. 

 Galls, ii. 272-274. 

 Gall-gnats, ii. 273. 

 Gall-like excrescences not inherited, 



ii. 23. 

 Gallinaceous birds, restricted range 



of large, i. 249 ; general fertility of, 



in captivity, ii. 139. 

 Gal'imda chloropus, ii. 140. 

 GalUnula nesiotis, i. 302. 

 Gallesio, species of oranges, i. 355- 



357 ; hybridisation of oranges, i. 357 ; 



persistency of races in the peach, i. 



360 ; supposed specific distinctions of 



peach and nectarine, i. 361; bizzarria 

 orange, i. 417 ; crossing of red and 

 white carnations, i. 426 ; crossing of 

 the orange and lemon, i. 430, ii. 360 ; 

 effect of foreign pollen on maize, i. 

 130 : spontaneous crossing of oranges, 

 ii. 68; monstrosities a cause of steri- 

 lity in plants, ii. 150 ; seeding of 

 ordinarily seedless fruits, ii. 152 ; ste- 

 rilitv of the sugar-cane, ii. 153; ten- 

 dency of male "flowers to become 

 double, ii. 155; effects of selection iu 

 enlarging fruit, &c, ii. 202 ; varia- 

 tion of the orange-tree in North 

 Italy, ii. 243 ; naturalisation of the 

 orange in Italy, ii. 298. 



G alius ameus, a hybrid of G. varius and 

 the domestic fowl, i. 246. 



Gallas bankiva, probable original of do- 

 mestic fowls, i. 245, 247-251, 257 ; 

 game-fowl, nearest to, i. 237 : crossed 

 with G. sonneratii, i. 246 ; its cha- 

 racter and habits, i. 246, ii. 88 ; dif- 

 ferences of various breeds of fowls 

 from, i. 272 ; occipital foramen of, 

 figured, i. 274; skull of, figured, i. 

 275 ; cervical vertebra of, figured, i. 

 281 ; furculum of, figured, i. 282 ; re- 

 version to, in cros.-ed fowls, ii. 13. 14 ; 

 hybrid of, with G. varius, i. 246, ii. 

 14; number of eggs of, ii. 90. 



Gallus ferrugineus, i. 237. 



G alius furcatus, i. 246. 



Gallus giganteus, i. 246. 



Gallus sonneratii, characters and habits 

 of, i. 245 ; hybrids of, i. 245, ii. 20 



Gallus stanleyi, hybrids of, i. 246. 



Gallus temmiiwkii, probably a hybrid, 

 i. 246. 



Gallus varius, characters and habits of, 

 i. 246 ; hybrids and probable hybrids 

 of. i. 246.' 

 i Galtox, Mr., fondness of savages for 

 taming animals, i. 20, ii. 144 ; cattle 

 of Benguela, i. 91 ; on hereditary 

 talent, i. 451 ; on Pangenesis, ii. 350. 



Gambler, Lord, his early cultivation of 

 the pansy, i. 392. 



Game-fowl. i. 237, 263-265. 



Gapks, ii. 213. 



Garctlazo de la Vega, annual hunts of 

 the Peruvian Incas, ii. 192. 



Garnett, Mr., migratory propensities 

 of hybrid ducks, ii. °0. 



